Nic Pothas

Nic Pothas

Pothas (second from right) with Hampshire team-mates, Lord's, 2009
Personal information
Full name	Nic Pothas
Born	(1973-11-18) 18 November 1973 (age 43) Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname	Skeg
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	South Africa
ODI debut (cap 61)	23 August 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI	27 August 2000 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008	Delhi Giants
2002–2011	Hampshire (squad no. 9)
1997/98–2001/02	Gauteng
1993/94–1994/95	Transvaal B
1993/94–1996/97	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 3 218 236 79 Runs scored 24 11,438 4,567 687 Batting average 24.00 40.85 35.40 21.46 100s/50s 0/0 24/61 3/24 0/3 Top score 24 165 114* 59 Balls bowled – 120 – – Wickets – 1 – – Bowling average – 63.00 – – 5 wickets in innings – 0 – – 10 wickets in match – 0 – – Best bowling – 1/16 – – Catches/stumpings 4/1 614/45 211/53 33/14
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2011

Nic Pothas (born 18 November 1973) is a former South African cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and fielded as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches. Pothas is an accomplished batsman, with an average of over 40 in first-class cricket.

Pothas was representing South Africa A in Barbados when he was drafted into the South Africa squad for the 2000 Singapore Challenge as cover for Mark Boucher who had sliced his fingers open cutting biltong following South Africa's tie against Australia at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne. With Boucher not fit for their next One Day International against Pakistan at the Kallang Ground in Singapore, Pothas made his international debut. He marked his debut by taking two catches and making a single stumping, while scoring 24 runs with the bat.

Pothas played in South Africa's next two fixtures in the Singapore tournament against New Zealand, in which he took two further catches, and in the final of the competition against Pakistan, which marked his final international appearance for South Africa. It was the presence of Boucher in the South Africa team that acted as a barrier to Pothas representing South Africa more often and indeed progressing to playing Test cricket.