Percy Sonn
| Percy Sonn | |
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| Born |
25 September 1949 Oudtshoorn |
| Died | 27 May 2007 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | lawyer, cricket administrator |
| Known for | president of the International Cricket Council |
Percival Henry Frederick Sonn (25 September 1949 - 27 May 2007) was a South African lawyer and cricket administrator. Sonn became the sixth president of the International Cricket Council, the most senior role at cricket's world governing body, in July 2006. He was the first ICC president from Africa, serving until his early death.
Sonn was born in Oudtshoorn, near Cape Town in South Africa, one of seven brothers. He was educated at Belgravia Senior Secondary School, and read law at the University of the Western Cape. He became an attorney and advocate. He worked as a public prosecutor, and as a legal adviser to the South African Police Service, becoming a senior counsel, acting judge, and deputy director of public prosecutions. He was previously chief executive officer of a forensic investigation company.
He formed and headed the Directorate of Special Operations, responsible for investigating serious offences, including organised crime and drug trafficking.
Sonn played as an off-spinner for Maitland and Parow Cricket Union. He never played first-class cricket. He started out in cricket administration at his local club in Belville, in Cape Town, because he was virtually the only person at the club who could read and write, moving on to become vice president of the non-white Western Province Cricket Board under Hassan Howa from 1974 to 1983, and then president from 1990 to 1992. He was also a vice-president of the racially segregated South African Cricket Board.
Sonn played a crucial role when South Africa returned to world cricket after the fall of apartheid in 1991, and was president of the United Cricket Board of South Africa for three years until 2003. He also served on the UCB's management committee.
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