Johan Botha – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born2 May 1982

Age44 Years

NationalitySouth African

RoleRight-handed Batsman, Right-arm off spin Bowler

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height5 ft 11 in (181 cm)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	5	83	20.75	34.87	17	3.38
ODI	78	609	19.03	85.77	72	4.57
T20I	40	201	18.27	121.81	37	6.37
T20	222	1991	19.51	113.06	166	6.53
List A	184	2333	24.05	82.73	171	4.41
First-class	90	4015	31.61	–	220	2.90

Debuts

TestAustralia vs South Africa, Sydney 2 Jan 2006

ODIIndia vs South Africa, Hyderabad16 Nov 2005

T20IAustralia vs South Africa, Brisbane 9 Jan 2006

T20Eastern Cape vs WP Boland, Gqeberha 13 Apr 2004

Family

RelationsMonica Botha (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	5	6	2	83	25	20.75	238	34.87	0	0	9	0	3
ODI	78	50	18	609	46	19.03	710	85.77	0	0	56	3	36
T20I	40	20	9	201	34	18.27	165	121.81	0	0	15	9	17
T20	222	153	51	1991	67	19.51	1761	113.06	0	2	151	41	94
List A	184	136	39	2333	61	24.05	2820	82.73	0	9	0	0	70
First-class	90	149	22	4015	109	31.61	0	–	1	27	0	0	63

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	5	10	169.3	573	17	7/102	33.70	3.38	0	0
ODI	78	75	637.1	2916	72	4/19	40.50	4.57	0	0
T20I	40	39	129	823	37	3/16	22.24	6.37	0	0
T20	222	213	721.5	4718	166	4/16	28.42	6.53	0	0
List A	184	0	1463.4	6455	171	4/19	37.74	4.41	0	0
First-class	90	0	2442.4	7103	220	–	32.28	2.90	7	1

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	34	409	67	20.45	113.93	25	6.92
Big Bash League	72	580	41	14.50	122.88	40	8.52
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	14	49	19	16.33	158.06	11	9.46
ICC Champions Trophy	3	21	21	10.50	95.45	3	5.67
ICC Cricket World Cup	5	58	23	19.33	98.31	4	4.07

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	3	37	25	18.50	127.59
West Indies	2	32	28	32.00	133.33
Pakistan	1	19	19	19.00	237.50
Australia	2	12	7	6.00	100.00
England	1	12	12	12.00	100.00
New Zealand	2	8	6	8.00	200.00
Bangladesh	1	1	1	1.00	50.00
Zimbabwe	1	1	1	–	100.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	15	15	333	22.20	6.40	20.80
India	2	3	46	15.33	11.50	8.00
England	2	3	40	13.33	5.00	16.00
New Zealand	2	2	40	20.00	6.67	18.00
Pakistan	3	1	46	46.00	11.50	24.00
Australia	1	0	31	–	–	–
West Indies	1	0	20	–	10.00	–
Sri Lanka	1	0	9	–	–	–
Zimbabwe	1	0	16	–	–	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	9	133	44	14.78	88.67
Australia	6	99	46	16.50	79.20
England	6	47	26	7.83	51.09
Sri Lanka	3	40	21	13.33	80.00
Ireland	1	21	21	–	75.00
New Zealand	3	16	8	5.33	72.73
Pakistan	3	16	9	5.33	76.19
Bangladesh	1	12	12	12.00	200.00
West Indies	1	3	3	3.00	50.00
Zimbabwe	2	3	3	–	75.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	47	46	1804	39.22	4.65	50.63
West Indies	1	2	48	24.00	5.33	27.00
England	1	2	56	28.00	6.22	27.00
New Zealand	2	1	73	73.00	4.06	108.00
Ireland	1	1	32	32.00	4.00	48.00
Bangladesh	1	1	23	23.00	3.29	42.00
Sri Lanka	1	0	53	–	5.89	–
India	1	0	39	–	4.33	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Bangladesh	1	25	25	25.00	27.47	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	2	2	75	37.50	4.17	54.00

Last 5 innings · batting

0*vs GG

7*vs SL-L

8vs IND-L

1*vs MS

1*vs SIX

T20 vs GG3 Dec 2023 · Not out 0*(1) T20 vs SL-L18 Sep 2022 · Not out 7*(5) T20 vs IND-L10 Sep 2022 · b MM Patel 8(5) T20 vs MS4 Jan 2021 · Not out 1*(1) T20 vs SIX10 Dec 2020 · Not out 1*(1)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/13vs GG

2/22vs MT

0/18vs TXC

0/17vs MVU

2/22vs TXC

1/18vs SL-L

4/11vs NZL

0/39vs IND-L

0/10vs ST

0/20vs MS

T20 vs GG3 Dec 2023 0/13 T20 vs MT27 Nov 2023 2/22 T10 vs TXC27 Aug 2023 0/18 T10 vs MVU25 Aug 2023 0/17 T10 vs TXC24 Aug 2023 2/22 T20 vs SL-L18 Sep 2022 1/18 T20 vs NZL12 Sep 2022 4/11 T20 vs IND-L10 Sep 2022 0/39 T20 vs ST7 Jan 2021 0/10 T20 vs MS4 Jan 2021 0/20

About Johan Botha

Johan Botha Biography

Johan Botha is a former South African cricketer who played at the international level for the rainbow nation from 2005-2012. Botha joined the team as an off-spinner, but soon started playing the role of an all-rounder for the team.

Throughout his career, he filled the vital role of a crafty spinner and a lower order batsman for the Proteas.

Background

As surprising as it may sound, Johan started his career as a medium pacer. He once admitted that he could bowl over 125 km/h, but shifted to off-spin after the change was suggested by the then national coach Mickey Arthur.

Botha grabbed the attention of the selectors after the success that he had on the tour of Sri Lanka as a member of the South Africa A team. He took some important wickets for the team on that tour and also scored runs.

Debut

Botha made his ODI debut against India on 16 November 2005. He bowled six overs in the match and picked up just one wicket. He didn’t play up the order as these were the initial days of his career.

He made his Test debut two months later in January 2006, against the Australian side. Although it was a test match, he got to bowl less than 20 overs and picked up just two wickets.

Rise to Glory

Botha saw a fine deal of ups and downs throughout his career. The best part of his career came in patches. He never picked up a five-wicket haul in his ODI career, but he was really useful for the team because of his low economy rate.

Between 2007 and 2011, he played 66 ODIs and managed to maintain an economy rate of 4.53 and in the course, picked up 64 wickets.

Even in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, he maintained an economy rate of 4.07 and proved to be really instrumental for the team.

Low Points

There were many low points in Johan’s career, primarily due to his bowling action. His action was questioned on his very debut in test cricket. Consequently, he was banned by ICC after testing.

He worked on the action and came back. A few months later, it was again confirmed that his action was illegal. However, it was cleared two months later. Throughout his career, this problem with his bowling action kept troubling him.

Club Career

He played for many clubs during his career. He represented Adelaide Strikers from 2012-2014. He has also played in the Caribbean Premier League and for several teams in the Indian Premier League.

Captaincy

Botha got the captaincy of the T20 side of Proteas when Graeme Smith gave up in 2010. After the 2011 World Cup, he got the ODI captaincy too.

Before this, in 2009, he had got the captaincy of the side as Smith was injured. He led the Proteas to their first ever bilateral series win against Australia in Australia. Although he was not the permanent captain at this time, it is the biggest achievement for his captaincy.

Retirement

After the 2012 World Twenty20, Botha retired from international cricket. He requested the board to release him from his contract as he did not want to just travel with the team, without playing any game.

He shifted to South Australia and became the captain of the South Australia side straightaway. In 2017, he took up Baseball and started playing for the West Torrens Baseball Club.

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