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Full name Jacobus Andries Rudolph
Born May 4, 1981, Springs, Transvaal
Current age 27 years 13 days
Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Eagles, Northerns, Titans, Yorkshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Brother - GJ Rudolph

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	35	63	7	2028	222*	36.21	4721	42.95	5	8	288	6	22
ODIs	45	39	6	1174	81	35.57	1725	68.05	0	7	109	5	11
T20Is	1	1	1	6	6*	-	7	85.71	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	126	219	16	8618	222*	42.45			24	39			109
List A	141	131	20	4754	134*	42.82			6	30			44
Twenty20	26	25	7	625	71	34.72	543	115.10	0	4	66	10	10

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	35	19	664	432	4	1/1	1/1	108.00	3.90	166.0	0	0	0
ODIs	45	1	24	26	0	-	-	-	6.50	-	0	0	0
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	126		4053	2252	57	5/80		39.50	3.33	71.1		3	0
List A	141		377	346	10	4/41	4/41	34.60	5.50	37.7	1	0	0
Twenty20	26	9	133	172	10	3/16	3/16	17.20	7.75	13.3	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (MAA), Apr 24-27, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v South Africa at Dhaka, Apr 13, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 5, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Durham v Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Lancashire v Yorkshire at Manchester, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Eagles v Lions at Bloemfontein, Apr 4, 2008 scorecard

Profile

With an unbeaten 222 in his debut Test innings, Jacques Rudolph vindicated those who believed that he had been a victim of reverse discrimination in South Afrian cricket. His record-breaking, unconquered 429-run stand for the third wicket with Boeta Dippenaar in Chittagong was a delivery of promise long after he had forced his way into the South African squad in November 2001 by sheer weight of runs in domestic cricket. A left-handed batsman who stands tall at the point of delivery with an upraised bat, Rudolph has pleasing footwork, balance and favours the cover drive. His Test debut was balm to the wounds Rudolph suffered leading up to his first entry to international cricket. Twice he was in line for his Test debut, and twice politics intervened. His first international experience came during the unofficial match at Centurion against India in 2001-02, in the aftermath of the Mike Denness affair. And two months later he was named in the side to face Australia at Sydney, but the UCB Board president Percy Sonn vetoed his selection on the grounds of racial discrimination, and Justin Ontong made his debut instead. He fought back strongly, if undemonstrably - an unbeaten 102 saved South Africa from defeat in a classic at Perth at the end of 2005, but 125 runs from six further innings, against the same opposition in a 3-0 whitewash at home, did little to boost his claims. In January 2007, he decided to move to Yorkshire on a three-year Kolpak deal, suspending his international career with South Africa in the hope of redeveloping his game. At the end of his first season with the club, he extended the contract to keep him at Headingley until 2011 - opening up the possibility of one day playing for England.
Andrew Miller October 2007

Nov 12, 2007

Portrait of Jacques Rudolph
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Sep 6, 2007

Robin Martin-Jenkins has Jacques Rudolph caught behind
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Jul 14, 2007

Jacques Rudolph assisted Anthony McGrath in a very useful partnership
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