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Full name Derek Norman Crookes
Born March 5, 1969, Mariannhill, Natal
Current age 39 years 184 days
Major teams South Africa,Easterns,Gauteng,Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - NS Crookes
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
32
23
3
296
54
14.80
412
71.84
0
1
20
5
20
0
First-class
113
173
17
5690
155*
36.47
10
34
120
0
List A
176
148
20
2846
114
22.23
1
11
63
0
Twenty20
3
3
0
20
15
6.66
23
86.95
0
0
1
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
32
30
1221
1011
25
3/30
3/30
40.44
4.96
48.8
0
0
0
First-class
113
16519
7737
218
7/114
35.49
2.81
75.7
8
0
List A
176
6970
5086
200
5/37
5/37
25.43
4.37
34.8
9
1
0
Twenty20
3
3
66
108
0
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9.81
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v South Africa at Karachi, Oct 16, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v South Africa at Sharjah, Mar 31, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span
1990/91 - 2004/05
Twenty20 debut
Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Western Province Boland v Lions at Cape Town, Apr 21, 2004 scorecard
Profile
Derek Crookes was one of a number of spinners South Africa tried during the 1990s as they attempted to fill the one major hole in their team. He was a quickish offspinner who was well-suited to the one-day game with his sparky batting and lively fielding providing a useful allround package. His international chance arrived during a one-day tournament in Pakistan during 1994-95, but he failed to take a wicket in his first five matches. He finally broke his wicket-taking duck in Kenya and chipped in with useful scalps without ever threatening to run through a team - a common story among South Africa spinners - and was never offered a chance in the Test side. His penultimate overseas tour was the infamous trip to India in 1999-00 where the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal hit the news. During the King Commission hearing it emerged that Cronje had agreed with bookmakers that Crookes would open the bowling. He did so at Nagpur, in the fifth one-day international, and conceded 69 runs off 10 overs, later admitting his astonishment at being asked. Crookes retired from first-class cricket in 2005-06 but his name came up again after Herschelle Gibbs was interviewed by Indian police before the 2006 Champions Trophy. Andrew McGlashan October 2006
