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Full name Jonathan Neil Rhodes
Born July 27, 1969, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Current age 38 years 300 days
Major teams Ireland,South Africa,Gloucestershire,KwaZulu-Natal,Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
52
80
9
2532
117
35.66
5536
45.73
3
17
256
22
34
0
ODIs
245
220
51
5935
121
35.11
7336
80.90
2
33
392
47
105
0
First-class
164
263
31
9546
172
41.14
22
52
127
0
List A
371
339
68
8907
121
32.86
2
51
158
0
Twenty20
6
5
0
49
42
9.80
52
94.23
0
0
3
1
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
52
2
12
5
0
-
-
-
2.50
-
0
0
0
ODIs
245
2
14
4
0
-
-
-
1.71
-
0
0
0
First-class
164
162
83
1
1/13
83.00
3.07
162.0
0
0
List A
371
80
45
2
1/2
1/2
22.50
3.37
40.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
6
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v India at Durban, Nov 13-17, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Aug 6-10, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 26, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v Kenya at Potchefstroom, Feb 12, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 2003
List A span
1988/89 - 2004/05
Twenty20 debut
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Gloucestershire v Surrey at Nottingham, Jul 19, 2003 scorecard
Profile
The Jonty Rhodes legend may have begun with the diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq during the 1992 World Cup but it would never have grown as it did without genuine substance. Rhodes worked harder than anyone else in a team of hard workers, frequently delaying the team bus at the end of practice for one more round of reflex catches hit from ten metres or less. Nobody has ever fielded better in the key one-day position of backward point, where he leapt like a salmon, threw off balance, and stopped singles by reputation alone. He laboured just as hard over his batting which needed, and underwent, a complete technical overhaul in 1997 - whereupon he averaged 50 for the rest of his Test career, until he gave it up to concentrate on one-day cricket in 2000. The problem was a tendency to bring the bat down from gully and through to midwicket, a legacy of the extraordinary hockey skills that brought him selection for the Olympic Games in 1996 - an offer he had to refuse. Few batsmen have turned the quick single into a finer art form, and his willingness to experiment and adapt enabled him to lead the way with the reverse-sweep under Bob Woolmer's tutelage. But Rhodes was just as likely to delay the bus by relentlessly signing autographs for gaggles of persistent children; the arrival of his own, a daughter, was instrumental in his semi-retirement. Indeed, Rhodes may have become the first cricketer to claim paternity leave. Rightly, there is give and take in Rhodes's life. He has more endorsements than any team-sport player in South Africa's history, is at the forefront of the sporting dotcom revolution, and is constantly exploring the boundaries and horizons of commerce. His final retirement was hastened by an inopportune finger-fracture early in the 2003 World Cup, although there was still time for a successful farewell season in county cricket for Gloucestershire.
Neil Manthorp
