Francois du Plessis

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Personal information
Francois du Plessis
South Africa
Full name	Francois du Plessis
Born	13 July 1984 (1984-07-13) (age 23)
	Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005/06–present	Titans
2003/04–2005/06	Northerns
Career statistics
	FC	LA	T20
Matches	23	27	6
Runs scored	1476	805	150
Batting average	39.89	40.25	25.00
100s/50s	3/9	1/5	0/1
Top score	156	114	76

Balls bowled	593	585	78
Wickets	15	14	5
Bowling average	23.60	34.42	24.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	4/39	4/47	2/26
Catches/stumpings	19/–	11/–	1/–
As of 8 December 2007 Source: Cricketarchive

Francois 'Faf' du Plessis (born July 13, 1984 in Pretoria) is a South African right handed batsman for The Titans and a former under 19 representative for his country. He is currently part of South Africa's emerging player's squad and in 2005-06 captained their academy team for a tour of Pakistan. He was given a 6 month contract with Lancashire for the 2008 season starting in April as a Kolpak player. Du Plessis started his Lancashire account by scoring 55 against Durham UCCE before being dismissed by opening bowler Foster. ^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ Lancashire sign du Plessis for 2008. Cricinfo.com (2007-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
^ Lancs sign South African prospect. BBC Online (2007-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.

[edit] External links

Player Profile: Francois du Plessis from Cricinfo

v • d • e Lancashire County Cricket Club – current squad

1 Loye • 2 Law (c) • 3 Chapple • 4 Parry • 5 Sutcliffe • 6 Hodge • 7 Sutton • 8 Newby • 9 Anderson • 11 Flintoff • 12 Du Plessis • 14 Brown • 15 Croft • 16 Cross • 17 Marshall • 18 Cork • 19 Mahmood • 20 Horton • 21 Chilton • 22 Hogg • 23 Keedy • 24 Smith • 25 Mullaney • Coach Watkinson