Steve Elworthy

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Steve Elworthy

South Africa
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 4 39
Runs scored 72 100
Batting average 18.00 12.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 48 23
Balls bowled 867 1702
Wickets 13 44
Bowling average 34.15 28.06
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/66 3/17
Catches/stumpings 1/- 9/-

As of 25 January 2006
Source: Cricinfo

Steven Elworthy (born 23 February 1965 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia) is a former South African cricketer (right arm fast-medium bowler) who has fostered a career in administration with Cricket South Africa.

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[edit] International career

After 10 years of playing first class cricket Elworthy made his One Day International (ODI) debut at age 32 for South Africa on April 3, 1998 against Pakistan. His test debut was later that year, July 23rd against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

He went on to play a total of four Tests and 39 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1998 and 2002. Notably he was run-out in the penultimate over of the 1999 World Cup semi-final, a match where South Africa were infamously thought to have choked.[1]

[edit] Domestic career

In South Africa he played for Northerns over a 14 season career. In 2000-1 he was the leading wicket taker in South African first class cricket with 52 at 18.11. He was named one of five South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year in 2002. He departed amicably from the Northerns squad in 2003 [2], effectively marking his retirement as a professional player.

Elworthy also played played English county cricket. In 1996 he spent a season at Lancashire. This was a difficult year with modest on-field success (26 wickets at 41), capped by being dropped on the morning of the B&H Cup Final.[3] In 2003 he filled in for six weeks at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club while the club's fulltime foreign players Stuart MacGill and Chris Cairns fulfilled international obligations.[4]

He also was a professional player for many years for English club teams Rishton and Flowery Field.

[edit] Cricket Administration

Since his retirement Elworthy has become a successful cricket administrator as Cricket South Africa's commercial and communications manager. He had been named as tournament director for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in 2007.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cricinfo - Dodgy overseas signings
  2. ^ Cricinfo - Steve Elworthy opts not to sign with Northerns
  3. ^ Cricinfo - Dodgy overseas signings
  4. ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Nottinghamshire | Notts recruit Elworthy
  5. ^ sport.iafrica.com | today's news Elworthy heads 20/20 World Cup
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South Africa squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup
1 Cronje (c) • 2 Benkenstein • 3 Boje • 4 Boucher (wk) • 5 Crookes • 6 Cullinan • 7 Dawson • 8 Donald • 9 Elworthy • 10 Gibbs • 11 Kallis • 12 Kirsten • 13 Klusener • 14 Pollock • 15 Rhodes
Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Dawson
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NAME Elworthy, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH 23 February 1965
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