Chad Bowes

Chad Bowes
Personal information
Full name Chad Jayson Bowes
Born 19 October 1992
Benoni, Gauteng, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right–arm medium
Role Batsman, South Africa Under-19 cricket team captain
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011-present KwaZulu-Natal
Career statistics
Competition T20D LA FC
Matches 1 6 8
Runs scored – 202 308
Batting average – 50.50 30.80
100s/50s – 0/1 1/1
Top score – 94* 127
Balls bowled 18 – –
Wickets 1 – –
Bowling average 19.00 – –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 1/19 – –
Catches/stumpings 0/0 4/0 4/0
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 17 August 2012

Chad Jayson Bowes (born 19 October 1992 at Benoni, Gauteng, Transvaal in South Africa)[1] is a young South African cricketer currently captaining the South Africa Under-19 cricket team and also plays for the domestic side KwaZulu-Natal.[2][3]

Personal life

He was born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. He studied in Kearsney College, Durban.[4][5]

Early career

2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

After getting the chance to lead the Under-19 cricket team of South Africa in 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 115 runs off 115 balls against Namibia while building a 212 runs partnership with Quinton de Kock in the second group match. The team won by a massive 209 runs.[6] They also won the 3rd match against Sri Lanka by 4 wickets. Bowes scored 46 runs off 51 balls in the match.[7] They progressed to the knock-out stage as group champions and beat England there by 103 runs to reach the semis. Bowes scored 46 runs off 54 balls in the match.[8] Despite their good form throughout the tournament, they lost to Australia in the first semi-final by 4 wickets. Coming to bat first, South Africa faced an early breakdown. But then Bowes and Murray Coetzee built the innings to take the team to 191/8 in 50 overs. But it wasn't enough as the Aussies beat them in the penultimate over chasing down the target successfully. Bowes scored 46 off 104 balls in the match.[9] In the 3rd place match of the under-19 world cup against New Zealand, they made the kiwis get all out within 90 runs. They won it by 8 wickets to became the 3rd placed team in the tournament.[10] Bowes was among the leading run-getters of the tournament.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Cricket archive of Chad Bowes, retrieved 26 August 2012
  2. ↑ Chad Bowes Profile, retrieved 26 August 2012
  3. ↑ Chad Bowes named captain of RSA U-19 side, retrieved 26 August 2012
  4. ↑ Bowes with the coach, retrieved 26 August 2012
  5. ↑ Chad Bowes' college, retrieved 29 August 2012
  6. ↑ Bowes scoring 115 against Namibia U-19, 14 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  7. ↑ South Africa U-19 vs Sri Lanka U-19, 15 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  8. ↑ South Africa U-19 vs England U-19, 19 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  9. ↑ U-19 Semi-final 2012, 21 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  10. ↑ U-19 3rd place match 2012, 25 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  11. ↑ Highest run-getters of 2012 U-19 World Cup, retrieved 26 August 2012

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