Keshav Maharaj

Keshav Maharaj
Personal information
Full name Keshav Athmanand Maharaj
Born 7 February 1990
Durban, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006-07 – present KwaZulu-Natal
2009-10 – present Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 63 60 38
Runs scored 1459 259 123
Batting average 21.45 10.36 11.18
100s/50s 2/4 0/0 0/0
Top score 114* 34 29
Balls bowled 10,969 2719 804
Wickets 214 81 28
Bowling average 26.50 27.11 33.42
5 wickets in innings 8 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/58 5/34 3/7
Catches/stumpings 24/– 19/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 March 2015

Keshav Athmanand Maharaj (born 7 February 1990, in Durban, Natal, South Africa) is a South African cricketer who has played first-class cricket since 2006.

A left-arm orthodox spinner and useful lower-order batsman, Maharaj made his first-class debut at the age of 16 for KwaZulu-Natal in 2006-07. He was promoted to the Dolphins team in 2009-10.

He toured Bangladesh with the South Africa Academy in April-May 2010, taking 13 wickets in the two four-day matches against Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy. He also took 4 for 12 off four overs, opening the bowling, in one of the T20 matches.[1] He played for South Africa A against the touring Bangladesh A team in 2010-11.

His best season with the bat so far has been 2012-13, when he made 481 first-class runs at an average of 48.10, including two centuries.[2] For KwaZulu-Natal against Northerns he made 114 not out off 119 balls and finished off the match by taking 5 for 12.[3]

For Dolphins against Cape Cobras in 2014-15 he took his best innings and match figures: 6 for 58 and 10 for 145. Dolphins won, and he received the man of the match award.[4] He finished the season with 44 first-class wickets at an average of 26.18.[5]

He played for Cuckfield in the Sussex Premier League in 2013. He signed to play as the professional for Nelson in the Lancashire League in 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "South Africa Academy in Bangladesh 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Batting in each season by Keshav Maharaj". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Northerns v KwaZulu-Natal 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cape Cobras v Dolphins 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bowling in each season by Keshav Maharaj". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "South African all rounder signs as Nelson’s pro for 2015 season". Pendle Today. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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