Farhaan Behardien

Farhaan Behardien
Personal information
Born (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa[1]
Nickname Fudgie
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role batting all rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 107) 22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI 9 October 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 28
T20I debut (cap 50) 30 March 2012 v India
Last T20I 28 March 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no. 28
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–present Western Province
2007-present Titans
2016 Kings XI Punjab
2016-present Leicestershire Foxes
Career statistics
Competition ODIs T20I FC LA
Matches 56 30 95 179
Runs scored 1033 368 5,403 4,138
Batting average 30.38 28.30 39.72 36.94
100s/50s 0/6 0/1 8/36 3/26
Top score 70 64* 150* 113*
Balls bowled 748 30 2,167 1,840
Wickets 14 3 32 34
Bowling average 51.35 9.00 36.00 50.38
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/19 2/15 3/48 3/16
Catches/stumpings 26/– 10/0 61/– 68/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2017

Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African international cricketer who plays ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.[2]

Domestic career

He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder. [3]

In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[4]

Early career

In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad.[5] He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.[6]

In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.

International career

He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Australia Providence Stadium, Guyana 7 June 2016 62 (82 balls, 4x4, 1x6) ; DNB  South Africa won by 47 runs.[7]

References

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