Dewald Nel

Johan Dewald Nel (born 6 June 1980) is a former South African-born Scottish professional cricketer. He is a primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who also bats right-handed.

Dewald Nel
Personal information
Full nameJohan Dewald Nel
Born (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980
Klerksdorp, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 19)27 June 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI16 August 2010 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2010Scotland
2007Worcestershire
2010–2011Kent
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 19 10 19 86
Runs scored 31 34 156 202
Batting average 15.50 11.33 11.14 9.61
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 11* 13* 36 36*
Balls bowled 730 186 2,514 3,452
Wickets 14 12 52 83
Bowling average 46.35 14.08 27.57 36.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/25 3/10 6/62 4/25
Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/– 6/– 18/–
Source: CricInfo, 7 June 2011

Nel played 110 times for the Scottish cricket team, his début coming in a Totesport League match against Durham on 6 June 2004 taking 2–16 off 7 overs. He played in 19 One Day Internationals for Scotland, his first match at that level coming against Pakistan on 27 June 2006.

In May 2007, Nel signed for Worcestershire, covering for injured bowlers Doug Bollinger, Matt Mason and Nadeem Malik. He made his Worcestershire debut against Yorkshire at Headingley on 9 May, taking 4/74.[1] He was released by Worcestershire at the end of the 2007 season.[2]

In 2008, in a match between Scotland and Bermuda, Nel became the first player to bowl two maiden overs in an international Twenty20 match.[3]

Until 2008, the Scotland cricket team was made up of amateurs, players did not have contracts with the game's governing body in the country, Cricket Scotland, and balanced their sports careers with full-time jobs. Cricket Scotland began professionalising the national team in 2008 with the introduction of contracts for three of its players, including Nel.[4]

He signed a two-year contract to play for Kent County Cricket Club in March 2010, following an impressive performance on trial. At the end of the previous season seam bowlers Ryan McLaren and Martin Saggers left Kent and Nel bolstered their bowling attack.[5] In the final County Championship match of the season against Yorkshire Nel claimed career-best innings bowling figures of 6/62,[6] finishing with nine wickets in the match. Nel cut his contract short in May 2011 due to a persistent back injury.[7]

References
  1. "Yorkshire v Worcestershire in 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2007.
  2. Worcestershire release three players, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2007
  4. "Professional contracts for Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. "Dewald Nel signs two-year Kent deal". ESPNcricinfo. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  6. "Ashraf heroics keep Yorkshire hopes alive". ESPNcricinfo. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  7. "Injury forces Dewald Nel to leave Kent". ESPNcricinfo. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

Dewald Nel at ESPNcricinfo

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