loots bosman Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
loots bosman is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Lungile Edgar Bosman
Born
April 14, 1977, Kimberley, Cape Province
Age
46 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 14 | 14 | - |
Inn | - | 12 | 14 | - |
Runs | - | 301 | 323 | - |
Avg | - | 25.08 | 24.85 | - |
SR | - | 98.69 | 147.49 | - |
HS | - | 88 | 94 | - |
NO | - | 0 | 1 | - |
100s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | - | 2 | 3 | - |
4s | - | 37 | 27 | - |
6s | - | 9 | 20 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 14 | 14 | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- South Africa
- Africa XI
- Derbyshire
- Dolphins
- Eagles
- Griqualand West
- Mumbai Indians
- South Africa A
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He has been dubbed the next Sehwag in the South African domestic circuit for quite a while now. He has a technique of his own and when he is at his explosive best, he can single- handedly destroy the opposition's bowling attack.
His 22-ball fifty against the Highveld Lions last year brought him to stardom and made the national selectors sit up and take notice of his special talent. Soon, he was awarded a contract with the Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
He made his international Twenty20 debut on 24 February 2006 at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and his ODI debut came a few months later against Zimbabwe in September 2006.
He has however not been able to translate his ability into consistent international performances. Branded as a typical T20 batsmen, his only knock worthy enough of praise at the international level before he was axed, came against Pakistan, where he made an unbeaten 53 in just 32 balls in the Standard Pro T20.
He was also selected to be a part of the Champions Trophy in 2009, but made it to the playing eleven in just 1 match.
Most recently, Bosman made himself known again in the T20 Series against England in November 2009. He smashed 58 off 31 balls in the first game, and 94 off 44 balls in the second, setting a world-record International T20 partnership of 170 with Graeme Smith to set up a South Africa victory. He would however be looking to elevate his status if and when he gets the opportunity to represent the Proteas again.
It has been quite sometime since Bosman last played for South Africa, February 2010 to be precise. After those two innings against England, he looked out of sorts and had a horrid T20 WC in West Indies, where he scored 8 runs in 2 games. However, the selectors gave some more chances which he failed to utilize and was dropped after playing a T20 against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. At the age of 36, with no performances in the domestic level, one cannot see Bosman making a comeback to the National side.
By Shashank
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A hard-hitting opener and an archetype of the successful Twenty20 batsman, Loots Bosman was born in Kimberley in the Cape Province, where he was raised by his grandfather, and made his debut for Griqualand West at the beginning of the 1997-98 season. But despite some success with provincial and South Africa A sides, it was only when Twenty20 cricket arrived in South Africa that Bosman etched his name into his country's cricketing consciousness. Pro20 cricket's first outing came at the end of the 2003-04 season, and Bosman - who was now part of the Eagles team under the new franchise system - topped the batting charts with 219 runs at a strike-rate of 120.99 and a high score of 84* despite the fact that he was asked to bat in the middle order.
Bosman was a key figure in South Africa A's campaign in a triangular one-day tournament in Sri Lanka in 2005-06, but it was his exploits at home that earned him a call-up to the squad for the Twenty20 International against Australia in mid-February. His 22-ball fifty against the Highveld Lions in February was the fastest in the Standard Bank Pro20 series. Player of the Series in the 2006 edition, Bosman became the first batsman to score a century in the competition, reaching three figures in just 43 balls. He failed to get going in the 2007 final, but his contributions to the Eagles clinching the Pro20 title were enough to earn him a look-in for the national Twenty20 side. He missed the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 due to a back injury, though Bosman insisted at the time that he was fit to play and he was subsequently suspended for one domestic match after being found guilty of "unbecoming or detrimental" conduct by Cricket South Africa over comments made to a local newspaper about coach Mickey Arthur after he was left out of the squad.
Bosman turned down a contract with the Indian Cricket League in October 2007, instead signing up for the Mumbai Indians in the first edition of the Indian Premier League, though he couldn't make it into a starting XI. Bosman had a quiet international year in 2008, playing just one Twenty20 against Bangladesh, and at the end of the 2008-09 domestic season moved from the Eagles to the Dolphins franchise in KwaZulu-Natal. Initially named in a provisional squad of 30 for the 2009 World Twenty20, he couldn't find a place in the final 15, but in November of that year he fell one blow short of what would have been, at the time, just the second international Twenty20 century. Smashing 94 from just 45 balls, including nine sixes, against England at Centurion, he was also involved in a world record 170-run opening stand with Graeme Smith as South Africa racked up a mammoth 241 for 6.
Bosman finally made it to a World Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean in 2010, but appeared strangely out of sorts and made just eight runs in two innings, failing to find the boundary once. Despite that failure, he was signed by Derbyshire as their overseas player for the Friends Provident t20 tournament in 2010, and responded in superb fashion, hammering 94 off 50 balls to set up a crushing 65-run win over a strong Yorkshire side in June.
As he heads into his mid-30s, Bosman's opportunities for South Africa may begin to wane, and though he will be remembered as a punishing Twenty20 batsman, it remains a mystery as to why he was never able to take his success in the format into 50-over or first-class cricket.
Liam Brickhill June 2010