nicky boje Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
nicky boje is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Nico Boje
Born
March 20, 1973, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Age
50 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Bowler
Education
Grey College
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 43 | 115 | 1 | - |
Inn | 62 | 71 | - | - |
Runs | 1312 | 1414 | - | - |
Avg | 25.23 | 26.68 | - | - |
SR | 48.32 | 88.71 | - | - |
HS | 85 | 129 | - | - |
NO | 10 | 18 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 2 | - | - |
50s | 4 | 4 | - | - |
4s | 184 | 135 | - | - |
6s | 6 | 13 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 43 | 115 | 1 | - |
Inn | 72 | 108 | 1 | - |
Balls | 8620 | 4541 | 24 | - |
Runs | 4265 | 3415 | 27 | - |
Wkt | 100 | 96 | 1 | - |
BBI | 62 / 5 | 21 / 5 | 27 / 1 | - |
BBM | 134 / 8 | 21 / 5 | 27 / 1 | - |
Eco | 2.97 | 4.51 | 6.75 | - |
Avg | 42.65 | 35.57 | 27.0 | - |
5W | 3 | 1 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- EHL Boje
- South Africa
- Africa XI
- Eagles
- Free State
- Hyderabad Heroes
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Warriors
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Boje worked hard on his bowling to become the premier spinner in the Test side. After his ODI debut in 1995, he took almost 5 more years to make it to the Test team but the wait was worth it. As on the tour to India and Sri Lanka, Boje was able to establish himself as the No.1 spinner in the team. However, he lost his place to Claude Henderson and then to Robin Peterson, but Boje didn't give up and made it back to the side for the tour of New Zealand in 2003. During the final match, he picked up a 8-wicket haul and helped South Africa level the series.
He was also one of the players involved in the match-fixing scandal in 2000. Fearing arrest in India, Boje decided not to travel to India till 2006. He announced his retirement from international cricket in 2006 to concentrate on domestic cricket. Northamptonshire signed him up in 2008 and also made him the captain. Boje also played in the rebel Indian league, i.e. ICL for Hyderabad Heroes.
by Akshay Maanay
As of May 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Such is the sporting gene-pool in the Boje family that mother, father and all three children have played at least one sport at provincial or international level. Nicky Boje captained South Africa Schools and was selected for three successive years as a middle-order batsman. From an early he showed his all-round skills, opening the bowling for his own school, and then switched to left-arm spin on the coach's command - because nobody else could turn the ball. He was equally pivotal on the rugby field and tennis court. Boje spent four long years after his initial squad selection quietly desperate to be regarded by the national selectors as a middle-order batsman who bowled usefully, but a spinner he remained. He worked furiously on his bowling as a result, and match-winning analyses in both India and Sri Lanka finally established him as the Test No. 1 in 2000-01, a position he briefly surrendered to Claude Henderson in Australia in 2001-02, and then to Robin Peterson and Paul Adams in 2003. However, he had a big role to play in the final Test of the New Zealand tour of 2003-04, when his eight-wicket haul helped South Africa to a series-levelling win. But after being implicated in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal in 2000, Boje refused to tour India in subsequent years. After fighting his way back into the squad to face India in 2006, he surprisingly announced his retirement from international cricket to concentrate on his domestic career with the Eagles. He went on to play in the "rebel" ICL and in 2008 was appointed captain of Northamptonshire, handing over the reins to Andrew Hall after a stuttering start to the 2010 season. He was one of the bright, inquisitive breed of internationals who preferred a cameraman's long lens to a boring dressing-room and a craft market or temple to a hotel room.
Cricinfo staff August 2010