Andre Botha

Ireland · PACE · 2006 to 2011 · on scorecards: AC Botha

BATTING

Matches: 42
Innings: 38
Runs: 666
Average: 19.58
Strike rate: 68.65
High score: 56
100s / 50s: 0 / 2

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 42
Average: 27
Economy: 4.36
Strike rate: 37.1
Best figures: 4/19
4w / 5w: 2 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 11 / 0
Run-outs effected: 3

CAREER IN BRIEF

Andre Botha played 42 ODIs for Ireland in CricArcade's archive, from 2006 to 2011. The first came against England at Civil Service Cricket Club, with a score of 52, and the last against West Indies at null in 2011.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 567 runs at 21.0 in 35 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 56 from 71 balls against Netherlands at Cambusdoon New Ground in 2006. The best bowling is 4 for 19 against Kenya at Civil Service Cricket Club in 2008.

In all: 2 fifties. At home the average was 30.4 across 12 ODIs; away it was 17.6 across 15 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against Scotland: 153 runs at 30.6 in 7 ODIs. Civil Service Cricket Club was the most frequent ground, with 6 ODIs and 169 runs at 33.8. Ireland won 17 of the ODIs Andre Botha played and lost 21.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 42 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
56	71	Netherlands	Cambusdoon New Ground	2006	Tied/NR
52	89	England	Civil Service Cricket Club	2006	Lost
47*	43	Scotland	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	2008	Won
42	54	Scotland	Civil Service Cricket Club	2007	Won
38	43	Netherlands	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	2008	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
4/19	8	Kenya	Civil Service Cricket Club	2008	Won
4/42	9	Kenya	Ruaraka Sports Club Ground	2007	Lost
3/27	9	Scotland	Civil Service Cricket Club	2007	Won
3/32	9	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2011	Lost
3/46	10	Scotland	Gymkhana Club Ground	2007	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Kenya	7	70	17.50	0/0	9	10.00
Scotland	7	153	30.60	0/0	10	16.00
Bangladesh	5	81	20.25	0/0	5	34.20
Netherlands	4	121	40.33	0/1	5	19.20
West Indies	4	37	9.25	0/0	1	129.00
Zimbabwe	4	42	10.50	0/0	3	41.67
Canada	3	48	24.00	0/0	1	102.00
England	3	85	28.33	0/1	3	31.33
Bermuda	1	9	9.00	0/0	3	24.67
New Zealand	1	6	6.00	0/0	0	–
Pakistan	1	0	0.00	0/0	2	2.50
South Africa	1	14	14.00	0/0	0	–
Sri Lanka	1	0	0.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	12	274	30.44	0/1	14	11.43
Away	15	247	17.64	0/0	12	35.50
Neutral	15	145	13.18	0/1	16	34.25

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	35	567	21.00	0/2	37	24.97
2010s	7	99	14.14	0/0	5	42.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Civil Service Cricket Club	6	169	33.80	0/1	10	10.50
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	6	105	26.25	0/0	4	13.75
Shere Bangla National Stadium	4	80	20.00	0/0	4	35.00
Gymkhana Club Ground	4	42	14.00	0/0	7	24.00
Sabina Park	4	38	9.50	0/0	3	36.67
Mannofield Park	3	40	13.33	0/0	1	115.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v England, 2006 at Civil Service Cricket Club
Latest in the archive: v West Indies, 2011 at

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 12 September 1975
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 970
Ducks: 5
Four-wicket hauls: 2
Most common batting position: 4th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 78.8
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 63.1
Balls per dismissal against pace: 34.6
Balls per dismissal against spin: 30.8

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 400 balls faced in that period.

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