Andre Nel

Andre Nel bats right handedly and bowls right arm fast medium for South Africa cricket team. Northamptonshire, Mumbai Indians, Lions, Essex and Easterns are the other teams he has played for.

West Indies and South Africa played a One day International at Port of Spain on 12th May 2001 and this was the debut One day match of Nel. He batted at the No. 11 position and was unbeaten on 3 runs in 3 balls. He bowled 8.1 overs, out of which 2 were maidens, conceded 20 runs and took 3 wickets. South Africa won this match by 53 runs. The debut Test match of Nel was played between Zimbabwe and South Africa at Harare from 7th to 11th September 2001. He did not bat in the 1st innings. He bowled 16 overs, 6 were maidens, gave away 53 runs and took 4 wickets. In the 2nd innings, he bowled 14.5 overs, out of which 5 were maiden, conceded 33 runs and took 1 wicket. He did not bat in the 2nd innings. South Africa won this match by 9 wickets.

Career Highlights

In the 36 Test matches he played, he took 123 wickets after bowling 7630 deliveries during which 3919 runs were scored. His bowling average was 31.86, economy rate was 3.08 and bowling strike rate was 62. He participated in 79 One day Internationals in which he bowled 3801 balls, conceded 2935 runs and took 106 wickets. His economy rate was 4.63, bowling average was 27.68 and bowling strike rate was 35.8.