- Steve Elworthy
Infobox Cricketer
nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Steve Elworthy
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
balls = true
tests = 4
test runs = 72
test bat avg = 18.00
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 48
test overs = 867
test wickets = 13
test bowl avg = 34.15
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 4/66
test catches/stumpings = 1/-
ODIs = 39
ODI runs = 100
ODI bat avg = 12.50
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 23
ODI overs = 1702
ODI wickets = 44
ODI bowl avg = 28.06
ODI 5s = 0
ODI 10s = 0
ODI best bowling = 3/17
ODI catches/stumpings = 9/-
date = 25 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44960.html CricinfoSteven Elworthy (born
23 February 1965 inBulawayo ,Rhodesia ) is a former South Africancricket er (right arm fast-medium bowler) who has fostered a career in administration withCricket South Africa .International career
After 10 years of playing first class cricket Elworthy made his
One Day International (ODI) debut at age 32 for South Africa on April 3, 1998 against Pakistan. His test debut was later that year, July 23rd against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.He went on to play a total of four Tests and 39
One Day International s for South Africa between 1998 and 2002. Notably he was run-out in the penultimate over of the 1999 World Cup semi-final, a match where South Africa were infamously thought to have choked. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/295629.html Cricinfo - Dodgy overseas signings ] ]Domestic career
In South Africa he played for Northerns over a 14 season career. In 2000-1 he was the leading wicket taker in South African first class cricket with 52 at 18.11. He was named one of five South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year in 2002. He departed amicably from the Northerns squad in 2003 [ [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/128720.html Cricinfo - Steve Elworthy opts not to sign with Northerns ] ] , effectively marking his retirement as a professional player.
Elworthy also played played English county cricket. In 1996 he spent a season at Lancashire. This was a difficult year with modest on-field success (26 wickets at 41), capped by being dropped on the morning of the B&H Cup Final. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/current/story/295629.html Cricinfo - Dodgy overseas signings ] ] In 2003 he filled in for six weeks at
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club while the club's fulltime foreign playersStuart MacGill andChris Cairns fulfilled international obligations. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/nottinghamshire/2861615.stm BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Nottinghamshire | Notts recruit Elworthy ] ]He also was a professional player for many years for English club teams
Rishton and Flowery Field.Cricket Administration
Since his retirement Elworthy has become a successful cricket administrator as
Cricket South Africa 's commercial and communications manager. He had been named as tournament director for the inauguralTwenty20 World Championship inSouth Africa in 2007. [ [http://sport.iafrica.com/news/985267.htm sport.iafrica.com | today's news Elworthy heads 20/20 World Cup ] ]References
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