Lance Klusener

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Lance Klusener
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batting style = Left-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
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tests = 49
test runs = 1906
test bat avg = 32.86
test 100s/50s = 4/8
test top score = 174
test overs = 6887
test wickets = 80
test bowl avg = 37.91
test 5s = 1
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 8/64
test catches/stumpings = 34/-
ODIs = 171
ODI runs = 3576
ODI bat avg = 41.10
ODI 100s/50s = 2/19
ODI top score = 103*
ODI overs = 7336
ODI wickets = 192
ODI bowl avg = 29.95
ODI 5s = 6
ODI 10s = 0
ODI best bowling = 6/49
ODI catches/stumpings = 35/-
date = 25 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45821.html Cricinfo

Lance Klusener (born 4 September 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language.

Klusener made his Test match debut for South Africa against India in Calcutta during the second Test in 1996/97. Klusener, at the time playing primarily as a bowler, took some fearful hammering at the hands of Mohammad Azharuddin, who at one point hit him for five consecutive fours, in his first innings of his debut but returned career best figures of eight for 64 in the second.

Klusener will be remembered mainly for his contributions in One Day Internationals, in which he became feared as a hard hitting batsman and was voted as Man of the Tournament during the 1999 World Cup. He was also voted as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000.

His international career has tapered off since then, due mainly to persistent ankle injuries, as well as a public dispute with the current South African captain Graeme Smith, who at breakfast meeting shortly after his appointment to the captaincy described Klusener as a "disruptive force" to the younger players within the South African national cricket team, with the quote ending up in the South African pressFact|date=June 2008. However it seems that Klusener and Smith have patched up their differencesFact|date=June 2008.

Klusener plays for Kwazulu-Natal (Nashua Dolphins) in the domestic level in South Africa. In 2003 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club signed him on a contract running until late 2007. So far at Wantage Road he has impressed with his fired-up seam bowling and his hard-hitting in the low middle-order. Due to family beareavments back home, it has been announced that his contract with the county will not be renewed at the end of the 2007 season. In late 2007, he started playing in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 tournament in India for the Kolkata Tigers team. [ [http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/dec/14icl.htm Chennai Superstars bt Kolkata Tigers, enter final ] ]

Klusener's batting averages are particularly notable for the peculiar fact that his ODI average is considerably higher than his Test average. This is a fair reflection of his aggressive temperament.

External links

* [http://content.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/45821.html Cricinfo Player Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/2/2244/2244.html Cricket Archive Player Profile]

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