Andre Botha Ireland (IRE)
Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium pace (RM)
Career	ODI	First-class
Matches	8	15
Runs scored	132	774
Batting average	26.40	32.25
100s/50s	0/2	0/6
Top score	56	97
Balls bowled	318	1649
Wickets	14	22
Bowling average	20.42	35.59
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best Bowling	4/42	4/52
Catches/Stumpings	2/0	7/0
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Andre Cornelius Botha (born September 12, 1975 in Johannesburg, Transvaal), is a South African-born Irish cricketer. September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Flag of Transvaal For the Russian theme park, see Transvaal Park. ...

Domestic Career

A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Botha has played provincial cricket for Griqualand West in his native South Africa. Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Muttiah Muralitharan bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling, analogous to a pitcher in baseball. ... The Griqua are a subgroup of South Africas Coloured population, descended from an admixture of European settlers and the Khoisan peoples they encountered on their initial arrival at the Cape. ...

Botha was the resident professional at Clontarf Cricket Club from 1994 until his switch to North County in 2000. A prolific batsman at club level, Botha contributed handsomely to North County's Irish Senior Cup victories in 2001, 2003 and 2005, as well as garnering four consecutive Leinster Senior League winners' medals between 2003 and 2006. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

International Record

Esteemed among the leading all-rounders in domestic cricket, the newly-eligible Botha débuted (inauspiciously, registering nought with the bat and 1-50 with the ball) for his adopted country in Ireland's August 2001 C & G Trophy victory over Wiltshire. In cricket, an all-rounder is a player who is good at both batting and bowling. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: August 25 - Aaliyah Films: August 10 - Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray August 24 - Bubble Boy Categories: 2001 by month ... The C&G Trophy is a knock-out one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

A fixture in the Irish team thereafter, Botha's form temporarily deserted him during Ireland's momentous summer of 2005. Selected at #3 in the batting order throughout the group phase of the 2005 ICC Trophy, Botha recorded a dismal average of 9.5 for the tournament, twice succumbing on zero. However, his economical bowling contributed eight wickets to the Irish cause, and helped the team (which ultimately finished second in the competition) land a qualifying berth for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen go to the crease to bat. ... The 2005 ICC Trophy is a cricket tournament being held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. ... Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted by the West Indies from March 13 to April 28, 2007. ...

In marked contrast to his ICC Trophy form, the runs flowed freely from Botha's bat during Ireland's conquest of the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. A tournament average of 66.00 encompassed an international career-best 97 against the Netherlands at Stormont, and knocks of 78 and 43* in the final victory over Kenya at Windhoek. Botha also accounted for eight wickets at 25.50 with his medium-paced bowling during the course of the tournament. The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket competition for 12 nations from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. ... Stormont is Stormont, a suburb of Belfast Stormont Castle, a castle in the area Parliament Building of Northern Ireland, known as Stormont a nickname for the former Parliament of Northern Ireland and its unionist-dominated executive, the Government of Northern Ireland Stormont County an old county that is now a... Windhoek, Namibia Windhoek (pronounced Vind hook or German «Windhuk») is the capital of Namibia. ...

Selected for Ireland's inaugual One Day International against England at Stormont despite a series of low scores in the preceding C&G Trophy matches, Botha vindicated the selectors' judgement by top-scoring with 52 against a first-rate attack including Steve Harmison, Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood. Since then, Botha has evinced a marked aptitude for One Day Internationals, averaging 39.66 in three ODIs to date, with a top score of 56 achieved against the Netherlands during Ireland's victorious 2006 European Cricket Championship campaign. A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Stephen James Harmison MBE (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. ... Liam Edward Plunkett (born 1985-04-06 in Middlesbrough) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham and England. ... Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born December 21, 1981 in Bolton) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua descent. ... The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. ...

In August 2006, Botha was named in the 14 man squad which will represent Ireland at both the World Cricket League in Kenya and the Caribbean-hosted World Cup later the same year. He finished the provincial season with an insuperable batting average of 120.20 from ten innings. The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One is a one-day international cricket tournament scheduled to be played between 29 January 2007 and 7 February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. ...

Botha bowled well in the World Cricket League tournament, taking 13 wickets at an average of of 21.30. Only one player took more wickets in the tournament.

He has played 55 times in all for Ireland, including the 2005 ICC Trophy and the European Championship in 2004 and 2006. The 2005 ICC Trophy is a cricket tournament being held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. ... The European Cricket Championship is a group of various tournaments in which national cricket sides throughout Europe compete. ...

References

• Player Profile: Andre Botha (cricketer) from Cricinfo
• Statistical summary from CricketArchive
• CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
• Top wicket-takers in 2007 ICC WCL Division One from CricketArchive