Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.[2]
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| Full name | Farhaan Behardien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1983 Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Fudgie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 107) | 22 January 2013 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 February 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 50) | 30 March 2012 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 17 November 2018 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05–2005/06 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2019/20 | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2011/12 | Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Cape Town Blitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21 | Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22 | Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and domestic career
editHe also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder.[3]
In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad.[4] He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.[5]
In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.
In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[6]
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[7] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[8] In the same month he also scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket, batting for Titans in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series.[9]
In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[10][11] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[12] In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[13]
International career
editHe made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.
Retirement
editIn December 2022, Behardien announced his retirement from international cricket.[14] He expressed his decision putting a retirement note on Twitter.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Match scorecard". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes". 9 January 2017.
- ^ TELFORD VICE (5 June 2014). "Castle keeps cool over captain not wearing its logo". Times Media. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ South Africa Emerging Players maintain perfect record (24 July 2009)
- ^ Farhaan Behardien takes South Africa to thrilling win (1 November 2009)
- ^ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Titans name strong squad for Abu Dhabi T20 league". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Behardien reaches 6000 runs but Dolphins fight back". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "South Africa's Farhaan Behardien announces retirement". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "'Feet up for a bit and on to the next challenge' - Behardien calls time on career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2022.