Dewald Nel
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Johan Dewald Nel is a South Africa
n-born Scottish
cricket
er. He is a primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who also bats right-handed.
He has played 110 times for the Scottish cricket team
, his début coming in a totesport league
match against Durham
on 6 June 2004 taking 2-16 off 7 overs. He has played in 19 One Day Internationals for Scotland, his first match at that level coming against Pakistan
on 27 June 2006.
In May 2007, Nel signed for Worcestershire
, covering for injury-listed Doug Bollinger
, Matt Mason and Nadeem Malik
. He made his Worcestershire debut against Yorkshire
at Headingley
on 9 May, taking 4-74 despite Worcestershire slumping to a massive innings defeat. He was released by Worcestershire at the end of the 2007 season.
In 2008, in a match between Scotland and Bermuda, Nel became the first ever player to bowl two maiden overs in a single international Twenty20 match.
Until 2008, the Scotland cricket team was made up of amateurs, players did not have contracts with the game's governing body in the country, Cricket Scotland
, and balanced their sports careers with full-time jobs. Cricket Scotland began professionalising the national team in 2008 with the introduction of contracts for three of its players. Nel was amongst these 3 players, along with fellow fast-bowler Gordon Goudie
and then captain Ryan Watson.
He signed a two-year contract to play for Kent County Cricket Club
in March 2010, following an impressive performance on trial. At the end of the previous season seam bowlers Ryan McLaren
and Martin Saggers
left Kent and Nel bolstered their bowling attack. In the final County Championship
match of the season against Yorkshire
Nel claimed career-best bowling figures of six wickets for 62 runs (6/62); he finished with figures of 9/119. Nel cut his contract short in May 2011 due to a persistent back injury.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n-born Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who also bats right-handed.
He has played 110 times for the Scottish cricket team
Scottish cricket team
The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...
, his début coming in a totesport league
National League (cricket)
The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were played on days other than Sunday.-Sunday League:The...
match against Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
on 6 June 2004 taking 2-16 off 7 overs. He has played in 19 One Day Internationals for Scotland, his first match at that level coming against Pakistan
Pakistani cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....
on 27 June 2006.
In May 2007, Nel signed for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
, covering for injury-listed Doug Bollinger
Doug Bollinger
Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler...
, Matt Mason and Nadeem Malik
Nadeem Malik
Nadeem Malik , known by his last two names, is an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman....
. He made his Worcestershire debut against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
at Headingley
Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
on 9 May, taking 4-74 despite Worcestershire slumping to a massive innings defeat. He was released by Worcestershire at the end of the 2007 season.
In 2008, in a match between Scotland and Bermuda, Nel became the first ever player to bowl two maiden overs in a single international Twenty20 match.
Until 2008, the Scotland cricket team was made up of amateurs, players did not have contracts with the game's governing body in the country, Cricket Scotland
Cricket Scotland
Cricket Scotland, formerly known as the Scottish Cricket Union, is the governing body of the sport of cricket in Scotland. The body is based at the National Cricket Academy, Edinburgh....
, and balanced their sports careers with full-time jobs. Cricket Scotland began professionalising the national team in 2008 with the introduction of contracts for three of its players. Nel was amongst these 3 players, along with fellow fast-bowler Gordon Goudie
Gordon Goudie
Gordon Goudie is a Scottish cricketer. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka having moved to England as an apprentice with the MCC Young Cricketers at Lord's....
and then captain Ryan Watson.
He signed a two-year contract to play for Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
in March 2010, following an impressive performance on trial. At the end of the previous season seam bowlers Ryan McLaren
Ryan McLaren
Ryan McLaren is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
and Martin Saggers
Martin Saggers
Martin John Saggers is a retired English cricketer, who spent the majority of his career at Kent. He had little success in his three seasons with Durham between 1996 and 1998, but then joined Kent and from 2000 to 2003 passed 50 first-class wickets each year, his best being 83 in 2002...
left Kent and Nel bolstered their bowling attack. In the final County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
match of the season against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
Nel claimed career-best bowling figures of six wickets for 62 runs (6/62); he finished with figures of 9/119. Nel cut his contract short in May 2011 due to a persistent back injury.