Mandy Yachad
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Mandy Yachad is a former South Africa
n cricket
er and field hockey
player who represented the South African national team in both sports.
Yachad made his international cricket debut for South Africa in 1991, but only played one One Day International for South Africa. With much of his cricket career falling during the international sporting boycott of South Africa in the 1980s and early 1990s, Yachad was denied the opportunity of playing international career during the prime of his career. He was named among the South African Cricket Annual five Players of the Year both in 1985 and 1991.
He was a specialist opening batsman who scored 14 centuries
and 32 fifties in his 16-year first class career, which spanned 109 matches, mostly for Transvaal
in two spells (1978–1983 and 1992–1994) and Northern Transvaal (between 1983 and 1992).
He was selected for the tour of India
, and after Andrew Hudson
made a duck opening the innings during a three-wicket loss in the first ODI in Calcutta, Hudson was replaced by Yachad for the second match at Gwalior. Yachad held the catch to dismiss Kris Srikkanth, the first wicket to fall in the match, but his batting was too slow to win the match; with the required run rate
slightly above five, Yachad's 31 off 77 balls slowed the team down. He was eventually lbw
to spinner Venkatapathy Raju
, and South Africa lost by 38 runs. Yachad was replaced by Hudson for the third match, and never played international cricket again, though he turned out for an Invitation XI against India during the 1992–93 season.
In hockey, Yachad played at least 21 Test matches, and also represented his country at indoor hockey.
His son Shaul closely follows in his footsteps having recently played for the Maccabi Cricket team at the 2009 Maccabi Games in July and bringing home gold with his team.
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 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 and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player who represented the South African national team in both sports.
Yachad made his international cricket debut for South Africa in 1991, but only played one One Day International for South Africa. With much of his cricket career falling during the international sporting boycott of South Africa in the 1980s and early 1990s, Yachad was denied the opportunity of playing international career during the prime of his career. He was named among the South African Cricket Annual five Players of the Year both in 1985 and 1991.
He was a specialist opening batsman who scored 14 centuries
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
and 32 fifties in his 16-year first class career, which spanned 109 matches, mostly for Transvaal
Transvaal cricket team
Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Gauteng in South Africa....
in two spells (1978–1983 and 1992–1994) and Northern Transvaal (between 1983 and 1992).
He was selected for the tour of India
South African cricket team in India in 1991-92
The first match was South Africa's first-ever ODI and their first cricket match of any sort against India. The attendance was reported to be over 90,000. Ten South African players made their ODI debuts ....
, and after Andrew Hudson
Andrew Hudson
Andrew Charles Hudson was a South African Test and ODI cricketer. The right-handed batsman played 35 Tests and 89 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s. His career spanned 16 consecutive summers, playing for both his country and his province KwaZulu-Natal...
made a duck opening the innings during a three-wicket loss in the first ODI in Calcutta, Hudson was replaced by Yachad for the second match at Gwalior. Yachad held the catch to dismiss Kris Srikkanth, the first wicket to fall in the match, but his batting was too slow to win the match; with the required run rate
Run rate
In cricket, the run rate , or runs per over is the number of runs a batsman scores in an over of 6 balls. It includes all runs, even the so-called extras awarded due to errors by the bowler. Without extras and overthrows, the maximum run rate is 36 – if every ball were struck for six and, as...
slightly above five, Yachad's 31 off 77 balls slowed the team down. He was eventually lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
to spinner Venkatapathy Raju
Venkatapathy Raju
Venkatapathy Raju came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic season. He made his Test and One Day International debut in the tour of New Zealand. When sent in as a night-watchman in his first Test innings, he batted for more than two hours for 31 runs while six...
, and South Africa lost by 38 runs. Yachad was replaced by Hudson for the third match, and never played international cricket again, though he turned out for an Invitation XI against India during the 1992–93 season.
In hockey, Yachad played at least 21 Test matches, and also represented his country at indoor hockey.
His son Shaul closely follows in his footsteps having recently played for the Maccabi Cricket team at the 2009 Maccabi Games in July and bringing home gold with his team.
External links
- Player Profile: Mandy Yachad from CricketArchive