Juan Theron
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Juan "Rusty" Theron is a South African cricketer
. He currently plays for the Chevrolet Warriors
(formerly known as Eastern Province
), the Deccan Chargers
in the IPL
and the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler
and bats right-handed.
. He soon showed his potential and developed into an important member of the Warriors side, leading the team in subsequent bowling charts in both first-class and List A competitions.
's 2008 Mutual Federal SA Cricket Awards. Also during the same year, he played English club cricket
for Staffordshire
-based club Audley, where he replaced fellow South African Alfonso Thomas
. He also represented the South Africa A side during the same year.
squad, a national contract and signing with Indian Premier League
team Kings XI Punjab
. In his debut for Punjab against the Chennai Super Kings
, he recorded impressive figures of 2/17 in his four overs and bowled the Super Over that led his team to an unlikely victory, subsequently being awarded with the Man of the Match award. He played in the two T20 Internationals against Zimbabwe and during the ODI series he took his first ODI wicket that of opener Hamilton Masakadza
. He bagged 11 wickets in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe including a five-wicket haul.
He was then selected for the two match twenty-20 series against Pakistan but not the ODI series. He bagged 4 wickets in the two match series and was subsequently the selectors decided to add Theron for the ODI series against Pakistan Theron was picked up by Deccan Chargers for IPL for the season of 2011.
Theron (31 off 16) and Wayne Parnell (29 off 11) produced a stunning partnership as South Africa won the second T20I against Australia despite looking dead and buried at 84/7 .
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. He currently plays for the Chevrolet Warriors
Warriors cricket team
The Chevrolet Warriors is the name used by the combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Warriors are St George's Park, Port Elizabeth and Buffalo Park, East London....
(formerly known as Eastern Province
Eastern Province cricket team
Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...
), the Deccan Chargers
Deccan Chargers
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers known in short as DC or 'Chargers' is a cricket franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League...
in the IPL
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
and the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
and bats right-handed.
Playing career
Theron made his debut for Eastern Province in October 2005, appearing in a List A match at Port Elizabeth against the Zimbabwe U-23 team, bowling them out for 145 and thus helping his team win the fixture with match figures of 2/26 of 6.3 overs. He soon made his first class debut in November 2005, appearing against KwaZulu NatalKwaZulu Natal cricket team
The KwaZulu-Natal cricket team is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa...
. He soon showed his potential and developed into an important member of the Warriors side, leading the team in subsequent bowling charts in both first-class and List A competitions.
Early Career
In 2008, Theron's performances for Warriors led to him being awarded the MTN Domestic Championship Cricketer of the Year award in Cricket South AfricaCricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. The board was originally created as the United Cricket Board of South Africa in 1991.-History:...
's 2008 Mutual Federal SA Cricket Awards. Also during the same year, he played English club cricket
ECB Premier Leagues
In 1997 the ECB published "Raising the Standard", the ECB Management Board Blueprint for the Future Playing Structure of cricket. This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational...
for Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
-based club Audley, where he replaced fellow South African Alfonso Thomas
Alfonso Thomas
Alfonso Clive Thomas is a South African cricketer who has represented his country in one Twenty20 International. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler and a big hitting lower-order batsman...
. He also represented the South Africa A side during the same year.
International debut (2010)
Theron's strong domestic performances in all competitions, notably during the Standard Bank Pro20 series, led to him being awarded both a place in South Africa's 18-man provisional 2010 ICC World Twenty202010 ICC World Twenty20
-------------------------------------------------Group A:---------Group B:---------Group C:---------Group D:---------Super 8s:...
squad, a national contract and signing with Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
team Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab is a cricket franchise based in Mohali, Punjab in the Indian Premier League. For the IPL3, an additional venue has been chosen at Dharamsala.-Franchise History:...
. In his debut for Punjab against the Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming, a former New Zealand cricketer. The team's home ground is the M. A...
, he recorded impressive figures of 2/17 in his four overs and bowled the Super Over that led his team to an unlikely victory, subsequently being awarded with the Man of the Match award. He played in the two T20 Internationals against Zimbabwe and during the ODI series he took his first ODI wicket that of opener Hamilton Masakadza
Hamilton Masakadza
Hamilton Masakadza is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg-break bowler.In February 2000 he became the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century. Soon after, in July 2001 he became the youngest player to make a century on his Test debut...
. He bagged 11 wickets in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe including a five-wicket haul.
He was then selected for the two match twenty-20 series against Pakistan but not the ODI series. He bagged 4 wickets in the two match series and was subsequently the selectors decided to add Theron for the ODI series against Pakistan Theron was picked up by Deccan Chargers for IPL for the season of 2011.
Theron (31 off 16) and Wayne Parnell (29 off 11) produced a stunning partnership as South Africa won the second T20I against Australia despite looking dead and buried at 84/7 .
External links
- Juan Theron at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...