Full
Name: Jonathan Neil Rhodes
Born: 27th July 1969, Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
South Africa
Major Teams: Gauteng, Hampshire Cricket Board, Western Province,
ICC World XI, South Africa
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut:
South Africa Vs India, 1st Test
at Kingsmead, Durban, 1992/93
ODI Debut:
Australia Vs South Africa at SCG,
Sydney, Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92
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Jonty
Rhodes : The Flying Machine |
A Special
feature by Karthik Narayan
The name Jonty Rhodes is synonymous with backward point
that position in the cricketing field that has few peers to
compare. In fact, only after Jonty’s retirement only we start
to think about the other brilliant fielders - Ricky Ponting,
Herschelle Gibbs, Chris Harris, Yuvraj Singh and others
throwing themselves at full stretch at the most coveted Point
position.
Our Flying Machine was born as Jonathan Neil Rhodes on 26 July
1969 ( 26th July...wait a sec. that's also the day when I was
born!), in the city of Pietermaritzburg in Kwazulu-Natal,
South Africa, with 2 brothers who were also actively involved
in cricket. He was a promising cricketer early in his life,
yet cricket wasn't his only love. It was just his first love,
he loved it more! He was an excellent soccer player and also
received provincial colours for hockey and eventually won
South African colours for hockey and cricket. He was selected
to join the South African hockey team at the Barcelona Olympic
Games in 1992 he would have been the first South African to
play in two different international events in different
sports, in the same year.
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Statistics of Jonty Rhodes's Career :
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Test Matches :
Batting and Fielding |
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