Henry Williams (cricketer)

South African cricketer

Henry Williams

Personal information

Full name|

Henry Smith Williams

Born|  (1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 56)
Pniel, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side|

* South Africa (1999–2000)

ODI debut| 24 January 1999 v West Indies
Last ODI| 19 March 2000 v India
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1990/91| Western Province
1992/93| Impalas
1992/93–2003/04| Boland
Career statistics
| Competition | ODI | FC | LA

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Matches | 7 | 89 | 109
Runs scored | 8 | 765 | 123
Batting average | 8.00 | 8.13 | 3.96
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0
Top score | 7 | 49 | 15
Balls bowled | 329 | 17,021 | 5,296
Wickets | 9 | 276 | 122
Bowling average | 25.33 | 24.26 | 29.22
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 10 | 0
10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0
Best bowling | 3/38 | 6/27 | 4/35
Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 24/– | 17/–

Source: CricInfo, 30 January 2019

Medal record

Representing  South Africa
Men's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | List-A cricket

Henry Smith Williams (born 11 June 1967), is a retired South African cricketer. He played seven One Day Internationals for South Africa. Williams was a right-arm seam bowler and became the bowling coach at Boland after his retirement.

He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match fixing. In the hearing, he admitted accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day International in India. He had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs, but sustained a legitimate injury and so bowled only 11 balls.[1]

Although his suspension was only for six months, he was well into his 30s and, despite playing first-class cricket until 2003/04, he never returned to international cricket.

In February 2020, Williams was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2][3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

## See also[edit]

* List of cricketers banned for match fixing

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Saqlain's hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
2. ^ "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
3. ^ "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
4. ^ "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Henry Williams at ESPNcricinfo