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Kepler Wessels

South African
68 yrs|
Batter

About Kepler Wessels

Name
Kepler Wessels
Gender
Male
Birth
14 Sept 1957
Birth Place
N/A
Height
N/A
Nationality
South African
Role
Batter
Bats
left handed
Bowls
na

Born on September 14, 1957, Kepler Wessels is one of the few players who represented two countries (South Africa and Australia) in international cricket.

Interestingly, Wessels was the number one U-16 Tennis player in South Africa. However, after shattering losses in major tournaments, he shifted his focus to cricket. 


At 18, Wessels started to play for the Sussex County team and was impressive under his County captain, Tony Greig after his string of impressive scores.


The influential media tycoon Kerry Packer wanted the Australian team to have a solid opening combination in the World Series Cricket (WSC) and in this pursuit, he called Wessels to play for the Aussie team. 


The Bloemfontein-born could not turn down the offer and made himself available to feature in the tournament organized by Packer. It was majorly due to South Africa getting banned from international cricket. 


In December 1982, the talented batter made his Test debut against England and returned with knocks of 162 and 46. He was named Player of the Match as well. 


Wessels hit his career-best red-ball score of 179 against Pakistan in December 1983. 


After lifting of the ban on South Africa, the 64-year-old scored a fifty in his first limited-overs fixture for Proteas against India in November 1991. 


The following year, the Protea-Aussie cricketer became the first red-ball captain for South Africa.


Wessels last played for the Crickxon and gold in October 1984 and finished with 6155 runs in 149 appearances, comprising seven centuries. 


Wessels later coached the Chennai Super Kings team in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). 


As of July, 2022

Kepler Wessels Recent Form

Batting

19 (46)
PAK VS RSA
30 (69)
AUS VS RSA
33 (66)
RSA VS PAK
6 (29)
AUS VS RSA
21 (39)
ENG VS RSA
4 (8)
ENG VS RSA
28 (61)
ENG VS RSA
45 (84)
ENG VS RSA
7 (20)
ENG VS RSA
25 (66)
ENG VS RSA

Bowling

0-11
SL VS RSA
0-7
AUS VS NZ
0-16
ENG VS AUS
0-2
ENG VS AUS
0-15
ENG VS AUS
0-16
PAK VS AUS
1-7
AUS VS SL
2-16
AUS VS SL
2-61
SL VS AUS
1-58
WI VS AUS

Kepler Wessels Career Stats

Batting

FormatMatInnR100s50sHSSRAvgFoursSixesDuck
ODI1091053367126
107
55.3134.3626320
Test40712788615
179
46.4841.0030430
WC ODI121240504
85
53.9340.50310--

Bowling

FormatMatInnWEconAvgBest3W5WSRMaiden
ODI10923185.3437.00
2/16
0041.610
Test40602.800.00
0/2
000.000
WC ODI12000.000.00
0-0
000.000

Career Debut Information

ODI DebutAustralia vs New Zealand at Melbourne- January 09, 1983
Test DebutAustralia vs England at Brisbane- November 26 - December 01, 1982

Teams played for

South Africa