Ashwell Prince

Ashwell Prince
Personal information
Full name
Ashwell Gavin Prince
Born (1977-05-28) 28 May 1977 (age 47)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 283)22 February 2002 v Australia
Last Test29 December 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 72)9 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Last ODI25 April 2007 v Australia
Only T20I (cap 11)21 October 2005 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995/6–1996/97Eastern Province
1997/98–2003/04Western Province
2004/05Western Province Boland
2006/07–2007/08Cape Cobras
2008Nottinghamshire
2008/09–2013/14Warriors
2009–2015Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 66 52 288 262
Runs scored 3,665 1,018 18,484 6,315
Batting average 41.64 35.10 44.43 32.55
100s/50s 11/11 0/3 45/90 4/34
Top score 162* 89* 261 128
Balls bowled 96 12 294 91
Wickets 1 0 4 0
Bowling average 47.00 44.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/2 2/11
Catches/stumpings 47/– 26/– 220/– 120/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2017

Ashwell Gavin Prince (born 28 May 1977) is a former South African cricketer and captain who played all formats of the game for South Africa. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the South African cricket team when he stood in for the injured Graeme Smith in two Tests.[1] He took on the role of batting consultant with the Bangladesh cricket team in mid-2021[2][3] but resigned in early 2022. He is currently a guest commentator with ABC Grandstand for the Australia-South Africa Test series in Australia.

Prince started his career with Eastern Province in the 1995/6 South African cricket season. Since then, he has represented Western Province, Western Province Boland, Cape Cobras, and Warriors in South Africa's domestic competitions. He has also had spells in England, first at Nottinghamshire and later Lancashire.

In 2002, Prince made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts for South Africa. He played 52 ODIs between 2002 and 2007, and 66 Tests between 2002 and 2011. All eleven of his international centuries came in Test cricket, in which he averaged 41.64. He originally announced his intention to retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2014 English cricket season, but stayed on for another season before announcing his retirement for the second time in September 2015.[4]

  1. ^ Manthor, Neil (11 July 2006). "Cricket: Proteas appoint first non-white captain". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Rangana Herath, Ashwell Prince join Bangladesh cricket team coaching staff". The Times of India. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Yahoo Cricket". cricket.yahoo.net. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "BBC Sport – Ashwell Prince: Lancashire's ex-South Africa batsman to retire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2015.