Kepler Wessels

Kepler Wessels
Personal information
Full name
Kepler Christoffel Wessels
Born (1957-09-14) 14 September 1957 (age 67)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, Union of South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
Right arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsRiki Wessels (son)
International information
National sides
Test debut (cap 317/246)26 November 1982 
Australia v England
Last Test18 August 1994 
South Africa v England
ODI debut (cap 71/11)9 January 1983 
Australia v New Zealand
Last ODI28 October 1994 
South Africa v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973/74–1975/76Orange Free State
1976–1980Sussex
1976/77Western Province
1977/78Northern Transvaal
1979/80–1985/86Queensland
1986/87–1997/98Eastern Province
1998/99–1999/00Griqualand West
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 40[a] 109[b] 316 337
Runs scored 2,788 3,367 24,738 12,503
Batting average 41.00 34.35 50.58 41.53
100s/50s 6/15 1/26 66/132 15/90
Top score 179 107 254 146
Balls bowled 90 90 1,416 1,327
Wickets 0 18 13 36
Bowling average 37.00 44.15 31.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/16 2/25 4/24
Catches/stumpings 30/– 49/– 268/– 151/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 November 2008

Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia.[1] Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.[2]

He was a left-handed opening batsman. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, Eastern Province and Griqualand West in South Africa, for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England. In 2008, he coached the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings and later returned to coaching in South Africa.


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  1. ^ "Individuals who played for two countries". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Kepler Wessels opens up about World Series Cricket, cage fighting and new bowls career". Courier Mail. 25 June 2016.