Rusty Theron

Rusty Theron
Personal information
Full name
Juan Theron
Born (1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 39)
Potchefstroom, South Africa
NicknameRusty
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National sides
ODI debut (cap 100/27)15 October 2010 
South Africa v Zimbabwe
Last ODI12 June 2022 
United States v Oman
T20I debut (cap 47/19)8 October 2010 
South Africa v Zimbabwe
Last T20I17 July 2022 
United States v PNG
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2015Eastern Province
2007–2015Warriors
2010Kings XI Punjab
2011–2012Deccan Chargers
2012Sussex
2014–2015Jamaica Tallawahs
2015Rajasthan Royals
2023–presentTexas Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 18 18 54 114
Runs scored 50 41 783 686
Batting average 5.00 12.23 15.95
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/1
Top score 12 31* 66 53
Balls bowled 780 374 9,149 5,074
Wickets 31 24 169 186
Bowling average 21.51 19.87 27.02 23.49
5 wickets in innings 1 0 7 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/44 4/27 7/46 5/44
Catches/stumpings 7/– 3/– 16/– 33/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 March 2024

Juan "Rusty" Theron (born 24 July 1985) is a South African-American professional cricketer. He played for the Warriors cricket team in South African domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and for the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed. He retired from South African domestic cricket on 8 October 2015, following a spate of knee injuries.[1] In 2019, he qualified to represent the United States cricket team in international matches, after fulfilling the International Cricket Council's three-year residency rule.[2] He represented the United States in a One Day International (ODI) match in September 2019. He is known as "Rusty," due to the reddish-brown color of his hair.

  1. ^ "Rusty Theron retires from South African domestic cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.