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Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.[2]

Early and domestic career

He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder.[3]

In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad.[4] He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.[5]

In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.

In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[6]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[7] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[8] In the same month he also scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket, batting for Titans in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series.[9]

In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[10][11] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[12] In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[13]

International career

He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.

Retirement

In December 2022, Behardien announced his retirement from international cricket.[14] He expressed his decision putting a retirement note on Twitter.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Match scorecard". CricketArchive.
  2. ^ "Behardien to lead in T20 as SA ring changes".
  3. ^ TELFORD VICE (5 June 2014). "Castle keeps cool over captain not wearing its logo". Times Media. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ^ South Africa Emerging Players maintain perfect record (24 July 2009)
  5. ^ Farhaan Behardien takes South Africa to thrilling win (1 November 2009)
  6. ^ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Titans name strong squad for Abu Dhabi T20 league". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Behardien reaches 6000 runs but Dolphins fight back". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  14. ^ "South Africa's Farhaan Behardien announces retirement". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  15. ^ "'Feet up for a bit and on to the next challenge' - Behardien calls time on career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

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