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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Francois du Plessis | |||
| Born | {{ |1984|7|13|df=yes}} Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||
| Nickname | Faf | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg-break | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | South Africa | |||
| Test debut (cap 314) | 23 November 2012 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 21 February 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||
| ODI debut (cap 101) | 18 January 2011 v India | |||
| Last ODI | 6 July 2019 v Australia | |||
| T20I debut (cap 52) | 8 September 2012 v England | |||
| Last T20I | 19 March 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2004–2011 | Northerns | |||
| 2011–present | Titans | |||
| 2008–2009 | Lancashire | |||
| 2011–2015 | Chennai Super Kings | |||
| 2012 | Melbourne Renegades | |||
| 2016–2017 | Rising Pune Supergiants | |||
| 2018 | Paarl Rocks | |||
| 2018–present | Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20I | FC |
| Matches | 58 | 143 | 44 | 138 |
| Runs scored | 3,608 | 5,507 | 1,363 | 8,207 |
| Batting average | 42.95 | 47.47 | 35.86 | 40.62 |
| 100s/50s | 9/19 | 12/35 | 1/8 | 17/50 |
| Top scores | 137 | 185 | 119 | 176 |
| Balls bowled | 78 | 192 | 8 | 2558 |
| Wickets | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 |
| Bowling average | – | 94.50 | – | 36.02 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| Best bowling | – | 1/8 | – | 4/39 |
| Catches/stumpings | 53/– | 81/– | 21/– | 128/– |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 July 2019 | ||||
Francois "Faf" du Plessis (born 13 July 1984) is a South African cricketer and the current captain of all formats of the Proteas.
He is a usual fixture at international level for the South African national cricket team. A right-handed middle order batsman who moved up to number 3 and also bowls part-time leg spin, du Plessis has played South African domestic cricket for Northerns and the Titans, as well as matches for Lancashire, the Chennai Super Kings, and the Melbourne Renegades.
He made his Test debut in November 2012, he became the fourth South African to score a Test century on debut. du Plessis was subsequently also named T20 captain> of South Africa for the following Twenty20 series against New Zealand and confirmed full-time skipper in Feb 2013.
Du Plessis took over the Test captaincy from teammate AB de Villiers in December 2016 after he relinquished it
External links[]
- Ball tampering controversy
- Du Plessis charged by ICC for changing condition of ball
- Francois du Plessis at ESPNcricinfo
- Faf du Plessis's profile page on Wisden
- Faf du Plessis on Twitter
 South Africa Test cricket captains
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1888/89–1891/92: Milton •
1895/96–1902/03: Halliwell •
1895/96: Richards •
1898/99: Bisset •
1902/03: Taberer •
1902/03: Anderson •
1905/06–1910/11: Sherwell •
1909/10: Snooke •
1912: Mitchell •
1912: Tancred •
1913/14–1924: Taylor •
1927/28–1930/31: Deane •
1930/31: Nupen •
1930/31–1931/32: Cameron •
1935–1935/36: Wade •
1938/39–1947: Melville •
1948/49–1951: Nourse •
1952/53–1955: Cheetham •
1955; 1956/57; 1957/58; 1960–1961/62: McGlew •
1956/57–1957/58: van Ryneveld •
1963/64–1964/65: Goddard •
1965–1966/67: van der Merwe •
1969/70: Bacher •
1991/92–1994: Wessels •
1993/94; 1994/95–1999/00: Cronje •
1997/98: Kirsten •
2000/01–2002/03: Pollock •
2001/02; 2002/03: Boucher •
2003–2014: Smith •
2005/06; 2008/09: Kallis •
2006: Prince •
2014–2015/16: Amla •
2015/16; 2017/18: de Villiers •
2017–: du Plessis •
2017: Elgar |
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| South Africa T20I cricket captains
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2005–2009: Graeme Smith • 2007: Shaun Pollock • 2008–2009: Johan Botha • 2011–2012: Hashim Amla • 2012–2013: AB de Villiers • 2013– Faf du Plessis • 2017: Farhaan Behardien • 2019: David Miller (temporary relief captain) |
| South Africa Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup
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Smith (c) •
Amla •
de Villiers (wk) •
Kallis •
Steyn •
Peterson •
Tahir •
Morkel •
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Template:South Africa Squad 2015 Cricket World Cup
| South Africa Squad 2019 Cricket World Cup
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1 Amla • 2 Morris • 4 Markram • 8 Steyn • 10 Miller • 12 de Kock (vc, wk) • 18 du Plessis (c) • 21 Duminy • 22 Ngidi • 23 Phehlukwayo • 25 Rabada • 29 Pretorius • 72 van der Dussen • 90 Shamsi • 99 Tahir • Coach: Gibson
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