Ashwell Prince
South Africa
Ashwell PrinceSouth Africa
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
May 28, 1977 (48 years)
Birth Place
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Nickname
Prince
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
RECENT FORM
TEAMS
South Africa, Africa XI, Mumbai Indians, Lancashire, Warriors, Capricorn Commanders, South Africa Champions
ICC RANKINGS
ICC RANKINGS
| FORMAT | CURRENT RANK | BEST RANK |
|---|---|---|
| Test | -- | 10 |
| ODI | -- | 33 |
| T20I | -- | 26 |
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
Born on 28 May 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Ashwell Prince is the only non-white man to captain South Africa.
A left-handed middle order batsman, Ashwell bats with a high stance, he is noted for his gritty middle-order batting and as a specialist cover fielder. His selection into the South African team was albeit controversial, thanks to the colored policy of South Africa. He proved that his selection was based on merit though as he ended with scores of 49 and 28 in an embarrassing mauling against arch-rivals Australia in 2002. He followed it with a match-winning 48 in the third Test of that series, thus dispelling doubts about his ability.
His form though faded away in the home series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka later on in the year and was dropped from the team. However, a good domestic season brought him back into the mix and he responded with his first Test century against Zimbabwe and followed it up with another against West Indies. In the 4th Test of that tour in Antigua, Prince combined with Kallis to put on a record 4th wicket partnership worth 267 runs.
Hampered by injury concerns, the highlight of Prince career was the knock of 119 against Australia in Sydney, 2006. It was in that series though that Price became a bunny of Shane Warne. The champion leg-spinner has dismissed him a total number of 11 times in all.
Prince was made the South African captain for the tour to Sri Lanka in July 2006 following an injury to Graeme Smith. The result was poor though. SA was at the receiving end of a 624 run partnership between Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene which was a new World Record. They lost the series 2-0. Prince though continued to score runs and had a great home season against India and Pakistan.
He had a disappointing 2007 World Cup by his standards, but then redeemed himself with a very good Test tour of England the following year with hundreds at Lords and Headingley. He was promoted as an opener for the 3rd Test in the home series against Australia in 2010 and responded with a brilliant 150.
Prince is now regarded as a specialist Test player having played his last ODI in the 2007 World Cup. He was one of the only two players to have not received any bids during the IPL auctions in 2008 but was later roped in by the Mumbai Indians.
Prince last played a Test match in December 2011. Since then he lost his central contract and is no longer in the plans of the South African team management. Since losing his national contract, Prince has moved to England and is a regular for the Lancashire county.
Interesting Fact: During his ODI stint for SA, Prince had a number of '5+0' attached on his shirt. This was a mark of respect for the late Hansie Cronje who wore the No. 5 shirt during his career and this number was retired following his death.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Akshay Maanay
A left-handed middle order batsman, Ashwell bats with a high stance, he is noted for his gritty middle-order batting and as a specialist cover fielder. His selection into the South African team was albeit controversial, thanks to the colored policy of South Africa. He proved that his selection was based on merit though as he ended with scores of 49 and 28 in an embarrassing mauling against arch-rivals Australia in 2002. He followed it with a match-winning 48 in the third Test of that series, thus dispelling doubts about his ability.
His form though faded away in the home series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka later on in the year and was dropped from the team. However, a good domestic season brought him back into the mix and he responded with his first Test century against Zimbabwe and followed it up with another against West Indies. In the 4th Test of that tour in Antigua, Prince combined with Kallis to put on a record 4th wicket partnership worth 267 runs.
Hampered by injury concerns, the highlight of Prince career was the knock of 119 against Australia in Sydney, 2006. It was in that series though that Price became a bunny of Shane Warne. The champion leg-spinner has dismissed him a total number of 11 times in all.
Prince was made the South African captain for the tour to Sri Lanka in July 2006 following an injury to Graeme Smith. The result was poor though. SA was at the receiving end of a 624 run partnership between Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene which was a new World Record. They lost the series 2-0. Prince though continued to score runs and had a great home season against India and Pakistan.
He had a disappointing 2007 World Cup by his standards, but then redeemed himself with a very good Test tour of England the following year with hundreds at Lords and Headingley. He was promoted as an opener for the 3rd Test in the home series against Australia in 2010 and responded with a brilliant 150.
Prince is now regarded as a specialist Test player having played his last ODI in the 2007 World Cup. He was one of the only two players to have not received any bids during the IPL auctions in 2008 but was later roped in by the Mumbai Indians.
Prince last played a Test match in December 2011. Since then he lost his central contract and is no longer in the plans of the South African team management. Since losing his national contract, Prince has moved to England and is a regular for the Lancashire county.
Interesting Fact: During his ODI stint for SA, Prince had a number of '5+0' attached on his shirt. This was a mark of respect for the late Hansie Cronje who wore the No. 5 shirt during his career and this number was retired following his death.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Akshay Maanay
Ashwell PrinceSouth Africa
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born
May 28, 1977 (48 years)
Birth Place
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Nickname
Prince
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
Releted News
Releted News
Are South Africa's wheels coming off in India?
 
Liton Das, Mushfiqur will shore Bangladesh's batting - Ashwell Prince
 
Team culture back in focus as Prince leaves for greener pastures
 
Ashwell Prince to take up full time role as Bangladesh batting coach
 
Prince among paupers at SJN
 
Impressed with Nurul and Afif's maturity - Prince
 Batting Form
Score
OPPN.
Format
Date
Bowling Form
Wickets
OPPN.
Format
Date
Batting Career Summary
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 66 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| Innings | 104 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| Runs | 3665 | 1018 | 5 | 0 |
| Balls | 8385 | 1502 | 6 | 0 |
| Highest | 162 | 89 | 5 | 0 |
| Average | 41.65 | 35.1 | 5 | 0 |
| SR | 43.71 | 67.78 | 83.34 | 0 |
| Not Out | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Fours | 397 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| Sixes | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 50s | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 100s | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 66 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| Innings | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Balls | 96 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Runs | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avg | 47.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eco | 2.94 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| SR | 96.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BBI | 1/2 | 0/3 | -/- | -/- |
| BBM | 1/2 | 0/3 | -/- | -/- |
| 4w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Timeline
Format
Debut
Last Match
t20
vs New Zealand, 2005-10-21, The Wanderers Stadium
vs New Zealand, 2005-10-21, The Wanderers Stadium
test
vs Australia, 2002-02-22, The Wanderers Stadium
vs Sri Lanka, 2011-12-26, Kingsmead
odi
vs Bangladesh, 2002-10-09, Diamond Oval
vs Australia, 2007-04-25, Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium
cl
vs Wayamba Elevens, 2010-09-11, St George's Park
vs Somerset, 2011-10-05, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
Career Information
t20
Debut
vs New Zealand, 2005-10-21, The Wanderers Stadium
Last Played
vs New Zealand, 2005-10-21, The Wanderers Stadium
test
Debut
vs Australia, 2002-02-22, The Wanderers Stadium
Last Played
vs Sri Lanka, 2011-12-26, Kingsmead
odi
Debut
vs Bangladesh, 2002-10-09, Diamond Oval
Last Played
vs Australia, 2007-04-25, Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium
cl
Debut
vs Wayamba Elevens, 2010-09-11, St George's Park
Last Played
vs Somerset, 2011-10-05, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
Born on 28 May 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Ashwell Prince is the only non-white man to captain South Africa.
A left-handed middle order batsman, Ashwell bats with a high stance, he is noted for his gritty middle-order batting and as a specialist cover fielder. His selection into the South African team was albeit controversial, thanks to the colored policy of South Africa. He proved that his selection was based on merit though as he ended with scores of 49 and 28 in an embarrassing mauling against arch-rivals Australia in 2002. He followed it with a match-winning 48 in the third Test of that series, thus dispelling doubts about his ability.
His form though faded away in the home series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka later on in the year and was dropped from the team. However, a good domestic season brought him back into the mix and he responded with his first Test century against Zimbabwe and followed it up with another against West Indies. In the 4th Test of that tour in Antigua, Prince combined with Kallis to put on a record 4th wicket partnership worth 267 runs.
Hampered by injury concerns, the highlight of Prince career was the knock of 119 against Australia in Sydney, 2006. It was in that series though that Price became a bunny of Shane Warne. The champion leg-spinner has dismissed him a total number of 11 times in all.
Prince was made the South African captain for the tour to Sri Lanka in July 2006 following an injury to Graeme Smith. The result was poor though. SA was at the receiving end of a 624 run partnership between Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene which was a new World Record. They lost the series 2-0. Prince though continued to score runs and had a great home season against India and Pakistan.
He had a disappointing 2007 World Cup by his standards, but then redeemed himself with a very good Test tour of England the following year with hundreds at Lords and Headingley. He was promoted as an opener for the 3rd Test in the home series against Australia in 2010 and responded with a brilliant 150.
Prince is now regarded as a specialist Test player having played his last ODI in the 2007 World Cup. He was one of the only two players to have not received any bids during the IPL auctions in 2008 but was later roped in by the Mumbai Indians.
Prince last played a Test match in December 2011. Since then he lost his central contract and is no longer in the plans of the South African team management. Since losing his national contract, Prince has moved to England and is a regular for the Lancashire county.
Interesting Fact: During his ODI stint for SA, Prince had a number of '5+0' attached on his shirt. This was a mark of respect for the late Hansie Cronje who wore the No. 5 shirt during his career and this number was retired following his death.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Akshay Maanay
A left-handed middle order batsman, Ashwell bats with a high stance, he is noted for his gritty middle-order batting and as a specialist cover fielder. His selection into the South African team was albeit controversial, thanks to the colored policy of South Africa. He proved that his selection was based on merit though as he ended with scores of 49 and 28 in an embarrassing mauling against arch-rivals Australia in 2002. He followed it with a match-winning 48 in the third Test of that series, thus dispelling doubts about his ability.
His form though faded away in the home series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka later on in the year and was dropped from the team. However, a good domestic season brought him back into the mix and he responded with his first Test century against Zimbabwe and followed it up with another against West Indies. In the 4th Test of that tour in Antigua, Prince combined with Kallis to put on a record 4th wicket partnership worth 267 runs.
Hampered by injury concerns, the highlight of Prince career was the knock of 119 against Australia in Sydney, 2006. It was in that series though that Price became a bunny of Shane Warne. The champion leg-spinner has dismissed him a total number of 11 times in all.
Prince was made the South African captain for the tour to Sri Lanka in July 2006 following an injury to Graeme Smith. The result was poor though. SA was at the receiving end of a 624 run partnership between Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene which was a new World Record. They lost the series 2-0. Prince though continued to score runs and had a great home season against India and Pakistan.
He had a disappointing 2007 World Cup by his standards, but then redeemed himself with a very good Test tour of England the following year with hundreds at Lords and Headingley. He was promoted as an opener for the 3rd Test in the home series against Australia in 2010 and responded with a brilliant 150.
Prince is now regarded as a specialist Test player having played his last ODI in the 2007 World Cup. He was one of the only two players to have not received any bids during the IPL auctions in 2008 but was later roped in by the Mumbai Indians.
Prince last played a Test match in December 2011. Since then he lost his central contract and is no longer in the plans of the South African team management. Since losing his national contract, Prince has moved to England and is a regular for the Lancashire county.
Interesting Fact: During his ODI stint for SA, Prince had a number of '5+0' attached on his shirt. This was a mark of respect for the late Hansie Cronje who wore the No. 5 shirt during his career and this number was retired following his death.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Akshay Maanay