Farhaan Behardien facts for kids

Farhaan Behardien, born on October 9, 1983, is a former professional cricketer from South Africa. He played for his country in two main types of international cricket: One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). In 2017, he even became the captain of the South African T20I team for a tour against Sri Lanka.

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Farhaan Behardien

Personal information
Full name	Farhaan Behardien
Born	(1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 41) Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname	Fudgie
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa (2012 - 2018)
ODI debut (cap 107)	22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI	16 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.	28
T20I debut (cap 50)	30 March 2012 v India
Last T20I	17 November 2018 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	28
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004/05–2005/06	Western Province
2006/07–2019/20	Titans
2007/08–2011/12	Northerns
2016	Kings XI Punjab
2016	Leicestershire
2018	Cape Town Blitz
2019	Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2020	Durham
2020/21	Knights
2021/22	Free State
2022/23	Boland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 59 38 125 231 Runs scored 1,074 518 7,315 5,670 Batting average 30.68 32.37 40.63 39.65 100s/50s 0/6 0/1 12/46 5/34 Top score 70 64* 150* 113* Balls bowled 748 30 2,248 1,901 Wickets 14 3 32 35 Bowling average 51.35 9.00 37.46 50.68 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/19 2/15 3/48 3/16 Catches/stumpings 27/– 14/– 84/– 85/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 January 2023

Early Cricket Career

Farhaan played for a team called the Titans in South Africa. He started his professional cricket journey in the 2004–05 season. Farhaan was known as a strong right-handed batsman. He was also a useful bowler and a very good fielder.

In 2009, Farhaan visited Australia with a special South African team. He also played in the Hong Kong Sixes tournament that year. In a thrilling final match against Hong Kong, he hit a six on the very last ball to win the game for South Africa!

He also played for a team called Bovey Tracey in England in 2009. There, he even helped coach their under-13 team. In May 2017, he was named the best player in the T20 Challenge at the annual Cricket South Africa awards.

Later Domestic Career

In 2018, Farhaan continued to play for the Titans. He reached a big milestone that year, scoring his 6,000th run in first-class cricket. This is a major achievement for any batsman.

He also played for other teams in different tournaments. These included the Cape Town Blitz and the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants in the Mzansi Super League. Later, he joined the Free State team for the 2021–22 season.

International Matches

Farhaan made his first international appearance for South Africa in a T20I match against India in early 2012. He scored 20 runs very quickly in that game. Because of his good performance, he was chosen for the South African team for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. He also played for South Africa in One Day International (ODI) matches. In one important ODI game in 2014, he scored 65 runs, which helped his team a lot.

Retirement

In December 2022, Farhaan Behardien announced that he was retiring from international cricket. He shared his decision with his fans on Twitter.