Jacques Du Toit (born 2 January 1980) is a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played for
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
. He is a middle order right handed
batsman who can also bowl
medium fast
Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. ...
.
Originally from
South Africa, English qualified Du Toit played for Leicestershire between 2008 and 2012. In 2008 he made his maiden first class century against
NorthamptonshireDu Toit helps to lift Leicestershire to rare heights
''The Times'' and his highest one day score came when he scored 144 from 119 balls in the Pro40 game with Glamorgan
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
, Origin=
, Code = GLA
, CodeName = Chapman code
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
, Motto ...
, although it was not enough to prevent a four-wicket defeat.
The 2010 was successful, with Du Toit scoring 899 County Championship runs, culminating im him signing a new two-year contract. His performances in all forms of the county game earned him the honour of winning Leicestershire's Supporter's Player of the Year.
Career best performances
References
External links
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Leicestershire Profile
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1980 births
Cricketers from Port Elizabeth
Living people
South African cricketers
Leicestershire cricketers
Colombo Cricket Club cricketers
Northumberland cricketers
Cumberland cricketers