Jean Symes (born 13 November 1986 in

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) is a South African left-handed batsman and part-time

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bowler who plays for

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and

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. After matriculating at St. John's College (Houghton), he represented his country at the under-19 level. Symes was a member of the Gauteng side which won the 2006–07 SAA Provincial Challenge. He was the leading run scorer in the competition after the home and away season with 847 runs at 70.58. In the final he added to that tally with a second innings score of 93 to help his side to a 95 run victory. Earlier in the season he made an impressive run a ball 193 against Free State at

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. Symes also had success in the limited overs arena, with an innings of 170 in October 2006 which broke the record for the highest ever score by a Gauteng batsman, beating

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He signed as Scotland's overseas pr

for the 2012–13 season and immediately excelled scoring 110* against Durha

added with useful left-arm spin and excellent fielding. On 8 August 2016, Symes was banned from cricket for a period of 7 years by Cricket South Africa for breaches of the Anti-Corruption code relating to match fixing.

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* 1986 births Living people Gauteng cricketers South African cricketers Alumni of St John's College (Johannesburg) Scotland cricketers South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Cricketers banned for corruption Cricketers from Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub