Andrea Agathangelou
Andrea Agathangelou (born 16 November 1989) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Titans.[1] He qualifies to play English county cricket as a non-overseas player courtesy of his Cypriot passport, which he has through his father's side. His father is from Cyprus and emigrated to South Africa.
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Full name | Andrea Peter Agathangelou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rustenburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa | 16 November 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Aggers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | North West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Cape Cobras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Northerns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Titans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Tshwane Spartans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 January 2020 |
He joined Lancashire for a scholarship in 2010 and became a new signing for the club in 2011. He left the club at the end of the 2014 season after announcing his departure on Twitter.[2] He made his Leicestershire first XI debut in a victorious County Championship match against Essex in May–June 2015, shortly after joining the club.[3] His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2015 season.[4]
On 7 January 2017, he scored his maiden century in List A cricket, batting for the Titans against the Warriors in the 2017–18 Momentum One Day Cup.[5]
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[6] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[7] In September 2019, he was named in Limpopo's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[8]
In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup match against Boland, Agathangelou and Yaseen Valli made an opening partnership of 485 runs, breaking the previous record in a first-class match in South Africa of 424 runs set in the 1926–27 season.[9] Agathangelou also scored his first triple century in match, finishing with 313 runs.[10][11]
References
- . Profile on Cricket Archive
- "BBC Sport - Dan Redfern and Andrea Agathangelou exit Leicestershire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- "Agathangelou and Moonsamy tons flatten Warriors". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- "Titans name strong squad for Abu Dhabi T20 league". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "Limpopo turn to Titans duo". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Easterns pair go big, break record". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Easterns pair break long-standing SA batting record". Sport24. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Agathangelou bats heavy for Easterns in enjoyable season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 June 2020.