Omar Henry

Omar Henry (born 23 January 1952 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province) is a former cricketer who played in three Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa. He is notable for being the first non-white player of the post-Apartheid era (after Charlie Llewellyn in 1912) to play cricket for South Africa.[1][2] Henry made both his Test and ODI debuts after turning 40 and was a member of the South African squad that reached the semi-finals of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He played extensively in Scotland.

Omar Henry

Cricket information
Batting	Left-hand bat
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 248)	13 November 1992 v India
Last Test	2 January 1993 v India
ODI debut (cap 19)	2 March 1992 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	11 April 1992 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973–1976	Western Province SACB team
1977–1984	Western Province/B
1984–1989 1993–1994	Boland
1984–1989	Impalas
1989–1992	Scotland
1989–1993	Orange Free State
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 3 3 131 153 Runs scored 53 20 4566 2282 Batting average 17.66 10.00 27.34 12.21 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 5/20 0/0 Top score 34 11 125 73* Balls bowled 427 149 27,060 6,680 Wickets 3 2 443 105 Bowling average 63.00 62.50 25.17 39.67 5 wickets in innings 0 0 22 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 3 n/a Best bowling 2/56 1/31 7/22 3/9 Catches/stumpings 2/- 1/- 129/- 56/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 January 2014

He later served on the South African national selection panel, which he chaired for a time.

References

1. Henry Reaches Half Century, BBC News
2. "Two legends make their entrance". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

External links

• Omar Henry at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Omar Henry at ESPNcricinfo