{{short description|South African cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Anwell Newman | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|12|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Stellenbosch, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | bowling = | role =
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| date = 1 December 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46627.html Cricinfo }} '''Anwell Newman''' (born 10 December 1966) is a South African former cricketer. He played in eight first-class matches for Boland from 1993–94 to 1997–98.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46627.html |title=Anwell Newman |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fillies |first=Avril |title=Newman to show cricket skills |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/newman-to-show-cricket-skills-20200311 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life == He was born in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.<ref name=":0" />
Inspired by two of his physical education teachers, he studied physical education and biology at Athlone College of Athlone, Cape Town and then technology at Langa Technical School in Langa, South Africa and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Ludidi |first=Noluvu |title=Ná 31 jaar steeds trots in onderwys |url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/za/weslander/skole/na-31-jaar-steeds-trots-in-onderwys-20211201-2 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Netwerk24 |language=af-ZA}}</ref>
== Cricket career == Newman is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman.<ref name=":0" /> Louis Hartzenberg, head of the VBSCC, said that Newman was an all-rounder, a hard-hitting batsman, and "a swing bowler with immaculate line and length".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Harmse |first=Keanan |title=Oldies take on the world |url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/oldies-take-on-the-world-20200311-2 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Netwerk24 |language=en}}</ref>
He played for Boland under the head coach Bob Woolmer.<ref name=":0" /> The first game he played for Boland was against the Transvaal cricket team.<ref name=":0" />
After leaving Boland, he continued playing cricket in provincial leagues.<ref name=":0" /> In 2020, he was selected to represent South Africa for the Over 50's Cricket World Cup, a tournament for veteran cricketers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2020 |title=Over 50s Cricket World Cup Tournament Squad & Fixtures Announcement |url=https://www.cricketworld.com/over-50s-cricket-world-cup-tournament-squad-fixtures-announcement/61625.htm |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Cricket World}}</ref> This was the first time he had played for his home country.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricketers of olden days in action |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/cricketers-of-olden-days-in-action-20200304 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref> During the apartheid era, which also affected cricket in South Africa, race was a factor in selecting players to represent the country, and he was one of several players on this team, including Rodney Malamba, Mlungisi ‘Lefty’ Ngece, and Nazeem White, that had not been permitted to play for the South Africa national cricket team under the apartheid system.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2020 |title=Cape Town Ready for Over-50s Cricket World Cup |url=https://www.cricketworld.com/cape-town-ready-for-over-50s-cricket-world-cup/62235.htm |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Cricket World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Engel |first=Matthew |date=2017-05-19 |title=How South African cricket has changed since England’s 1982 rebel tour |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/19/south-african-cricket-changed-1982-rebel-tour-england |access-date=2023-07-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> When Newman was selected for this veterans tournament, he had been playing for the Vredenburg Saldanha Cricket Club for 12 years.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
He has also played for Paarl Cricket Club and the United Cricket Club in the Western Province League,<ref name=":0" /> as well as the Boland Caveliers, the Boland presidents team, and the South African treasury cricket team.<ref name=":2" />
He has also been a cricket coach.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Outside of cricket == He has taught technology and civil technology in Vredenburg for more than 30 years, and he is the head of the high school's civil technology department.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 2022, he was promoted to the position of superintendent.<ref name=":1" /> Planning for a non-cricket career and becoming a credentialed coach were both paths recommended to all players by the Boland's coach Bob Woolmer when Newman played for them.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== * List of Boland representative cricketers
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=46627}}
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