# Dewald Nel

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South African-born Scottish cricketer (born 1980)

Dewald Nel Personal information Full name Johan Dewald Nel Born (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980 (age 46) Klerksdorp, South Africa Batting Right-handed Bowling Right arm medium-fast International information National side Scotland ODI debut (cap 19) 27 June 2006 v Pakistan Last ODI 16 August 2010 v Afghanistan Domestic team information Years Team 2004–2010 Scotland 2007 Worcestershire 2010–2011 Kent Career statistics Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 19 10 19 86 Runs scored 31 34 156 202 Batting average 15.50 11.33 11.14 9.61 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 11* 13* 36 36* Balls bowled 730 186 2,514 3,452 Wickets 14 12 52 83 Bowling average 46.35 14.08 27.57 36.89 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/25 3/10 6/62 4/25 Catches/stumpings 3/– 1/– 6/– 18/– Source: CricInfo, 7 June 2011

**Johan Dewald Nel** (born 6 June 1980) is a former South African-born Scottish professional [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He is a primarily a right-arm [fast-medium bowler](/source/Fast_bowling#Categorisation_of_fast_bowling), who also bats right-handed.

Nel played 110 times for the [Scottish cricket team](/source/Scottish_cricket_team), his début coming in a [Totesport League](/source/National_League_(cricket)) match against [Durham](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) on 6 June 2004 taking 2–16 off 7 overs. He played in 19 [One Day Internationals](/source/One_Day_International) for Scotland, his first match at that level coming against [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan_national_cricket_team) on 27 June 2006.

In May 2007, Nel signed for [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club), covering for injured bowlers [Doug Bollinger](/source/Doug_Bollinger), [Matt Mason](/source/Matt_Mason_(cricketer)) and [Nadeem Malik](/source/Nadeem_Malik_(cricketer)). He made his Worcestershire debut against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) at [Headingley](/source/Headingley_Cricket_Ground) on 9 May, taking 4/74.[1] He was released by Worcestershire at the end of the 2007 season.[2]

In 2008, in a match between Scotland and Bermuda, Nel became the first player to bowl two maiden overs in an international Twenty20 match.[3]

Until 2008, the Scotland cricket team was made up of amateurs, players did not have contracts with the game's governing body in the country, [Cricket Scotland](/source/Cricket_Scotland), and balanced their sports careers with full-time jobs. Cricket Scotland began professionalising the national team in 2008 with the introduction of contracts for three of its players, including Nel.[4]

He signed a two-year contract to play for [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in March 2010, following an impressive performance on trial. At the end of the previous season seam bowlers [Ryan McLaren](/source/Ryan_McLaren) and [Martin Saggers](/source/Martin_Saggers) left Kent and Nel bolstered their bowling attack.[5] In the final [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) match of the season against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) Nel claimed career-best innings bowling figures of 6/62,[6] finishing with nine wickets in the match. Nel cut his contract short in May 2011 due to a persistent back injury.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Yorkshire v Worcestershire in 2007"](http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/107/107692.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Worcestershire release three players](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/worcestershire/content/story/311423.html), ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2007

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Records | Twenty20 matches | Bowling records | Most maidens in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com"](http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/311989.html). Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Professional contracts for Scotland"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/382472.html). ESPNcricinfo. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Dewald Nel signs two-year Kent deal"](http://www.cricinfo.com/kent/content/story/453904.html). ESPNcricinfo. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Ashraf heroics keep Yorkshire hopes alive"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/477109.html). ESPNcricinfo. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Injury forces Dewald Nel to leave Kent"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/516533.html). ESPNcricinfo. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

## External links

[Dewald Nel](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25481.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

Scotland squads v t e Scotland squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 4 Blain 8 Lyons 10 Haq 12 Watts 17 Nel 18 Rogers 21 Lockhart 23 Brown 25 McCallum 27 Watson 28 Poonia 34 Hoffmann 37 Hamilton 55 Smith 99 Wright (c) v t e Scotland squad – 2007 World Twenty20 4 Blain 5 Maiden 8 Lyons 10 Haq 12 Watts 17 Nel 22 Sheikh 23 Brown 24 Drummond 25 McCallum 27 Watson (c) 28 Poonia 37 Hamilton 55 Smith (wk) 99 Wright Coach: Peter Steindl v t e Scotland squad – 2009 World Twenty20 – Coetzer – Hamilton (c) – McCallum – Poonia – Watts – Watson – Haq – Stander – Wright – Smith (wk) – Blain – Drummond – Berrington – Rogers – Nel Coach: Peter Steindl

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