# Eric Simons

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South African cricketer and coach

Eric Simons Personal information Born (1962-03-09) 9 March 1962 (age 64) Cape Town, South Africa Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm fast-medium Career statistics Competition ODI Matches 23 Runs scored 217 Batting average 15.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 24 Balls bowled 1212 Wickets 33 Bowling average 24.54 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/42 Catches/stumpings 6/– Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2006

**Eric Owen Simons** (born 9 March 1962) is a South African cricket coach and former [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He was an [all-rounder](/source/All-rounder) who played 23 [One Day Internationals](/source/One_Day_International) for [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_cricket_team) in the 1990s.[1] He later became coach of the national side for two years but he was replaced in 2004 by [Ray Jennings](/source/Ray_Jennings).

He was the [Indian Cricket Team](/source/India_national_cricket_team)'s Bowling Consultant from 10 January 2010 to 14 February 2012 after India's tour of Australia in 2011–2012.

He is the assistant coach of the [IPL](/source/Indian_Premier_League) franchise [Chennai Super Kings](/source/Chennai_Super_Kings) (CSK) from the past 7 years.[2] During the 2 years when CSK was suspended,[3] he served as the bowling coach of the IPL franchise [Rising Pune Supergiant](/source/Rising_Pune_Supergiant). He was also appointed as the assistant coach for the CSK-owned [Joburg Super Kings](/source/Joburg_Super_Kings) in the [SA20](/source/SA20_(cricket)) league recently.[4] He was one of the guys who was trusted by the CSK owners for their successful journey in the IPL seasons.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Eric Simons Profile – Cricket Player South Africa | Stats, Records, Video"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/eric-simons-47190). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Eric Simons Profile – ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats"](https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/5487/eric-simons). *Cricbuzz*. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["CSK, RR owners suspended for two years"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/csk-rr-owners-suspended-for-two-years-898461). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Editorial (16 August 2022). ["Eric Simons, Albie Morkel join Joburg Super Kings coaching staff"](https://www.clubcricket.co.za/latestnews/eric-simons-albie-morkel-join-joburg-super-kings-coaching-staff/). *Club Cricket SA*. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

Preceded by Terry Hunte Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1986 Succeeded by Steve Waugh

v t e South Africa squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Pollock (c) 2 Boucher 3 Boje 4 Dippenaar 5 Donald 6 Gibbs 7 Hall 8 Kallis 9 Kirsten 10 Klusener 11 Langeveldt 12 Ntini 13 Peterson 14 Rhodes 15 Zondeki 16 Smith (replaced Rhodes) Coach: Simons

v t e Chennai Super Kings – current squad 1 Ghosh 2 Short 7 Dhoni (wk) 9 Singh 11 Samson (wk) 12 Brevis 13 Veer 15 Noor 17 Chahar 19 Gopal 24 Henry 25 Dube 26 Sharma 31 Gaikwad (c) 33 Choudhary 37 Patel 45 Johnson 47 Kamboj 56 Mhatre 71 Khaleel 72 Ellis 88 Overton 97 S Khan — Foulkes — Hosein — AH Khan Head coach: Fleming Batting coach: Hussey Bowling consultant: Simons Fielding coach: Kumar

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