Omar Henry

Omar Henry

Cricket information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	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: Cricinfo, 23 January 2014

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 modern era (after Charles Llewellyn in 1912) to play cricket for South Africa. He played extensively in Scotland.

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

External links

• Player profile: Omar Henry from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Omar Henry from ESPNcricinfo