Henry Williams (cricketer)

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Henry Williams
Personal information
Full name
Henry Smith Williams
Born (1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 56)
Pniel, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut24 January 1999 v  West Indies
Last ODI19 March 2000 v  India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Men's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Henry Smith Williams (born 11 June 1967), is a retired South African cricketer. He played seven One Day Internationals for South Africa. Williams was a right-arm seam bowler and became the bowling coach at Boland after his retirement.

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He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match fixing. In the hearing, he admitted accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day International in India. He had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs, but sustained a legitimate injury and so bowled only 11 balls. [1]

Although his suspension was only for six months, he was well into his 30s and, despite playing first-class cricket until 2003/04, he never returned to international cricket.

In February 2020, Williams was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. [2] [3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

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References

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  2. "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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  4. "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.