Roger Telemachus

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Roger Telemachus
Personal information
Full name
Roger Telemachus
Born (1973-03-27) 27 March 1973 (age 52)
Stellenbosch, Cape Province
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  49)3 April 1998 v  Pakistan
Last ODI20 September 2006 v  Zimbabwe
T20I debut(cap  23)24 February 2006 v  Australia
Last T20I2 February 2007 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches37378176
Runs scored7351,308702
Batting average 6.0815.9513.50
100s/50s0/00/01/20/1
Top score295* 11653*
Balls bowled1,9187212,2248,377
Wickets 562228249
Bowling average 27.9445.0028.1425.25
5 wickets in innings 0072
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling4/431/226/2132/–
Catches/stumpings 4/–0/–20/–4/31
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 December 2013

Roger Telemachus (born 27 March 1973) is a former South African international cricketer. He played 37 One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals for his country.

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International career

In the famous 438-game played at the Wanderers on 12 March 2006, he got the wickets of two top Australian batsmen: Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting, both caught in the field from his bowling.

Telemachus was also involved in what is probably the most bizarre stoppage in the history of cricket, when 'calamari stopped play'. During a regional match in South Africa, Telemachus was bowling to Daryll Cullinan, who hit the ball for six, whereupon it ended up in the kitchen and straight into a pan of frying calamari. According to Wisden , "Even then, the bowler was unable to grip the ball and it had to be replaced". [1]

References

  1. "Some of the stranger reasons for stoppages of play".