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Full name | Vincent Alexander Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 15 February 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1978–1992 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vincent Alexander Barnes (born 15 February 1960 in Cape Town) is a former South African first-class cricketer who played for Western Province and Transvaal. [1]
Barnes,a coloured fast bowler with a slingy action,played most of his cricket during the apartheid years which meant he was confined to the Howa Bowl. [2] The Western Province paceman was the competition's most successful bowler and topped the wicket-taking lists with 41 wickets at 7.75 in 1982–83 and 42 wickets at 10.14 in 1986–87. Barnes also spent a season at Transvaal in 1985–86 and was one of three bowlers to finish with a competition high 36 scalps. [3] He took his career best figures of 9 for 46 in the second innings of a match against Natal in 1983–84. [4]
Following his retirement from cricket,Barnes became a coach and was in charge of South Africa's Under-19s from 1997 to 1999. He was then appointed as the coach of South Africa A before joining the national team as an assistant coach to Mickey Arthur. [5]
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