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Francois du Plessis

Personal information
Full nameFrancois du Plessis
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1984-07-13
Place of birthPretoria, Gauteng
Country of birthSouth Africa
Nickname"FAF"
Batting styleRight-hand
Bowling styleRight arm leg break
RoleAll-Rounder
CountrySouth Africa
Domestic team information
Titans2005/06 - present
Lancashire2008-2009
Northerns2003/04-2005/06
Chennai Super Kings2011-present

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Francois 'Faf' du Plessis (born 13 July 1984 in Pretoria) is a right-handed batsman who plays One Day International cricket for South Africa and is a former under 19 representative.

He was given a 6 month contract with Lancashire for the 2008 season starting in April as a Kolpak player after impressing the board with good performances in the local Nottinghamshire leagues for Mansfield Hosiery Mills Cricket Club and Lancashire cricket league for Todmorden cricket club. Du Plessis started his Lancashire account by scoring 55 against Durham UCCE before being dismissed by opening bowler Foster. Following his six month stint with Lancashire, du Plessis signed a new three-year deal with the club. Lancashire coach Mike Watkinson praised du Plessis' fielding, saying "if there's a better fielder in county cricket I've not seen him this season". In March 2010, it was announced that du Plessis would no longer be allowed to play for Lancashire as a Kolpak player after changes to the Kolpak rules. Peter Moores, who took over as the club's coach at the start of the 2009 season, rued the loss and said "Not only is Faf a very talented cricketer, but during his two years at Lancashire was lauded by everyone in English cricket for his fielding brilliance. His positive energy and enthusiastic approach to the job at hand will be sorely missed and I speak on behalf of everyone in the dressing room when I thank Faf for his unwavering commitment and his contribution to the club and its supporters". Francois du Plessis, who is little known in India, has been signed by the 2010 IPL Champions Chennai Super Kings for US $120,000 at the IPL Player Auction 2011, held at the Indian city of Bengaluru, this comes as a big surprise due to his identity whereas more experienced and powerful stars like West Indians legend Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and former Indian Cricket Captain Saurav Ganguly were sidelined.

Along with Jonathan Vandiar, Dean Elgar, and Ethi Mbhalati, du Plessis was one of four uncapped players to be named in South Africa's 30-man preliminary squad for the 2011 World Cup.

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Court hears of forged signatures - Times LIVE Tweet this news
Times LIVE--The former personal assistant to alleged fraudster -Francois du Plessis-, battled tears as she told how she forged signatures on falsified investment documents. Du Plessis, 42, has pleaded not guilty in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Cri - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:51:12 GMT+00:00
Vettori, Mills and du Plessis fined - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--AP New Zealand players, (from left) Kyle Mills, captain Daniel Vettori, Scott Styris and Tim Southee surround South Africa's -Francois du Plessis- (second from left), as they celebrate the fall of South Africa's AB de Villiers, not se - Date : Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:04:16 GMT+00:00
Court told of R650 000 investment debacle - Legalbrief (subscription) Tweet this news
Legalbrief (subscription)--Dr Marthinus Zeeman was giving evidence for the state in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court in the case against former Old Mutual financial broker -Francois du Plessis- and his co-accused, Elmarie von Willigh, who was implica - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:35:56 GMT+00:00
Mills frustrated at missing semi-final - 3News NZ Tweet this news
3News NZ--Kyle Mills has talked about his disappointment at coming home early from the World Cup because of injury, and his little moment with South African batsman -Francois du Plessis-. Having missed the last World Cup in the West Indies ... - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:22:27 GMT+00:00
Editorial: Let's win this Cup, but lose the hostility - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news
New Zealand Herald--The pair were deemed to have goaded -Francois du Plessis- after the runout of key batsman AB de Villiers. Vettori was fined 90 per cent of his match fee and Mills 120 per cent. Du Plessis was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for the - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:38:18 GMT+00:00
Capitec to expand its client services, not its footprint - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online---Francois du Plessis-, the chief executive of Vega Asset Management, said it was clear that Capitec had the potential to snatch customers from the big four banks and the capability to grow organically. “At this stage, they are still - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:09:05 GMT+00:00
South Africa post strong total - The Press Association Tweet this news
The Press Association--Half-centuries from Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and -Francois du Plessis- powered South Africa to 284 for eight in their final World Cup Group B match against Bangladesh in Mirpur. Kallis (69 off 76 balls), Amla (51 off 59) and du P - Date : Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:45:00 GMT+00:00
South Africa overpowers Ireland, storms into the quarterfinals - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--� Photo: AP HIGH-FIVES:Robin Peterson celebrates with -Francois du Plessis- after trapping Ireland's Gary Wilson leg-before. KOLKATA: South Africa ensured itself a spot in the quarterfinals of the ICC World Cup with a convincing 131-run vi - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:28:38 GMT+00:00
Good feilding catching on - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph--Think of Bell's quicksilver run-out of -Francois Du Plessis-, or Chris Tremlett's stretch for his late catch against the West Indies. In any case, it is the principle that matters. Bell says that he sees himself as a batting - Date : Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:18:12 GMT+00:00
Sports Blog: World Cup shows the leagues are strong - Lancashire Telegraph Tweet this news
Lancashire Telegraph--Robin Petersen (Nelson) and -Francois du Plessis- (Ramsbottom) are in action for South Africa and Nathan McCullum (Rawtenstall) and Luke Woodcock (Church) are playing for the Kiwis. The Aussies fielded half-a-dozen ex-Lancashire Leag - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:06:51 GMT+00:00

Career statistics
CompetitionFCLAT20
Matches719943
Runs3,5603,069692
Batting average33.5844.4720.35
100s/50s4/267/170/3
Top score176120*78*
Balls bowled2,0481,644528
Wickets324434
Bowling average35.9634.4318.41
5 wickets in innings000
10 wickets in matchn/an/an/a
Best bowling4/394/473/18
Catches/stumpings67/ -57/ -14/ -

Titans cricket team

7 . Joubert (c) 8 . Steyn 10 . Imran Tahir 13 . du Plessis 16 . Walters 17 . de Villiers 20 . Kuhn 22 . Harris 24 . Behardien 25 . Snijman 27 . Booysen 28 . Arnold 35 . Henderson 52 . van der Merwe 65 . M Morkel 69 . Bodi 80 . Mbhalati 81 . A Morkel 87 . Malan . Mosehle . Wiese . Rudolph
. van Noordwyk

Chennai Super Kings

1 . M.Vijay 3 . Raina 6 . Mukund 7 . M.S Dhoni (c) 8 . Muralitharan 9 . Patel 11 . Balaji 11 . Flintoff 12 . Vidyut 13 . Sharma 16 . Ntini 21 . Amarnath 24 . Oram 25 . Jakati 28 . Hayden 33 . Badrinath 42 . Karthik 48 . M.Hussey 76 . Gony 81 . A.Morkel . Ashwin . Einstein . Kadbe . Kumar . Srikkanth . Thushara
. Fleming



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