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John Traicos
Zimbabwe | Bowler

INTL CAREER: 1970 - 1993

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FULL NAME
Athanasios John Traicos

BORN AGE
May 17, 1947, Zagazig, Egypt 75y 99d

BATTING STYLE BOWLING STYLE

Right hand Bat Right arm Offbreak

PLAYING ROLE
Bowler

TEAMS

Rhodesia South Africa

 Mashonaland

A disciplined and accurate offspinner, John Traicos is one of international cricket's most unusual members. He made his
Test debut - for South Africa - in 1969-70 in their final series before they were cast into sporting isolation, and returned to
international cricket in 1992, aged 45, playing in Zimbabwe's first four Tests. The gap between appearances - 22 years and
222 days - is a record. Egyptian born, he grew up in South Africa, touring England in 1967 with the South African Universities,
and thereafter played for Rhodesia/Zimbabwe at a time many contemporaries plied their trade overseas. When Zimbabwe
were finally admitted to the fold in 1992, Traicos, despite his age, was still far and away the best offspinner in the country,
and one of best in the world. And the speed of his reactionsView more in the gully would have shamed many half his age. In
fielding

Career Averages

Bowling

FORMAT Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w

Test 7 12 1611 769 18 5/86 5/86 42.72 2.86 89.5 0 1 0

ODI 27 26 1524 987 19 3/35 3/35 51.94 3.88 80.2 0 0 0

FC 122 25266 10002 289 6/66 34.60 2.37 87.4 8 0

List A 125 7059 4028 104 4/20 4/20 38.73 3.42 67.8 1 0 0

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St

Test 7 10 4 19 5* 3.16 132 14.39 0 0 2 0 8 0

ODI 27 17 9 88 19 11.00 175 50.28 0 0 3 0 3 0

FC 122 169 64 1198 43 11.40 0 0 109 0

List A 125 68 36 331 21* 10.34 0 0 42 0

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