Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe
After a couple of consistent seasons for the Chevrolet Warriors at franchise level Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe made his international debut in both T20 and ODI cricket in the series in Australia in 2009 and was an instant success, taking 4/50 on debut in the 50 overs format at Perth.
He has since established himself as a regular choice at ODI level and took his all-round game to a new level in 2010 when he regularly represented the Proteas’ Castle Lager squad in all formats, making his Test debut in the West Indies.
He returned the most economical figures ever for the Proteas’ in the T20 format, taking 2/11 in 4 overs against Australia.
He is a genuine tail-ender but he achieved the distinction of hitting the winning boundary in the final ODI in the West Indies in 2010 to clinch a nail-biting one-wicket victory.
Here’s a list of things you may have or may have not known about Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe:
- Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe’s nickname is Lopsy
- Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe was born and raised in Port Elizabeth
- In November 2008, he received his first national call-up, with his selection for the test leg of the tour of Australia. He was later selected for the ODI leg as well.
- In April 2011, Tsotsobe signed to play as an overseas player for Essex County Cricket Club in English county cricket.
- In five one-day matches Tsotsobe managed eight wickets. He expressed his frustration at the situation, remarking that the time he spent with Essex was “the worst two months [his] life”.
- Tsotsobe made his international debut for South Africa in a Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009.
- As of June 2013 he is the seventh ranked bowler in the world according to the ICC ODI rankings.
- He has a remarkable record in ODIs taking 94 wickets in 61 matches. His career strike rate of 31.5 and his economy rate of 4.75 are also right up with the best.
- During the Indian series in 2011 he took back-to-back four-wicket hauls at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead and the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium – something that only Shaun Pollock has achieved before for the Proteas. He is currently the No. 6 ranked bowler in ODI cricket.
- Lonwabo is a left-arm swing bowler.
