Farhaan Behardien

Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.^[2]

Farhaan Behardien

Personal information
Full name	Farhaan Behardien
Born	(1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 41) Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa[1]
Nickname	Fudgie
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa (2012 - 2018)
ODI debut (cap 107)	22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI	16 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.	28
T20I debut (cap 50)	30 March 2012 v India
Last T20I	17 November 2018 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	28
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004/05–2005/06	Western Province
2006/07–2019/20	Titans
2007/08–2011/12	Northerns
2016	Kings XI Punjab
2016	Leicestershire
2018	Cape Town Blitz
2019	Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2020	Durham
2020/21	Knights
2021/22	Free State
2022/23	Boland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 59 38 125 231 Runs scored 1,074 518 7,315 5,670 Batting average 30.68 32.37 40.63 39.65 100s/50s 0/6 0/1 12/46 5/34 Top score 70 64* 150* 113* Balls bowled 748 30 2,248 1,901 Wickets 14 3 32 35 Bowling average 51.35 9.00 37.46 50.68 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/19 2/15 3/48 3/16 Catches/stumpings 27/– 14/– 84/– 85/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 January 2023

Early and domestic career

He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder.^[3]

In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad.^[4] He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.^[5]

In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.

In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.^[6]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.^[7] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.^[8] In the same month he also scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket, batting for Titans in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series.^[9]

In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.^[10][11] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[12] In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.^[13]

International career

He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.

Retirement

In December 2022, Behardien announced his retirement from international cricket.^[14] He expressed his decision putting a retirement note on Twitter.^[15]