Thinus Fourie

Marthinus Jacobus Fourie (born 23 July 1979) is a South African-born Irish former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in the Ireland A cricket team since 2004, when he played for the first time against Marylebone Cricket Club. He also participated in the EurAsia Cricket Series of 2006.

Thinus Fourie

Personal information
Full name	Marthinus Jacobus Fourie
Born	(1979-07-23) 23 July 1979 (age 46) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Ireland
ODI debut (cap 17)	23 June 2007 v India
Last ODI	31 July 2008 v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 7 3 17 1 Runs scored 42 6 132 1 Batting average 21.00 6.00 16.50 1.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 19* 6* 30 1 Balls bowled 179 330 653 18 Wickets 1 6 12 1 Bowling average 128.00 32.83 39.91 16.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/33 3/31 3/41 1/16 Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 2/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2009

Fourie is a middle order batsman and a decently paced bowler in the Irish attack.

He currently coaches cricket at Gonzaga College.