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| Full name | Jonathan Neil Rhodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-07-27)27 July 1969 (age 56) Pietermaritzburg,Natal Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 13 November 1992 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 August 2000 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 17) | 26 February 1992 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 February 2003 v Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | University of Natal (Maritzburg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988/89–1997/98 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99–2002/03 | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan Neil "Jonty"Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a South African professional cricket coach, commentator and formerTest andOne Day Internationalcricketer.[1] He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first South African cricketer to take 100 ODI catches. He played for theSouth African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.[2] He is the fielding coach of theLucknow Super Giants[3] in theIndian Premier League. He is the fielding coach ofDurban's Super Giants as well as the consultant fielding coach of theSri Lanka national cricket team. Rhodes was a member of the South Africa cricket team that won the1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the first ICC trophy the country has won.
Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg,Natal Province,South Africa. Whilst being noted for his quickrunning as a right-handedbatsman, he was especially noted for hisdefensive fielding, particularly catching, ground fielding, and throwing from his most common position ofbackward point. A report prepared byCricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth-highest number ofrun outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the third-highest success rate.[4]
During his career he also played club cricket for theUniversity of Natal in Pietermaritzburg andfirst-class cricket forGloucestershire County Cricket Club,KwaZulu-Natal, Natal and theDolphins. Rhodes retired from Test cricket in 2000, and from one day cricket in 2003 after an injury during the2003 Cricket World Cup.
Rhodes also representedSouth Africa at hockey, and was chosen as part of the1992 Olympic Games squad to go toBarcelona; however, the squad did not qualify to go to the tournament.[5] He was also called up for trials to play in the1996 Olympics but was ruled out by a hamstring injury.[6]
Rhodes made his Test début againstIndia in the first Test of the "Friendship Tour" at his home ground inKingsmead, Durban on 13 November 1992, scoring 41 in the firstinnings and 26not out in the second.
Rhodes scored his first Test century during the first Test of a three match series againstSri Lanka atMoratuwa during the 1993–1994 season. Batting on the last day, Rhodes scored 101 not out and along withClive Eksteen salvaged adraw. South Africa went on to win the series 1–0 by winning the second match and drawing the third.[7]
Rhodes announced his retirement from Test match cricket in 2001 in order to allow him to continue playing until the2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. His last Test match was on 6 August 2000 at theSinhalese Sports Club Ground,Colombo against Sri Lanka. Rhodes made scores of 21 and 54 in the two innings. Sri Lanka went on to win the match by six wickets.He was also well known for hitting reverse sweep and has also hit the first reverse sweep shot which had gone for a six.
Rhodes made his One Day International début againstAustralia in South Africa's opening match of the1992 Cricket World Cup at theSydney Cricket Ground on 26 February 1992. Australia batted first, scoring 170, and Rhodes dismissedCraig McDermott via arun out. South Africa scored 171 to win the match by nine wickets; Rhodes was not required to bat.
Rhodes shot to fame after South Africa's fifth game of the World Cup, againstPakistan on 8 March 1992 at theBrisbane Cricket Ground. South Africa batted first, scoring 211 off 50 overs. Pakistan's innings was reduced to 36 overs because of rain interruptions, with the target revised from 212 to 194 runs.Inzamam-ul-Haq and Pakistan captainImran Khan resumed the innings when play was restarted. With the score at 135/2 Inzamam, who was at the time on 48, set off for a run but was turned back by Khan. The ball had rolled out towards Rhodes who ran in from backward point, gathered the ball and raced the retreating Inzamam to the wicket. Rhodes, with ball in hand, dived full length to break the stumps and effect the run out. The run out, the subject of a famous photograph byJim Fenwick, is still considered one of the more spectacular feats of that World Cup and the defining moment of Rhodes' career.[5][8] Pakistan's innings faltered from then on, eventually finishing on 173/8 with South Africa winning by twenty runs.
On 14 November 1993 Rhodes took a world record of five catches, to achieve the most dismissals by a fielder (other than a wicketkeeper) against theWest Indies atBrabourne Stadium,Mumbai.[9]
Rhodes announced that he planned to retire from One-Day International cricket after the2003 Cricket World Cup inSouth Africa. However, his tournament was cut short when he got injured in a match againstKenya. In Kenya's innings,Maurice Odumbe hit the ball in the air toward Rhodes. Rhodes dropped thecatch and in the process broke his hand. The South African team's medical staff concluded that it would take four to five weeks to heal, effectively ruling Rhodes out of the rest of the tournament. Rhodes was withdrawn from the squad and replaced byGraeme Smith.
After retiring from playing cricket Rhodes was employed byStandard Bank as an account executive and is also involved with the bank's cricket sponsorship inSouth Africa.[10] Rhodes then worked as a fielding coach in the South African national cricket team.[11] He was the fielding coach forIPL TeamMumbai Indians, followed by the fielding coach forKings XI Punjab at the 13th season ofIndian Premier League. The Kenyan cricket team announced that Rhodes had been hired as the team's assistant coach, assisting Kenya with fielding and batting until the2011 Cricket World Cup.[12]
In April 2013South African Tourism appointed Rhodes as their brand ambassador for India.[13]
He was appointed as fielding coach forPunjab Kings. In September 2020, Rhodes signed a contract with theSwedish Cricket Federation, ahead of moving to Sweden on a permanent basis.[14] In Feb 2022, he was also named as batting coach for Punjab Kings for IPL 2022 in addition to his responsibilities as fielding coach for the side. After the 2022 season of IPL, he was released from his position along with other coaching staff when Punjab Kings parted ways with their chief coachAnil Kumble.[15] Before the start of 2023 season of IPL, Jonty was appointed by Lucknow Super Giants as their fielding coach.As of now he is the mentor and has signed a 3-Years Contract for Pokhara Avengers for the Inaugural Edition of Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024.[16]
He married Kate McCarthy, a niece of former South African Test cricketerCuan McCarthy, on 16 April 1994 inPietermaritzburg. The couple have two children: a daughter, Daniella, and a son, Ross.[17] The couple's divorce was finalized in 2013, after Rhodes left his wife for photographer Caroline McClelland in 2009.[17][18][19] He and McClelland were thenengaged till he broke off the engagement to marry architect Melanie Wolf in October 2014.[20][21][19]
In April 2015, Rhodes' second wife Melanie (now a yoga teacher) gave birth inMumbai to their daughter named India.[22][23] The inspiration for her name came from India's rich mix of culture, heritage, and tradition. Rhodes has forged a bond with the country, leading to a spiritual awakening. Rhodes has described his special affiliation with the river Ganga, and shared his experience of swimming in the river on social media.[24][25] In 2017, Jonty performed apuja for his daughter at Pejawar mutt at Mumbai.[26] A regular visitor to India, Jonty and Melanie's second child Nathan, was born in India in 2017.[27]
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