Full Name

Claude William Henderson

Born

June 14, 1972, Worcester, Cape Province

Age

51y 279d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

(brother)

Claude Henderson, a left-arm spinner who turned 40 in 2012, has been a consistent performer in county cricket over nine seasons with Leicestershire, whom he joined in 2004 as the first cricketer in the Championship to benefit from the Kolpak ruling, which allows players without a British passport to circumvent the normal restrictions on overseas players.

At the start of the 2013 season he had taken 337 first-class wickets for Leicestershire at 21.38, enjoying his most productive season in 2010, when he finished with 56 wickets at 20.68.

His skill with the ball was also a key factor in Leicestershire's three English Twenty20 Cup triumphs. His four-over spell against Somerset in the 2011 final came at a cost of just 11 runs and his participation in the 2011 Champions League followed an appearance in the inaugural competition in 2009 with Cape Cobras.

Henderson won seven Test caps and made four ODI appearances before leaving his native South Africa, having had to wait a long time for recognition as the South African spinning duties passed from Pat Symcox to Paul Adams and on to Nicky Boje. Surgery to Boje at the start of the 2001-02 summer opened the way for Henderson to make his Test debut against Zimbabwe at 29, and he was a late replacement for South Africa's tour of Australia when Boje failed to regain his fitness.

A prison warder before he turned to cricket full time, Henderson has spent many South African winters honing his craft in the English leagues and decided to seek his summer living there after it was clear he wouldn't have a major international future.


ESPNcricinfo staff - February 2013

Claude Henderson Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests7121962928224/1167/17642.182.8389.1200
ODIs4421713274/174/1718.853.6431.0100
FC273-65089278419057/57-30.762.5671.9-342
List A257-1138483243196/296/2926.094.3835.61320
T20s10510120622384913/233/2326.196.9322.6000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests77065309.2820232.17009020
ODIs4-----------00
FC2733777956378118.91--020--880
List A2571496812034514.85--00--570
T20s1054118186328.0819097.890096270
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Recent Matches of Claude Henderson

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Leics 2nd XI vs Unicorns A1*--19-Jun-2013Bishop's StortfordOTHERT20
Leics vs Gloucs33 & 5*1/57 & 0/3630-Apr-2013LeicesterFC
Leics vs Lds-Brd MCCU0 & 102/1 & 3/4024-Apr-2013LeicesterFC
Leics vs Gloucs34 & 03/32 & 3/7211-Sep-2012LeicesterFC
Leics vs Northants56* & 201/53 & 1/7010-Aug-2012NorthamptonFC

Photos of Claude Henderson

Claude Henderson helped Leicestershire's cause with a battling half-century
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Claude Henderson has just got Langer out for 115
Claude Henderson prepares for Zimbabwe