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Neil Johnson (cricketer)

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2044: 543:. He began his primary education at the Umvukwes Primary School, where he rose to prominence at age seven after winning a selection for the school's colts’ team in the under-11 age category. When Zimbabwe gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1980, Johnson's father accepted a job as a farming consultant at 595:
Johnson considered Natal as his adopted home as he played most of his school and domestic cricket there. He made his first-class debut in the 1989–90 season in the Castle Bowl competition playing for Eastern Province B against the Natal B side. He had a breakthrough 1993–94 season for Natal where his
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Despite making sporadic appearances for Zimbabwe at international level, he made substantial contributions with both bat and ball in crucial match situations. In his brief international career, he made an impact as an aggressive opening batsman and also as an attacking fast bowler. He was an integral
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He was also influential in Zimbabwe's qualification to the Super Six stage of the 1999 World Cup, winning three Man-of-the-Match awards during the tournament. One of those awards came in his side's surprise victory over eventual semi-finalists South Africa. Opening the batting, he top-scored with 76
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He scored a few centuries at high school with the first century coming at the age of 15. His father was a significant influence, taking him to attend net practice sessions. He was also coaches as a teenager by Chris Stone, an English professional coach in South Africa. His talent was later spotted
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campaign, ending as the leading run-scorer as well as the leading wicket-taker for Zimbabwe during the tournament. He scored 367 runs at an average of 52.42 and took 12 wickets at an average of 19.41 in eight matches, where he opened both the batting and bowling. His tally of 367 runs in the 1999
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due to a delay in receiving his Zimbabwean passport, but this was granted and Zimbabwean citizenship was restored by the authorities just 48 hours prior to the start of the one-off Test match at Harare. He broke into the Test squad as selectors deliberately kept their options wide open.
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in only his second Test match, helping Zimbabwe to their first-ever Test victory in the country. Zimbabwe went onto eventually win the three match series 1–0, with the second Test match ending in a draw and the third being abandoned without a ball being bowled.
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as their overseas player. He scored 819 runs at an average of 63 in 12 first-class matches, including two centuries, finishing the season as the county's high run-scorer. In 2001, he returned to county cricket when he was signed up by
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Johnson continued his education at Howick High School and rose through the ranks as a young schoolboy cricketer, first with the Natal under-12 team, and then later the Natal B team for under-18 players. He then moved to
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member of arguably Zimbabwe's best ODI side during the late 1990s. His career was cut short due to internal politics of Zimbabwe cricket, retiring in 2004 at the age of 34.
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Johnson returned to Harare in 1998 from Natal with the intention of representing his country of birth at international level, being in touch with former Zimbabwe player
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on his return to county cricket. He was offered a further one-year contract with the club for 2002. He was a regular member of the Hampshire team until the end of the
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in the 1990s due to the abundance of all-rounders in the South African set-up. His county stint with Leicestershire in 1997 proved his worth as a capable all-rounder.
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in a thrilling contest where New Zealand secured a last ball victory chasing 259, and consequently Zimbabwe did not qualify for the quarter-final of the tournament.
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and he agreed without any hesitation. Johnson often acknowledged Wessels, stating that his assistance helped him to work on his way to top-flight cricket.
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in just 28 innings. He top-scored for Zimbabwe with 110 during that match, which resulted in a 83 run defeat for Zimbabwe.
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in both innings. Zimbabwe went onto register a 73-run victory after bowling out India cheaply for 173 runs.
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for the Eastern Province schools team. He later broke into full South Africa schools team in 1988.
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In the same tournament, he took 2/43 before making an unbeaten 132 against eventual champions
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in Natal, and the family emigrated to South Africa. Johnson was ten years old at the time.
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In 2010, online news stories circulated claiming that Johnson was to be appointed as the
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to pursue his studies at Kingswood College, and opened the bowling alongside
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lineup for their tour of Zimbabwe in 1994–95. He was then approached by
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with the first ball of the South African chase. He then dismissed
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in South Africa and also personally coached South African seamer
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for four boundaries, adding 114 runs for the second wicket with
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Johnson's Test debut was against India on 7 October 1998 at the
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He was subsequently picked in Zimbabwe's squad for the
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bilateral home ODI series against India in October 1998
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As well as county cricket, Johnson also played in the
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fastest Zimbabwean batsman to score 1000 runs in ODIs
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During his innings, he hit 568:and identified by former international player 1843: 1765:"School coach: Ngidi a 'special' human being" 1653:"Neil Johnson: India's yoga guru that wasn't" 742:in October 1999, during the third ODI at the 817:for two seasons, and for another two in the 2115:Zimbabwean expatriate cricketers in England 686:Johnson made a name for himself during the 1850: 1836: 675: 2095:Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers 2100:Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup 615: 2150:Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa) 1762: 804:2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 711:for a duck and finished with 3 for 27. 632: 2057: 1714:"Neil Johnson is a yogi ... or is he?" 1677: 1500: 1224:"All-round Johnson stuns South Africa" 1144: 572:, who helped him win a bursary to the 1831: 1711: 1680:"Team India appoints yoga instructor" 1471: 1469: 1274:"South Africa flunk the Johnson test" 1147:"Neil Johnson and the 1999 World Cup" 848:He also served as head of cricket at 531:Johnson's father was a farmer in the 1449:"Johnson signs for Western Province" 963: 961: 959: 957: 955: 953: 951: 924: 922: 920: 1678:Mahesh, S. Ram (24 December 2010). 491:Johnson was born in Salisbury (now 460:(born 24 January 1970) is a former 13: 2145:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 1763:Burnard, Lloyd (18 January 2018). 1466: 1424:"ZCU fired Neil Johnson: Chingoka" 824: 759:Zimbabwe's tour of England in 2000 734:Post 1999 World Cup and retirement 576:, where he pursued a BA degree in 486: 14: 2161: 1812: 1170: 994:"Contract squabble hits Zimbabwe" 969:"Neil Johnson: updated biography" 948: 917: 891: 776: 682:1999 Cricket World Cup statistics 2042: 1788: 1782: 1756: 1731: 1705: 1671: 1645: 1620: 1595: 1570: 1545: 1520: 1494: 1441: 1416: 1391: 1366: 1341: 1316: 1291: 1266: 1241: 1216: 1190: 1164: 1138: 1113: 652:, which was also the inaugural 550: 1088: 1063: 1037: 1012: 986: 866: 781:Johnson spent one season, the 596:all-round performance against 586:Benson and Hedges Night Series 526: 1: 2080:White Zimbabwean sportspeople 1501:Weaver, Paul (22 July 2000). 859: 663:In November 1998, during the 740:Australia's tour of Zimbabwe 574:University of Port Elizabeth 153:24 October 1998 v  7: 2140:Western Province cricketers 2105:Eastern Province cricketers 1121:"The greatest Zimbabweans?" 783:1997 English cricket season 539:) district in the north of 521:South African national team 127:7 October 1998 v  10: 2166: 679: 475:between 1998 and 2000. 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