Nigel Brouwers

Nigel Brouwers
Personal information
Full name
Nigel Grant Brouwers
Born(1976-09-04)4 September 1976
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Died3 July 2021(2021-07-03) (aged 44)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99Eastern Province B
2000/01Northerns
2004/05–2005/06Eastern Province
2006/07–2009/10South Western Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 31 30
Runs scored 955 574
Batting average 18.72 27.33
100s/50s 0/4 0/4
Top score 63 94
Balls bowled 1,957 947
Wickets 75 28
Bowling average 26.09 33.82
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/57 3/16
Catches/stumpings 22/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 May 2022

Nigel Grant Brouwers (4 September 1976 – 3 July 2021) was a South African cricketer.[1] He played in 31 first-class and 30 List A matches from 1998 to 2009.[2][3][4]

Brouwers attended Gelvandale Secondary School and played for Eastern Province Schools in 1991.[1] He made his first-class cricket debut in the 1998/99 season for Eastern Province, before going on to play for Northerns in 2000/01.[1] In the 2006/07 season, Brouwers made his debut for South Western Districts.[1] On his debut for South Western Districts, he made his highest score in first-class cricket, with 63 runs against Kei.[1] In his maiden List A match for the team, he also scored his highest score in the format, with 94 runs.[1] In his first-class career, he took 75 wickets, with his best figures of 6/57 coming against Griqualand West in the 1998/99 season.[1] His best figures in List A cricket came in his final match, against Gauteng,[1] where he took three wickets for sixteen runs.[5]

In February 1999, Brouwers was found guilty of stealing the wallet of fellow cricketer Alan Badenhorst.[6] The incident occurred during Eastern Province's match against Griqualand in the 1998/99 season, with Brouwers taking the wallet from the changing rooms.[6] Brouwers was given twenty hours of community service.[6]

In the 2006/07 season, Brouwers and Sammy-Joe Avontuur set a new opening partnership record for South Western Districts in a List A cricket match.[7] The pair made 109 together against Kei.[7]

Brouwers died in July 2021 from COVID-19, with his mother dying on the same day and his father a week later.[8] South Africa former international cricketer Alviro Petersen said that Brouwers was "one of the most talented cricketers I have known".[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "SWD Cricket mourns death of Nigel Brouwers". Knysna-Plett Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Nigel Brouwers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ "SWD Cricket mourns former player". Press Reader. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ Nigel Brouwers, CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2022. (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Oudtshoorn, November 07, 2009, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Alfred, Luke (2 May 2001). Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket. New Africa Books. ISBN 9780864864741 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b "Hornbuckle's record-breaking ton seals victory for SWD". The Gremlin. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b Booth, Lawrence (1 May 2022). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack (159th ed.). Bloomsbury USA. p. 203. ISBN 9781472991102.