Lungile Edgar Bosman was born on 14 April 1977 and is a former South African international cricketer.
18 Facts About Loots Bosman
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Loots Bosman was a top order right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler.
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Loots Bosman played domestic cricket for Dolphins, and appeared for South Africa in both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
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Loots Bosman turned down a contract with the Indian Cricket League in October 2007, instead signing up for the Mumbai Indians in the first edition of the Indian Premier League, though he couldn't make it into a starting XI.
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Loots Bosman finally made it to a World Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean in 2010, but appeared strangely out of sorts and made just eight runs in two innings, failing to find the boundary once.
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Loots Bosman took his only List A wicket during this match, bowling Dale Benkenstein.
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Loots Bosman scored 96, and put on a record Griqualand West fifth-wicket partnership of 243 with Pieter Barnard.
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Player of the Series in the 2006 edition, Loots Bosman became the first batsman to score a century in the competition, reaching three figures in just 43 balls.
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Loots Bosman failed to get going in the 2007 final, but his contributions to the Eagles clinching the Pro20 title were enough to earn him a look-in for the national Twenty20 side.
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Loots Bosman missed the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 due to a back injury, though Bosman insisted at the time that he was fit to play and he was suspended for one domestic match after being found guilty of "unbecoming or detrimental" conduct by Cricket South Africa over comments made to a local newspaper about coach Mickey Arthur after he was left out of the squad.
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On his return from the Hong Kong tournament, Loots Bosman passed his previous bests in both limited overs and first-class cricket, hitting 92 not out against North West in the Standard Bank Cup, and 121 against Northerns in the Super Six stage of the SuperSport Series.
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Loots Bosman was part of the South Africa A squad to play the touring India A and Australia A touring teams in 2002; but after scoring 62 in the first four-day match, he failed to post any significant totals.
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Loots Bosman topped the batting charts in this form, making 219 runs for Eagles, the combined Free State and Griqualand West cricket team.
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Loots Bosman spent the South African winter of 2005 playing for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League.
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Loots Bosman made his international Twenty20 debut on 24 February 2006 at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
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Loots Bosman impressed with his rapid scoring rate and clean hitting ability.
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Loots Bosman was named in the South African Twenty20 World Championship squad, but was later withdrawn because of a back injury he picked up on an earlier tour of Zimbabwe.
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Loots Bosman hit 58 off 31 balls in the first game, and 94 off 44 balls in the second, setting a world-record International T20 partnership of 170 with Graeme Smith to set up a South Africa victory.