1. Nic Pothas was born on 18 November 1973 and is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and fielded as a wicket-keeper.
24 Facts About Nic Pothas
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Nic Pothas was representing South Africa A in Barbados when he was drafted into the South Africa squad for the 2000 Singapore Challenge as cover for Mark Boucher who had sliced his fingers open cutting biltong following South Africa's tie against Australia at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne.
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Nic Pothas marked his debut by taking two catches and making a single stumping, while scoring 24 runs with the bat.
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Nic Pothas played in South Africa's next two fixtures in the Singapore tournament against New Zealand, in which he took two further catches, and in the final of the competition against Pakistan, which marked his final international appearance for South Africa.
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Nic Pothas represented the Greek national team at the 2012 T-20 European Championship.
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Nic Pothas started his career at Transvaal in 1993, making his first-class debut against Northern Transvaal.
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In October 1993, Nic Pothas made his debut in List A cricket against Barbados during Barbados' tour of South Africa.
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From his debut season to his international debut, Nic Pothas represented Transvaal B and later as Transvaal were known, Gauteng.
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Up to the 2010 County Championship, Nic Pothas had scored over 800 first-class runs in every season with Hampshire, besides the 2002 and 2007 seasons.
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Nic Pothas was a runner-up for the Hampshire in the 2005 County Championship and the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy.
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However, with then incumbent captain Dimitri Mascarenhas injured for the 2010 season following an injury picked up in the Indian Premier League, Nic Pothas was selected to captain the team on a more long term season basis.
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Nic Pothas was replaced as captain by Dominic Cork and as wicket-keeper by Michael Bates.
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Nic Pothas added more honours during this season by being a member of Hampshire's 2010 Friends Provident t20 winning squad, having captained and played in the group stages of the competition.
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In 2011, Nic Pothas was awarded a benefit year by Hampshire, which involved a number of events and was organised by former Hampshire teammate Shaun Udal.
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Nic Pothas endured an injury hit 2011 season, with Hampshire taking the decision to release him at the end of that season.
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Nic Pothas has been coaching Greek cricketers on his regular visits to Greece, where many of his family still live.
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Nic Pothas captained the Greek national side at the 2012 European T20 Championship Division Two tournament in September 2012, played in Corfu.
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In December 2012, Nic Pothas was appointed director of cricket at the Guernsey Cricket Board, with oversight of the Guernsey cricket team.
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Nic Pothas had previously played a season for the Cenkos Centurions, a team in the island's domestic Twenty20 league.
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Nic Pothas has promoted the development of women's cricket in Guernsey, with plans for the island to host a future international tournament.
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In October 2015, Nic Pothas stepped down from his role as Guernsey's director of cricket after leading Guernsey to the World Cricket League Division Six final in the final month.
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In July 2016, Nic Pothas was appointed as the fielding coach of Sri Lanka.
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In November 2018 Nic Pothas was appointed as the interim head coach of West Indies national cricket team for the tour of Bangladesh following the end of Stuart Law's stint.
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Nic Pothas served Middlesex as assistant coach from 2018 to 2021.