Jonty Rhoades Wiki-Biography Age-Weight-Height

Jonathan Neil “Jonty” Rhodes is born on 27 July 1969 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa.HE played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.He was especially famous for fielding particularly cathing, graound fielding, hitting. A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth-highest number of run outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the third-highest succes.Rhodes also represented South Africa at hockey

In 1999 he was voted as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

In 2004 he was voted 29th in the Top 100 Great South Africans in SABC3’s Great South Africans television series.

He married Kate McCarthy, a niece of Cuan McCarthy, on 16 April 1994 in Pietermaritzburg. The couple have since split up.On 24 April 2015, Rhodes’ second wife Melanie gave birth to a daughter named India Jeanne Rhodes, in Mumbai.Rhodes made his Test début against india in the first Test of the “Friendship Tour” at his home ground in Kingsmead, Durban on 13 November 1992, scoring 41 in the first innings and 26 not out in the second.Rhodes done his first cenctury against Sri Lanka at Moratuwa.. His last Test match was on 6 August 2000 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo against Sri Lanka. Rhodes made scores of 21 and 54 in the two innings. Sri Lanka went on to win the match by six wicketsRhodes announced his retirement from Test match cricket in 2001.Rhodes made his One Day International début against Australia in South Africa’s opening match of the 1992 Cricket World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 26 February 1992. Australia batted first, scoring 170, and Rhodes dismissed Craig McDermott via a run out. South Africa scored 171 to win the match by nine wickets; Rhodes was not required to bat.On 14 November 1993 Rhodes took a world record of five catches, to achieve the most dismissals by a fielderRhodes announced that he planned to retire from One-Day International cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. agaAfter retiring from playing cricket Rhodes was employed by Standard Bank as an account executive and is also involved with the bank’s cricket sponsorship in South Africa. Rhodes is presently working as a fielding coach in the South African national cricket team.He is currently hired as the fielding coach for IPL Team Mumbai Indians.inst the West Indies at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.