50 first class wickets and scored just under 500 runs. Van der Wath and Riki Wessels were unable to play for the county in the 2010 season. Indian Cricket League Van der Wath only played two seasons of the Indian Cricket League before cancelling his own contract. He played for the Mumbai Champs alongside fellow international cricketers Nathan Astle, Tino Best and Michael Kasprowicz. He played 23 matches with a highest score of 43* against Ahmedabad Rockets and his best figures were 3/24 versus Chennai Superstars. For the 2011 season he has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. International career He played for Under 19's South African team in 97 making two appearances against Pakistan, making the step up to 'A' cricket four years later, playing up until 2006. Although Johan never played test cricket, he was a regular in the Protea one day side between 2006 and 2007 playing 10 ODI's and also 8 international Twenty20 matches. It was during this period in one of the matches, he scored a quick fire 35 from 18 balls on the way to the World Famous Chase of 434 against Australia. His debut came when Jacques Kallis was injured during the VB Series in Australia, and played his first game at the Telstra Dome, in Melbourne. He retired from International Cricket in 2007 after South Africa also banned him due to him playing in the rebel Indian Cricket League. Two years later though, Johan along with Northants teammate Andrew Hall were allowed to play for their country again after ending their contracts with the ICL before the deadline of 31 May 2009 set by Cricket South Africa. References External links 1978 births Living people People from Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Sportspeople from KwaZulu-Natal Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Easterns cricketers Free State cricketers Knights cricketers Sussex cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Canterbury cricketers Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Mumbai Champs cricketers ICL World XI cricketers