Nic Pothas (born 18 November 1973) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and fielded as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches. Pothas is an accomplished batsman, with an average of over 40 in first-class cricket. International career 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. With Boucher not fit for their next One Day International against Pakistan at the Kallang Ground in Singapore, Pothas made his international debut. He marked his debut by taking two catches and making a single stumping, while scoring 24 runs with the bat. 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. It was the presence of Boucher in the South Africa team that acted as a barrier to Pothas representing South Africa more often and indeed progressing to playing Test cricket. He also represented the Greek national team at the 2012 T-20 European Championship. Domestic career Early life and career Born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, Pothas was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. The school has a reputation for producing sportsmen of high quality. From there Pothas proceeded to Rand Afrikaans University. While undertaking his education he played cricket for Transvaal University, South African Universities and even played a single first-class match in 1995 for a combined South African Students cricket team. He started his career at Transvaal in 1993, making his first-class debut against Northern Transvaal. In October 1993, Pothas made his debut in List A cricket against Barbados during Barbados' tour of South Africa. From his debut season to his international debut, Pothas represented Transvaal B and later as Transvaal were known, Gauteng. A regular in the first-class and List A arenas while in South Africa, he was a consistent wicket-keeper batsman, averaging on average in the mid thirties with the bat and keeping tidily behind the stumps. Following his representation of South Africa at international level in 2000, Pothas acquired