Henry Smith Williams (born 11 June 1967), is a retired South African cricketer. He played seven One Day Internationals for South Africa. Williams was a right-arm seam bowler and, after retiring, he became the bowling coach at Boland.
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Full name | Henry Smith Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 (age 55) Pniel, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut | 24 January 1999 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 19 March 2000 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 30 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match fixing. In the hearing, he admitted accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day International in India. He had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs, but sustained a legitimate injury and so bowled only 11 balls.[1]
Although his suspension was only for six months, he was well into his 30s and, despite playing first-class cricket until 2003/04, he never returned to international cricket.
In February 2020, Williams was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2][3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]