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overs -- -- 2 - / - 1 / - 2008 -- n/a leg-break south africa -- -- right-handed batsman cricket_no_pic . png mandy yachad tests odis http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48102.html cricinfo 17 january -- 31 -- -- - / - 0/0 -- 1 mandy yachad

mandy yachad

mandy yachad -lrb- born 17 november 1960 in johannesburg , south africa -rrb- is a former south african cricketer and field hockey player who represented the south african national team in both sports .
he is a qualified attorney , and an active business executive .
yachad made his international cricket debut for south africa in 1991 , but only played one one day international for south africa .
with much of his cricket career falling during the international sporting boycott of south africa in the 1980s and early 1990s , yachad was denied the opportunity of playing international career during the prime of his career .
he was named among the south african cricket annual five players of the year both in 1985 and 1991 .
he was a specialist opening batsman who scored 14 centuries and 32 fifties in his 16-year first class career , which spanned 109 matches , mostly for transvaal in two spells -lrb- 1978 -- 1983 and 1992 -- 1994 -rrb- and northern transvaal -lrb- between 1983 and 1992 -rrb- .
he was selected for the tour of india , and after andrew hudson made a duck opening the innings during a three-wicket loss in the first odi in calcutta , hudson was replaced by yachad for the second match at gwalior .
yachad held the catch to dismiss kris srikkanth , the first wicket to fall in the match , but his batting was too slow to win the match ; with the required run rate slightly above five , yachad 's 31 off 77 balls slowed the team down .
he was eventually lbw to spinner venkatapathy raju , and south africa lost by 38 runs .
yachad was replaced by hudson for the third match , and never played international cricket again , though he turned out for an invitation xi against india during the 1992 -- 93 season .
in hockey , yachad played at least 21 test matches , and also represented his country at indoor hockey .
he is an executive director at the `` peregrine group '' , joining in 1999 .
prior to this , he was a law partner at `` werksmans attorneys '' , practicing commercial law ; he was with the firm for 14 years , nine as a partner .
he holds a bcomm and llb , both from the university of the witwatersrand .
his son , shaul , closely follows in his footsteps having played and captained the sa maccabi junior cricket team at the 2009 maccabi games , bringing home gold with his team .
shaul was also voted fielder of the tournament .
