lastodiyear testdebutagainst deliveries columns testdebutfor testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date odidebutdate bowling tenfor country lasttestfor club fivefor batting odicap name lasttestyear fullname lastodifor birth_place column international odidebutagainst role lastodidate testdebutdate lasttestagainst source lastodiagainst date runs odidebutfor testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches odidebutyear article_title
1993 australia balls 1611 1524 25267 7059 4 south africa 235 11 8/0 3/0 109/0 42/0 1993 -- 1994 1968 -- 1979 1970 17 may 1947 9 june off spin 0 0 0 0 zimbabwe south africa zimbabwe mashonaland rhodesia 1 0 8 0 right-handed 11 john traicos 1993 athanasios john traicos zimbabwe zagazig , egypt test odi fc la true australia bowler 25 march 5 february india http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/archive/players/1/1358/1358.html cricketarchive india 1947 5 17 yes 19 88 1198 331 zimbabwe 1970 18 19 289 104 13 march 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 7 27 122 125 1983 john traicos

john traicos

athanasios john traicos -lrb- born 17 may 1947 -rrb- is a former cricketer who represented south africa and zimbabwe at international level .
he was primarily an off spin bowler , and is one of a small number of cricketers to have played at the highest level for more than one country .
traicos was born in zagazig , egypt in 1947 where his father tryphon worked in the family business .
he is of greek descent , his father having been born in lemnos , greece and his maternal grandmother in kalymnos , also in greece .
in september 1948 the family moved to what was then fort victoria in southern rhodesia .
as a child he was known as `` naso '' , a contraction of his name `` athanasios '' , but when he started university he adopted the name `` john '' .
traicos grew up in rhodesia and played for that country , which at the time was regarded as a `` province '' within the south african domestic cricket setup .
while a student at the university of natal he benefited from being coached by trevor goddard making his first-class debut on 24 june 1967 when he represented south african universities against cambridge university , taking 5 -- 54 in the first innings .
he represented the south african universities team on two more occasions before making his rhodesia debut on 27 january 1968 .
he made his test match debut for south africa against australia at durban in february 1970 while still a student , having been selected at the request of the south african captain ali bacher .
he took four catches and three wickets in his debut test .
however , after his three appearances in this series , south africa were banned from international cricket because of the apartheid regime .
traicos continued to play for rhodesia , and then for zimbabwe after the country gained its independence , playing for zimbabwe in the 1982 , 1986 and 1990 icc trophy tournaments .
he also represented zimbabwe in the 1983 cricket world cup , and was an important part of the side which inflicted a shock defeat on australia .
zimbabwe were raised to test status in 1992 , and traicos was selected for the country 's inaugural test match which took place in harare against india .
this appearance came a record 22 years and 222 days after his previous test appearance , and he repaid the selectors ' decision with his best test bowling figures of 5/86 .
he played three more tests for zimbabwe , and his final appearance came at the age of 45 years and 304 days , making him the oldest test player since miran bux 38 years earlier , and the twelfth oldest of all time .
he would have been even further up the list had he been available for selection for the following year 's tour of pakistan , but traicos ' business commitments prevented this .
in 1997 , traicos and his family moved to australia as a result of political instability in zimbabwe and settled in perth .
his elder daughter chloe is an actress , film director and screen writer and his younger daughter catherine is a singer-songwriter .
