On this day in 1984, Faf was born
Other celebrities who were born on this day include actor Leo Howard and comedian Ken Jeong.
Today, 13 July 1984, one of our own Proteas, Francois “Faf” du Plessis was born.
Faf is a South African international cricketer, a right-handed middle order batsman, and the current captain of the South African national team across all formats.
He has played South African domestic cricket for Northerns and the Titans, as well as matches for Lancashire, the Chennai Super Kings, the Rising Pune Supergiants and the Melbourne Renegades.
His Test debut was made in 2012 and he became the fourth South African to score a Test century on debut. Faf was subsequently also named South Africa’s T20 captain for the following Twenty20 series against New Zealand and confirmed full-time skipper in 2013.
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2011 against India and made unbeaten 60 runs.
In 2013, he was fined 50 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of ball tampering in a Test match against Pakistan.
During a match in Johannesburg, Faf become the first batsman to score centuries in all three formats of cricket at a single venue. He has scored at least 17 international centuries (seven Test, nine ODI and one T20I) and is the first South African to score a century in all international formats).
Other celebrities who were born on this day include actor, Leo Howard, and comedian, Ken Jeong.
