Thinus Fourie

Marthinus Jacobus Fourie (born 23 July 1979) is a former Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in the Ireland A cricket team since 2004, when he played for the first time against Marylebone Cricket Club. He also participated in the EurAsia Cricket Series of 2006.

Thinus Fourie
Personal information
Full name
Marthinus Jacobus Fourie
Born (1979-06-23) 23 June 1979
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 17)23 June 2007 v India
Last ODI31 July 2008 v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 7 3 17 1
Runs scored 42 6 132 1
Batting average 21.00 6.00 16.50 1.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19* 6* 30 1
Balls bowled 179 330 653 18
Wickets 1 6 12 1
Bowling average 128.00 32.83 39.91 16.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/33 3/31 3/41 1/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 2/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2009

Fourie is a middle order batsman and a decently paced bowler in the Irish attack.

He currently coaches cricket at Gonzaga College.


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