South Africa’s brilliant bowler David John Terbrugh had to end his career only after 11 international matches. His ODI career hardly lasted even for a month.
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Pakistan, Australia, West Indies and Bangladesh, these are the 4 teams who can hardly forget South African bowler David John Terbrugh. David played only 11 matches including Test and ODI in his career, but in these 11 matches his ball caught fire. He made the batsmen tremble with his name in a short time, but he could have shown more wonders. Before this, he took retirement at a young age. The reason behind his retirement was injury.
The relationship between Chot and David was from the early days of his career. He was injured again and again and again and again he had to prove himself by making stormy comebacks. Troubled by injury, he retired in 2005 at the age of 29. Despite having the ability, he could not get opportunities to play more international matches. He was even being counted among the unlucky bowlers.
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wreaked havoc on Pakistan and Bangladesh
David, who made his international debut in Test cricket in 1998, is celebrating his 46th birthday today. Born on 31 January 1977, David took 20 wickets in 7 Test matches and 4 ODIs and 4 wickets for South Africa. His best performance in Tests was 7 wickets for 89 runs, which he took against Bangladesh. While 4 wickets for 20 runs in ODIs was his best, which he took against Pakistan.
Career in danger at the age of 18
David’s career was greatly affected by injuries. In 1995, he went on a tour of England with the Under-19 team of South Africa, where he suffered a back injury. At that time he was 18 years old and a back injury almost ended his career, but David recovered from the injury and became a fully international bowler. He had an ankle operation in 1999 and once again he made a comeback.
ODI career did not last even for a month
David’s ODI career did not even last for a whole month. At the same time, in 2004, he played the last Test match for South Africa. He also played domestic cricket for 2 teams, but shortly after that in 2005 he retired due to injury and with this the cricket career of a great bowler ended forever.
