Donovan Ferreira

Donovan Ferreira
Personal information
Born (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 27)
Pretoria, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 162)4 November 2025 v Pakistan
Last ODI8 November 2025 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 100)3 September 2023 v Australia
Last T20I19 December 2025 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–presentNortherns
2019/20Tshwane Spartans
2020/21Easterns
2022/23–presentJoburg Super Kings
2023Barbados Royals
2024Rajasthan Royals
2024Yorkshire
2024–2025Oval Invincibles
2025Delhi Capitals
2025Texas Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 3 16 14 25
Runs scored 10 240 928 671
Batting average 5.00 18.46 44.19 35.31
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/4 1/4
Top score 7 48 125 138*
Balls bowled 138 106 1,820 421
Wickets 2 2 30 11
Bowling average 57.50 76.50 28.16 33.45
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 2/53 1/13 6/38 3/53
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/– 24/– 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2026

Donovan Ferreira (born 21 July 1998) is a South African international cricketer.[1] He plays as a batting all-rounder who can also keep wicket.

Early life and domestic career

Ferreira went to school at the Pretoria Boys high-school where he played for the first cricket team.[citation needed] While he began playing domestic cricket in 2018, making his Twenty20 debut in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup, he had to quit cricket for a time to work full-time as a salesman. After an offer to play professionally for the Titans, he quit his job as a salesman and began to focus on cricket.[2] He played for the Titans in all three formats of cricket: first-class cricket in the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series, List A cricket in the CSA One-Day Cup, and Twenty20 in the CSA T20 Challenge.[3][4][5] Ferreira was appointed Titans' captain in October 2025.[6]

Twenty20 cricket

Ferreira had his breakout season in the 2022–23 summer. Playing in the 2022–23 CSA T20 Challenge, he scored 166 runs with a batting average of 83.[7] Despite not having played international cricket, Ferreira was bought for the high price of 5.5 million rand by the Joburg Super Kings in the auction for the inaugural season of the SA20 in September 2022.[8] In 2023 he also began playing franchise Twenty20 cricket overseas, playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and the Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League,[9] though his time with Barbados was cut short by national team duties.[10] Since then, Ferreira has also played in the T20 Blast, The Hundred, and Major League Cricket. Ferreira gained a reputation as a power hitter in Twenty20 cricket, scoring sixes at a high frequency. In 2025, across four Twenty20 tournaments, he scored a six every 6.23 deliveries, including multiple sixes that traveled more than 100 metres.[11]

International career

Ferreira was first brought into the South African national team for their Twenty20 International series against Australia in 2023.[12] He made his international debut in the third and final match of the series on 3 September, top-scoring for South Africa with 48 runs from 21 deliveries, including hitting a six that traveled 92 metres. South Africa went on to lose the match.[13][14]

Ferreira was only selected for the national team sporadically at first, and in 2025 he was omitted from South Africa's squads for the 2025 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series and an August tour of Australia.[15] He returned to the squad for a series against England in September,[11] and was named the player of the match for his batting in the first match of the series.[16] In September 2025, he was named the stand-in captain of South Africa's Twenty20 team for a match against Namibia due to the absence of South Africa's normal captain David Miller.[17] Before this appointment, Ferreira had never captained a professional cricket team in any format.[6] When Miller became injured in October 2025, Ferreira was also named as the team's captain for their following Twenty20 series against Pakistan.[18]

On 2 Jan 2026, Ferreira was named in South Africa's squad for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, but his participation in the tournament was put in doubt when he suffered a shoulder injury in the 2026 SA20.[19] He was formally replaced in the squad on 22 January 2026.[20]

Playing style

Ferreira is an aggressive batter who scores a lot of his runs from sixes. He has an ability to score runs quickly from early in his innings. Early in his career, he had a weakness against spin bowling, struggling to score runs when the ball turned away from him, but from 2023 onwards he eliminated this weakness and improved his strike rate against spin.[11]

While Ferreira predominantly plays in the field as a wicket-keeper, he can also bowl off break spin bowling. He switched roles mid-game in a match for the Joburg Super Kings in 2025: he was initially named as the team's designated wicket-keeper and played as such at the beginning of the innings, but was brought into the bowling attack in the seventh over and took a wicket, then after his bowling spell returned to wicket-keeping duties.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Donavon Ferreira". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ Gcwabe, Ongama (27 August 2023). "From salesman to millionaire cricketer ... Proteas rookie Donovan Ferreira not taking anything for granted". Business Report. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Pool B, Africa T20 Cup at Oudtshoorn, Sep 14 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Pool B, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge at Cape Town, Oct 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Pool B, Bloemfontein, Feb 22 - 26 2021, CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. ^ a b Moonda, Firdose (10 October 2025). "De Kock's return in focus as Namibia look to pull off an upset". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Who is Donovan Ferreira, the RR debutant who can bowl and keep wicket?". Wisden. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  8. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan (19 September 2022). "SA20 auction: Tristan Stubbs the biggest buy, Donavon Ferreira creates a stir". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  9. ^ Muthu, Deivarayan (30 June 2023). "Pathirana joins Bravo at TKR; Barbados Royals pick Athanaze, Theekshana". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Rayudu, Muzarabani end CPL stints with Patriots after three games". ESPNcricnifo. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  11. ^ a b c Ehantharajah, Vithushan (29 August 2025). "Ferreira relishes 'heater' role as Invincibles' six-hitter-in-chief". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  12. ^ Moonda, Firdose. "South Africa call up Dewald Brevis for Australia series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  13. ^ Moonda, Firdose (3 September 2023). "Head, Abbott, Stoinis subdue South Africa to seal 3-0 win for Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  14. ^ Moonda, Firdose (3 September 2023). "'Our next best have got work to do' - South Africa coach Walter after the whitewash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  15. ^ Gcwade, Ongama (31 August 2025). "Donavan Ferreira is excited for the future despite 'frustrating' start to Proteas T20 career". Cape Times. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  16. ^ Moonda, Firdose (10 September 2025). "South Africa beat England and the rain to leave Cardiff 1-0 up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  17. ^ Moonda, Firdose (22 September 2025). "Bavuma out of Test series against Pakistan with calf strain; Markram to lead". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Miller ruled out of Pakistan T20Is; Coetzee to miss white-ball leg". ESPNcricinfo. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  19. ^ Moonda, Firdose (19 January 2026). "Ferreira injury casts doubt on T20 World Cup participation". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  20. ^ "Blow for South Africa, duo ruled out of T20 World Cup 2026". ICC. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  21. ^ "South Africa international switches from keeper to bowler mid-game to take key wicket in SA20". Wisden. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donavon_Ferreira