Henry Williams (cricketer)

Henry Smith Williams (born 11 June 1967), is a retired South African cricketer. He played seven One Day Internationals for South Africa. Williams was a right-arm seam bowler and, after retiring, he became the bowling coach at Boland.

Henry Williams

Personal information
Full name	Henry Smith Williams
Born	(1967-06-11) 11 June 1967 Pniel, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	South Africa (1999–2000)
ODI debut	24 January 1999 v West Indies
Last ODI	19 March 2000 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990/91	Western Province
1992/93	Impalas
1992/93–2003/04	Boland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 7 89 109 Runs scored 8 765 123 Batting average 8.00 8.13 3.96 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 7 49 15 Balls bowled 329 17,021 5,296 Wickets 9 276 122 Bowling average 25.33 24.26 29.22 5 wickets in innings 0 10 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/38 6/27 4/35 Catches/stumpings 2/– 24/– 17/–
Source: CricInfo, 30 January 2019
Medal record Representing  South Africa Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match fixing. In the hearing, he admitted accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day International in India. He had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs, but sustained a legitimate injury and so bowled only 11 balls.[1]

Although his suspension was only for six months, he was well into his 30s and, despite playing first-class cricket until 2003/04, he never returned to international cricket.

In February 2020, Williams was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2][3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]