Full name Lloyd Douglas Ferreira Batting style Right-handed 1997/98–2003/04 Western Province | Bowling style Left-arm medium Name Lloyd Ferreira 1998 Dorset Role Cricket Player | |
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Born 6 May 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-05-06 ) Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa | ||
1997/98–1998/99 Western Province B | ||
Lloyd Douglas Ferreira (born 6 May 1974) is a former South African cricketer. Ferreira was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium pace bowler.
Ferreira made his first-class debut for Boland in the 1993/94 season against the touring Australians. Ferreira would go on to represent the team 25 times in first-class matches from 1993/94 to 1996/97, where he would score 958 runs at a batting average of 19.55, with 26 half centuries and a single century high score of 127.
Ferreira made his List-A debut for Boland against Orange Free State in the 1994/95 Benson and Hedges Series. During his time with Boland, he represented the team in 35 List-A matches from 1994/95 to 1996/97, where he scored 1,141 runs at an average of 33.55. He made 2 centuries and 7 half centuries and made a high score of 125*.
With the departure of West Indian Desmond Haynes, the call-up of Gary Kirsten to the South African team and the inevitable call-up of Herschelle Gibbs, Western Province were in need of a new opening batsman. Ferreira was signed by the province for the 1997/98 season, where he made his first-class debut for the province against Free State. During his time with Western Province, Ferreira played 4 first-class matches for the Western Province B team. For the main team, he played 38 matches during which he scored 1,930 runs at an average of 32.16, with 5 centuries and 8 half centuries. He also made his highest first-class score for the province, 201 against North West in 2001. He played his final first-class match for the province against KwaZulu-Natal in the 2003/04 SuperSport Series.
Ferreira also played List-A cricket for Western Province, making his one-day debut against Griqualand West in the 1997/98 Standard Bank League. He played 45 one-day matches for the province, scoring 999 runs at an average of 24.97, with a 6 half centuries and a single century score of 134. His final one-day match for the province came against Easterns in the 2003/04 Standard Bank Cup.
In 1998 he represented Dorset in England, in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against Hampshire. Ferreira scored 7 runs, before being dismissed by Nixon McLean in what his only appearance for the English county. In 1999, he played 4 matches for Rawtenstall Cricket Club in the Lancashire League.