Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Colin Alexander Ingram

Colin has become a contender for the Proteas’ Castle Lager ODI squad in a remarkably short space of time, having made his debut against Zimbabwe as recently as October, 2010. It was a star-studded debut, too, as he became the first Protea to score a century on debut in limited overs cricket and his final total of 124 was only 22 short of Desmond Haynes’ world record. He followed that with a second century in his fifth match against Pakistan. He scored his third century, also against Pakistan, in the 2012-13 season to keep his career on a upward bath.

He is also one of several outstanding young fielders in the Proteas’ squad.

He sat on the bench for most of the 2011 World Cup but got the Proteas out of a hole in his one appearance against giant-killing Ireland with a run-a-ball 46.

Here’s a list of things you may have or may have not known about Colin Alexander Ingram:

1. Colin Alexander Ingram (born 3 July 1985) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for the Warriors. He represented South Africa at the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup played in Bangladesh.
2. Ingram was born in Port Elizabeth.
3. He attended Woodridge College in the Eastern Cape where he was their star cricketer in his years there.
4.  He played for the college for 5 years and captained them for 3 of those years.
5. Ingram made his First Team debut at the age of 14 and continued to play at this level throughout the rest of his high school career. He played provincial cricket for the Eastern Province team and was also selected for the South African schools team.
6. Ingram accepted a scholarship to study at the University of the Free State in 2004. He enjoyed a successful stint in the university team before leaving to return to the Eastern Cape.
7. Ingram currently plays for the Chevrolet Warriors in the domestic cricket league. He participated in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, scoring well and assisting his team to reach the final.
8. Ingram made his Twenty20 International debut against Zimbabwe during Zimbabwe’s tour of South Africa in 2010, playing in both matches. He didn’t get a chance to bat for a long while, scoring a total of 15 runs in the two-match series (3 & 12) as South Africa registered victories in both matches.
9. He is another player to have forced his way into the national line-up through outstanding domestic form in the 2009/10 edition of the domestic 40 overs competition.
10. Collin Alexander Ingram’s nicknames are Farmer, Bozie