Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wayne Dillon Parnell

Wayne Dillon Parnell was singled out as a player for higher honours at a young age when he was selected to represent South Africa at the ICC under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. He was back two years later in Bangladesh as captain when he led the junior Proteas to a place in the final.

Here’s a list of things you may have or may have not known about Wayne Dillon Parnell:

1. Wayne Dillion Parnell’s nickname is  Pigeon, Parny
2. Wayne was born and raised in Port Elizabeth
3. Is franchise team is Chevrolet Warriors
4. At domestic level he plays for the Warriors having previously represented Eastern Province.
5. has also played county cricket for Kent, and for the Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League.
6. He is a member of the Cape Coloured ethnic group.
7. Parnell made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in October 2006, at the age of seventeen, against South Western Districts scoring 17 and taking one wicket. In his second first-class match, he recorded figures of four for seven,and, in only his fifth first-class match, he took a hat-trick against Western Province.
8. In 2008 Parnell was awarded the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola U19 Player of the Tournament and the CSA U19 Cricketer of the Yearwhile representing Eastern Province.
9. Parnell matriculated from Grey High School, Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 2007.
10. Wayne Dillon Parnell studied Human Resource Management at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2009)