Nel played 35 first-class games, top-scoring for his team on several occasions. He then went onto commentating on any matches played at Newlands. He worked as a quantity surveyor.[2]
Nel married Shelagh Mary Finegan in February 1952 and they had three sons and one daughter. He died on 13 January 2018 at the age of 89.[3]
Referencesedit
^"Jack Nel profile at". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
jack, john, desmond, july, 1928, january, 2018, south, african, cricketer, played, tests, from, 1949, 1957, personal, informationfull, namejohn, desmond, nelborn, 1928, july, 1928cape, town, cape, province, south, africadied13, january, 2018, 2018, aged, pinel. John Desmond Nel 10 July 1928 13 January 2018 was a South African cricketer who played in six Tests from 1949 to 1957 1 Jack NelPersonal informationFull nameJohn Desmond NelBorn 1928 07 10 10 July 1928Cape Town Cape Province South AfricaDied13 January 2018 2018 01 13 aged 89 Pinelands Western Cape South AfricaBattingRight handedInternational informationNational sideSouth AfricaTest debut24 December 1949 v AustraliaLast Test23 December 1957 v AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 6 35Runs scored 150 1 839Batting average 13 63 31 70100s 50s 0 0 4 6Top score 38 217 Catches stumpings 1 14 Source Cricinfo 15 November 2022 Nel played 35 first class games top scoring for his team on several occasions He then went onto commentating on any matches played at Newlands He worked as a quantity surveyor 2 Nel married Shelagh Mary Finegan in February 1952 and they had three sons and one daughter He died on 13 January 2018 at the age of 89 3 References edit Jack Nel profile at cricketarchive com Retrieved 17 February 2018 Luke Alfred Testing Times Spearhead Claremont 2003 pg 140 Jack Nel profile espncricinfo com accessed 17 February 2018 External links editJack Nel at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a South African cricket person born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Nel amp oldid 1122017350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
