| Anton Roux | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Anton Roux |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1981 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
| Nickname: | "Rooster"[1] |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Northerns |
| Year1: | 2008–2009 |
| Coachclub1: | Netherlands |
| Coachyear1: | 2013–2016 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 63 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 22* |
| Deliveries1: | 317 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 45.40 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 4 |
| Runs2: | 76 |
| Bat Avg2: | 38.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 33* |
| Deliveries2: | 132 |
| Wickets2: | 4 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 25.75 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/36 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 5/– |
| Date: | 20 May |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/269/269811/269811.html CricketArchive |
Roux was born in New York City to South African parents.[2] He moved back to South Africa aged five, playing both underage representative cricket and football, and later attended Pretoria Boys High School.[3]
At South African domestic level, Roux played for Northerns. An off-spinner and competent lower-order batsman, he made his first-class and List-A debut during the 2007–08 season.[4] He retired at the end of the following season to concentrate on his coaching career.
In the 2005 and 2006 Dutch seasons, Roux served as playing coach of the Amstelveen-based Amsterdamsche Cricket Club (ACC), which plays in the top-level Topklasse competition. During his playing career in South Africa, he held a coaching position with the University of Pretoria's academy, and he later served as head coach of the Northerns Cricket Academy, following his retirement from playing.[3]
In July 2011, Roux was appointed head coach of the Pietermaritzburg-based KwaZulu-Natal Inland team for the 2011–12 season, which played in both the List-A and first-class provincial competitions.[5]
At the end of the 2011–12 season, Roux returned to the Netherlands to again coach ACC. Roux had been involved in the coaching set-up of the Dutch national team since 2011,[6] and was later made a full-time assistant coach and statistical analyst.[7] After Peter Drinnen vacated the head coach position in October 2013, Roux took over, initially on an interim basis.[8] He coached the team at the 2014 World Twenty20 and the 2016 World Twenty20, amongst others.[9]
In August 2016, Roux took up a position as assistant coach of New Zealand provincial team, Otago, where fellow South African, Rob Walter, served as head coach.[10] It was during this period that he was also called up as bowling coach to the New Zealand XI and assistant coach to New Zealand A. [11] [12] [13]
Roux was named as pathway coach of English county, Nottinghamshire, in March 2020, working alongside head coach, Peter Moores.[14]
In March 2022, Roux was appointed fielding coach of the Sri Lankan Men's National Team.[15]
1[Category:Sri Lanka https://www.islandcricket.lk/news/featured/anton-roux-appointed-as-fielding-coach-of-sri-lanka/]