John was born on 22 April 1981 and he was born in Cape Town in South Africa. His childhood was spend in South Africa along with his family and it is known that he completed his schooling from Rondebosch Boys high School. After completing his high school, he enrolled for a course in St Stithian Boys College. Later he decided to persue his higher education from Stellenbosch University. He started his career at an early age and he had always been passionate about cricket. It is also known that his parents had their roots in United Kingdom.
John started his professional career in 2002 and he started with domestic teams. It was in 2007 when he was finally able to make his debut in international cricket. But the twist is that he started playing international matches for England. The first match he played was against West Indies. In the same match he had an injury on his hand and had to take time off field to recover. In 2009, John played against Ashes and his performance was quite commendable.
He also played against South Africa and Bangladesh in the next two years. In 2010, he also got to play against Pakistan and he led his team to victory on many occasions. In 2011, John was selected to play in World Cup season of 2011. The team couldn’t win the cup and they stood on 5th rank among all the teams participated in the cup. He also played against New Zealand and he also helped his team in Championship Trophy. In 2015, John played against West Indies and in the same match John revealed his plan regarding retirement.
Talking about the statistic, John’s average strike rate for his career is 44. John also scored 9 centuries in test matches and 4 centuries in One Day Internationals. Talking about the Man of the Match award in two test matches and one man of the match award in ODI. He was also awarded one man of the series award while playing a series against Pakistan. It was also reported that John won the award of Cricketer of the Year in 2011 and the award was sponsored by ICC. He had always been awarded with Cricketer of the Year award in 2011 in English Team.
In 2009, John decided to tie a knot with Abi Dollery. His wife worked as a press officer and it is also known that her grandfather was a well-known cricket who also headed the South African Team. After they got married, John’s wife gave birth to a daughter. It is known that John lives in South Africa along with his wife and children. John also wrote an autobiography and in the autobiography he also revealed that he had been through stress illness during his career. Estimated salary of this former cricketer is over 700 thousand pounds but his net worth is not public. If success is a unit then his net worth should be touching sky.
| Birth Date: | 22 Apr, 1981 |
| Age: | 39 yrs |
| Occupations: | Cricketer |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town |
| Education: | Rondebosch Boys' High School Stellenbosch University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | English cricket player |
