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{{Short description|Cricket player of South Africa}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Loots Bosman
| country = South Africa
| full_name = Lungile Edgar Bosman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|04|14}}
| birth_place = [[Kimberley, South Africa|Kimberley]], [[Cape Province]], South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Batsman
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2006–2010
| odidebutdate = 15 September
| odidebutyear = 2006
| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| odicap = 84
| lastodidate = 27 February
| lastodiyear = 2010
| lastodiagainst = India
| odishirt = 14
| T20Idebutdate = 24 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2006
| T20Idebutagainst = Australia
| T20Icap = 19
| lastT20Idate = 27 October
| lastT20Iyear = 2010
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan

| club1 = [[Griqualand West cricket team|Griqualand West]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1997/98–2003/04}}
| club2 = [[Eagles cricket team|Eagles]]
| year2 = 2004/05–2008/09
| clubnumber2 = 14
| club3 = [[Free State cricket team|Free State]]
| year3 = 2005/06
| club4 = Griqualand West
| year4 = 2007/08
| club5 = [[KwaZulu-Natal cricket team|KwaZulu-Natal]]
| year5 = 2009/10–2011/12
| club6 = [[Dolphins cricket team|Dolphins]]
| year6 = 2009/10–2011/12
| clubnumber6 = 14
| club7 = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
| year7 = 2010
| club8 = Free State
| year8 = 2012/13
| club9 = [[Knights cricket team|Knights]]
| year9 = 2012/13
| club10 = Griqualand West
| year10 = 2013/14
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 14
| runs1 = 301
| bat avg1 = 25.08
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 88
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 14
| runs2 = 323
| bat avg2 = 24.84
| 100s/50s2 = 0/3
| top score2 = 94
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 104
| runs3 = 4,962
| bat avg3 = 28.51
| 100s/50s3 = 6/25
| top score3 = 140
| deliveries3 = 576
| wickets3 = 8
| bowl avg3 = 42.87
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/25
| catches/stumpings3 = 57/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 170
| runs4 = 4,388
| bat avg4 = 28.86
| 100s/50s4 = 2/23
| top score4 = 150
| deliveries4 = 97
| wickets4 = 1
| bowl avg4 = 92.00
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 1/36
| catches/stumpings4 = 39/–
| date = 4 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7507/7507.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Lungile Edgar Bosman''' (born 14 April 1977) is a former South African international [[cricket]]er. He was a [[Batting order (cricket)|top order]] right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium pace]] bowler. He played domestic cricket for [[Dolphins cricket team|Dolphins]], and appeared for [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] in both [[One Day International]]s and [[Twenty20 International]]s. He scored the first century in the [[Standard Bank Pro20 Series]] in the 2004–05 season.

A hard-hitting opener and an archetype of the successful Twenty20 batsman, Loots Bosman was born in Kimberley in the Cape Province, where he was raised by his grandfather, and made his debut for Griqualand West at the beginning of the 1997–98 season. But despite some success with provincial and South Africa A teams, it was only when Twenty20 cricket arrived in South Africa that Bosman etched his name into his country's cricketing consciousness. Pro20 cricket's first outing came at the end of the 2003–04 season, and Bosman – who was now part of the Eagles team under the new franchise system – topped the batting charts with 219 runs at a strike-rate of 120.99 and a high score of 84* despite the fact that he was asked to bat in the middle order.

Bosman turned down a contract with the Indian Cricket League in October 2007, instead signing up for the Mumbai Indians in the first edition of the Indian Premier League, though he couldn't make it into a starting XI. Bosman had a quiet international year in 2008, playing just one Twenty20 against Bangladesh, and at the end of the 2008–09 domestic season moved from the Eagles to the Dolphins franchise in KwaZulu-Natal. Initially named in a provisional squad of 30 for the 2009 World Twenty20, he couldn't find a place in the final 15, but in November of that year he fell one blow short of what would have been, at the time, just the second international Twenty20 century. Smashing 94 from just 45 balls, including nine sixes, against England at Centurion, he was also involved in a world record 170-run opening stand with Graeme Smith as South Africa racked up a mammoth 241 for 6.

Bosman finally made it to a World Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean in 2010, but appeared strangely out of sorts and made just eight runs in two innings, failing to find the boundary once. Despite that failure, he was signed by Derbyshire as their overseas player for the Friends Provident t20 tournament in 2010, and responded in superb fashion, hammering 94 off 50 balls to set up a crushing 65-run win over a strong Yorkshire team in June.

As he heads into his mid-30s, Bosman's opportunities for South Africa may begin to wane, and though he will be remembered as a punishing Twenty20 batsman, it remains a mystery as to why he was never able to take his success in the format into 50-over or first-class cricket.

==Career==

===Early career===
Bosman made his début for [[Griqualand West cricket team|Griqualand West]] at the start of the 1997–98 season, batting at number seven, and opening the bowling in a 45-over match against [[Natal cricket team|Natal]].<ref name="ladebut">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64770.html |title=Natal v Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> He took his only [[List A cricket|List A]] wicket during this match, [[Bowled|bowling]] [[Dale Benkenstein]].<ref name="ladebut"/> His [[First-class cricket|first-class]] début came three weeks later, playing in a [[SuperSport Series]] match against [[Free State cricket team|Free State]].<ref name="fcdebut">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64875.html |title=Free State v Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> He scored 96, and put on a record Griqualand West fifth-wicket partnership of 243 with [[Pieter Barnard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/SouthAfrica/Firstclass/GriqualandWest/Batting_Records/Highest_Partnership_Each_Wicket_For.html |title=Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> After a début season in which he averaged 26.92 in first-class cricket,<ref name="fcm">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7507/f_Batting_by_Season.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Loots Bosman |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> Bosman was selected as part of the South Africa A squad to tour [[Sri Lanka]].
Bosman was a key figure in South Africa A's campaign in a triangular one-day tournament in Sri Lanka in 2005–06, but it was his exploits at home that earned him a call-up to the squad for the Twenty20 International against Australia in mid-February. His 22-ball fifty against the Highveld Lions in February was the fastest in the Standard Bank Pro20 series. Player of the Series in the 2006 edition, Bosman became the first batsman to score a century in the competition, reaching three figures in just 43 balls. He failed to get going in the 2007 final, but his contributions to the Eagles clinching the Pro20 title were enough to earn him a look-in for the national Twenty20 team. He missed the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 due to a back injury, though Bosman insisted at the time that he was fit to play and he was subsequently suspended for one domestic match after being found guilty of "unbecoming or detrimental" conduct by Cricket South Africa over comments made to a local newspaper about coach Mickey Arthur after he was left out of the squad.

Bosman scored his maiden first-class century during the SuperSport Series match against [[North West cricket team|North West]] early in the 2000–01 season, remaining 115 [[not out]] as Griqualand West scored 284.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71003.html |title=Griqualand West v North West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> During this season, Bosman was promoted to open the innings alongside [[Pieter Koortzen]] in 45-over matches. In January 2001, the pair made an opening partnership of 173 against North West,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71371.html |title=Griqualand West v North West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> followed by 169 against Gauteng.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/71/71432.html |title=Griqualand West v Gauteng |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> In 2001–02, Bosman made his first appearance in the [[Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes]] tournament, helping South Africa reach the final with two rapidly scored 30s, making 35 in seven balls against Hong Kong,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/108/108254.html |title=Hong Kong v South Africa |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> and 31 in nine balls in the final as South Africa failed to chase down Pakistan's 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/108/108262.html |title=Pakistan v South Africa |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> On his return from the Hong Kong tournament, Bosman passed his previous bests in both limited overs and first-class cricket, hitting 92 [[not out]] against North West in the [[Standard Bank Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/73/73557.html |title=North West v Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> and 121 against [[Northerns cricket team|Northerns]] in the Super Six stage of the SuperSport Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/74/74122.html |title=Northerns v Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>

He was part of the South Africa A squad to play the touring India A and Australia A touring teams in 2002; but after scoring 62 in the first four-day match,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/74/74390.html |title=South African Board President's XI v India A |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> he failed to post any significant totals. He made his highest score with 140 against [[Western Province cricket team|Western Province]] in his second SuperSport Series match of the 2002–03.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/75/75534.html |title=Griqualand West v Western Province |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> Bosman was part of the South Africa squad for the Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes again in 2002–03, losing his wicket for 0 and 7 in his first two matches, before a nine ball 32 in the third-place play-off against India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/108/108280.html |title=India v South Africa |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> The end of the season saw him play in five matches for 'The Rest' against South Africa A.

===2003–2005===
The following 2003–04 season, Bosman finished second in the batting charts behind [[Stephen Cook]], scoring 491 runs at an average of 61.37.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/RSA/Standard_Bank_Cup_2003-04/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in Standard Bank Cup 2003/04 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> The campaign was highlighted by a 57 ball 99 [[not out]], in which he hit 13 boundaries, including eight sixes against [[Eastern Province cricket team|Eastern Province]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/79/79077.html |title=Eastern Province v Griqualand West |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> The end of that season saw the introduction of [[Pro20]] cricket to South Africa. Bosman topped the batting charts in this form, making 219 runs for [[Diamond Eagles|Eagles]], the combined [[Free State cricket team|Free State]] and Griqualand West cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/RSA/Standard_Bank_Pro20_Series_2003-04/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in Standard Bank Pro20 Series 2003/04 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> In his first match of the campaign, he made his best score of the season, hitting 84 [[not out]] in 44 balls as Eagles beat [[Dolphins cricket team|Dolphins]] by 4 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/79/79391.html |title=Dolphins v Eagles |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>

The following season saw Bosman have his best summer in first-class cricket, scoring 640 runs at an average of 40.00, with five half-centuries.<ref name="fcm"/> Later in the season, he scored the first century in South African domestic Pro20,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/144009.html |title=Weekend for records as Bosman goes mad |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=11 April 2005 |last=Lane |first=Keith |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> making 104 runs off 45 balls in an innings that included nine 6s and seven 4s as Eagles beat Lions by 130 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81992.html |title=Lions v Eagles |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> He spent the South African winter of 2005 playing for [[East Lancashire Cricket Club|East Lancashire]] in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]]. Although not recognised at this point in his career as a bowler, he equalled the club's best-bowling performance in his first appearance, taking 9/22 against [[Colne Cricket Club|Colne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lancashireleague.com/Players/Lancashire/PRO_PLAYERS/BOSMAN_LOOTS.html |title=Edgar Lungile Loots Bosman |publisher=lancashireleague.com |access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>

===International recognition===
He made his international [[Twenty20]] debut on 24 February 2006 at the [[New Wanderers Stadium]] in [[Johannesburg]].<ref name="cricinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44098.html |title=Player Profile: Loots Bosman |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref> He impressed with his rapid scoring rate and clean hitting ability. He was named in the South African Twenty20 World Championship squad, but was later withdrawn because of a back injury he picked up on an earlier tour of Zimbabwe.<ref name="cricinfo"/>

Most recently, Bosman made himself known again in the T20 Series against England in November 2009. He hit 58 off 31 balls in the first game,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/214/214314.html |title=South Africa v England |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref> and 94 off 44 balls in the second, setting a world-record International T20 partnership of 170 with [[Graeme Smith]] to set up a South Africa victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/214/214315.html |title=South Africa v England |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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