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{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use South African English|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nicky Boje
| image = NickyBoje.JPG
| country = South Africa
| full_name = Nico Boje
| nickname = Godfrey Boje
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|3|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bloemfontein]], [[Orange Free State Province]], South Africa
| heightcm = 173
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1995–2006
| testdebutdate = 24 February
| testdebutyear = 2000
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 276
| lasttestdate = 4 August
| lasttestyear = 2006
| lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
| odidebutdate = 21 October
| odidebutyear = 1995
| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| odicap = 34
| lastodidate = 30 October
| lastodiyear = 2005
| lastodiagainst = New Zealand
| oneT20I = true
| T20Idebutdate = 21 October
| T20Idebutyear = 2005
| T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
| T20Icap = 1
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| family = [[Eduard Boje]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Free State cricket team|Free State]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1990/91–2012/13}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
| year2 = 2002
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Knights (cricket team)|Eagles]]
| year3 = 2003/04–2006/07
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
| year4 = 2007–2010
| clubnumber4 = 17
| club5 = [[Warriors (cricket team)|Warriors]]
| year5 = 2009/10–2011/12
| clubnumber5 =
| club6 = [[Knights (cricket team)|Knights]]
| year6 = 2012/13–2013/14
| clubnumber6 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 43
| runs1 = 1,312
| bat avg1 = 25.23
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 85
| deliveries1 = 8620
| wickets1 = 100
| bowl avg1 = 42.65
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/62
| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 115
| runs2 = 1,414
| bat avg2 = 26.67
| 100s/50s2 = 2/4
| top score2 = 129
| deliveries2 = 4541
| wickets2 = 96
| bowl avg2 = 35.57
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/21
| catches/stumpings2 = 33/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 216
| runs3 = 9087
| bat avg3 = 34.42
| 100s/50s3 = 8/56
| top score3 = 226[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 43,135
| wickets3 = 585
| bowl avg3 = 32.70
| fivefor3 = 22
| tenfor3 = 2
| best bowling3 = 8/93
| catches/stumpings3 = 125/-
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 321
| runs4 = 4,423
| bat avg4 = 24.70
| 100s/50s4 = 2/17
| top score4 = 129
| deliveries4 = 13,490
| wickets4 = 305
| bowl avg4 = 32.36
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/21
| catches/stumpings4 = 95/–
| date = 31 October
| year = 2021
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/nicky-boje-44091 ESPNcricinfo
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{RSA}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|[[Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|List-A cricket]]}}
}}
'''Nico Boje''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|ɔɪ|'|j|eɪ}} {{respell|boy|YAY|'}}; born 20 March 1973) is a South African former [[cricket]]er who played in 43 [[Test cricket|Tests]], 115 [[One Day International]]s and single [[Twenty20 International]] for South Africa. Boje was a member of the South Africa team that won the [[1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy]].

Boje was a member of [[Africa XI cricket team|Africa XI]] team for [[2005 Afro-Asia Cup]]. He is the first cap of Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa as well.

He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein. He is currently coaching the [[Knights cricket team]] in the [[Free State (province)|Free State]], [[South Africa]]. His brother, [[Eduard Boje]], also played [[first-class cricket]].

==Domestic career==

===Northamptonshire===
Boje joined English team [[Northamptonshire CCC]] for the last few weeks of the 2007 season as a replacement overseas player for [[Johan Van der Wath]]. A few days later it was announced that he would be joining the breakaway [[Indian Cricket League]]. In 2008, the [[captain (cricket)|captain]] of [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northamptonshire]], [[David Sales]], resigned and Boje took over the role as [[captain (cricket)|captain]] for [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northamptonshire]]. In that season, he scored his highest ever [[First-class cricket|First class cricket]] score of 226*. He signed a new one-year contract on 3 September 2009 which saw him lead the club through the 2010 season.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/northamptonshire/8236436.stm Northants skipper pens new deal] BBC Sport</ref>

==International career==
Boje's international career began in 1995 against [[Zimbabwean cricket team|Zimbabwe]], and although he was in and out of the team due to injuries he established himself as South Africa's first choice [[spin bowling|spin bowler]]. Due to the amount of [[all-rounder]]s in the South African team, Boje usually batted at eight or nine in the batting order, despite a [[first class cricket|first class]] [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 32 and both Test and ODI averages around 26, which was the highest for a regular number nine in Test cricket in the 2000s. However, despite the reasonably high average he never hit a Test century, although did make two ODI centuries against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] in [[2000–01 South African cricket season|2000–01]]. And also in that 6 match ODI series, he amassed 355 runs in 6 innings and broke the record for scoring the most runs in a 6 match bilateral ODI series<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingHighSeries_ODI.asp|title=HowSTAT! ODI Cricket – Most Runs in Series|website=howstat.com|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

In December 2006, Boje announced his retirement from international cricket, effective immediately. He finished his career with exactly 100 Test wickets, the wicket of [[Mahela Jayawardene]] in his final Test brought up his milestone.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=44091}}

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