# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xen-balaskas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:28:35.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xen-balaskas"
name: "Xen Balaskas"
slug: "xen-balaskas"
description: "Xenophon Constantine Balaskas, sometimes known as Xen or Bally, was a South African cricketer. He was an all-rounder who went onto score 2,696 first-class cricket runs at 28.68 and went onto take 276 wickets at 24.11 with his crafty leg-spin bowling. He was the first test cricketer as well as the first international cricketer whose name started with the English alphabetical letter \"X\". He was also fondly nicknamed as the \"Saxophone\" by his teammates. He played a pivotal role in South Africa's historic first ever test win in English soil."
tagline: "South African cricketer (1910-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xen_Balaskas_c1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1910-10-15"
deathDate: "1994-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.195121951219512
  historical:           5.536933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ایکسن بالاسکاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اكسين بالاسكاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জেন বালাস্কাস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen_Balaskas"
    title: "Xen Balaskas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "झेन बालास्कास"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சென் பெலஸ்காஸ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "జెన్ బాలస్కాస్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8043444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump