Adam Bacher returned to international cricket after a gap of seven years, when he played for South Africa in the first one-day international against England [Images] at Johannesburg on Sunday.

The 31-year-old had played the last of his eight one-day internationals against Australia in Sydney at 1997-98.

Bacher missed 183 matches for South Africa during this period, which is the fourth highest figure for any player in the shorter version of the game. The record of missing most matches in between two appearances is of 218 matches held by another South African Errol Stewart.

The following table lists all players missing 100 (or more) matches in between two successive appearances:

Mts	Player	For	Last match	Comeback Match
218	ELR Stewart	SA	v Aus, Sydney, 25-01-1994	v BD, Potchefstroom, 03-10-2002
196	SV Bahutule	Ind	v Pak, Dhaka,16-01-1998	v NZ, Cuttack, 06-11-2003
184	GE Bradburn	NZ	v SL, Colombo RP, 13-12-1992	v Pak, Sharjah,12-04-2001
183	AM Bacher	SA	v Aus, Sydney, 27-01-1998	v Eng, Johannesburg, 30-01-2005
157	AR Kapoor	Ind	v SA, Rajkot, 29-10-1996	v Zim, Kanpur, 11-12-2000
156	GB Hogg	Aus	v Ind, Mohali, 03-11-1996	v SL, Perth, 22-12-2002
154	Sajid Ali	Pak	v Ind, Sharjah, 25-10-1991	v SL, Sharjah, 07-04-1997
153	VC Drakes	WI	v Aus, Georgetown, 18-03-1995	v SA, Colombo SSC, 13-09-2002
146	RR Singh	Ind	v WI, St.John's, 18-03-1989	v Aus, Mohali, 03-11-1996
142	ML Hayden	Aus	v Ind, Sharjah, 19-04-1994	v NZ, Wellington, 17-02-2000
132	MS Kasprowicz	Aus	v SL, Melbourne, 07-02-1999	v NZ, Guwahati, 09-11-2003
131	CB Lambert	WI	v Ind, Sharjah, 22-10-1991	v Eng, Bridgetown, 29-03-1998
128	Mohammad Zahid	Pak	v Ind, Toronto, 20-09-1998	v Zim, Harare, 27-11-2002
121	DJ Callaghan	SA	v NZ, Christchurch, 24-02-1995	v Aus, Durban, 12-04-2000
118	TJ Zoehrer	Aus	v Eng, Sharjah, 09-04-1987	v SA, Perth, 16-01-1994
117	Sikander Bakht	Pak	v Ind, Multan, 17-12-1982	v NZ, Dunedin, 06-02-1989
116	S Sriram	Ind	v Zim, Rajkot, 14-12-2000	v BD, Chittagong, 23-12-2004
114	MN Nawaz	SL	v Zim, Colombo SSC, 26-01-1998	v Eng, Trent Bridge, 27-06-2002
112	JP Maher	Aus	v SA, Perth, 18-01-1998	v SA, Centurion, 24-03-2002
110	W Larkins	Eng	v WI, Sydney, 22-01-1980	v SL, Delhi, 15-10-1989
110	Harvinder Singh	Ind	v Ind, Sharjah, 22-04-1998	v WI, Bulawayo QC, 30-06-2001
108	Fazal-e-Akbar	Pak	v Ind, Dhaka, 11-01-1998	v Eng, Leeds, 17-06-2001
108	DK Liyanage	SL	v SA, Lahore [Images], 06-11-1997	v Zim, Sharjah, 30-10-2001
108	A Bhandari	Ind	v Pak, Dhaka, 03-06-2000	v Zim, Perth, 03-02-2004
102	RJ Bright	Aus	v Eng, Lord's, 04-06-1981	v NZ, Wellington, 26-03-1986
101	SJ Rixon	Aus	v WI, Castries, 12-04-1978	v WI, Brisbane, 13-01-1985
100	HP Tillekaratne	SL	v Eng, Lord's, 14-05-1999	v SA, Benoni, 01-12-2002