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Deon Kruis
South Africa
Player profile
Full name Gideon Jacobus Kruis
Born May 9, 1974, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 34 years 104 days
Major teams Eagles, Griqualand West, Marylebone Cricket Club, Northern Transvaal, Yorkshire
Nickname Kruisie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education St Alban's College, Pretoria
Relations Brother-in-law - PJ Koortzen
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
118 |
168 |
53 |
1676 |
59 |
14.57 |
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0 |
3 |
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44 |
0 |
| List A |
114 |
52 |
19 |
407 |
31* |
12.33 |
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0 |
0 |
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27 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
5* |
6.00 |
6 |
100.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
118 |
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23701 |
11749 |
380 |
7/58 |
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30.91 |
2.97 |
62.3 |
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19 |
1 |
| List A |
114 |
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5293 |
4111 |
135 |
4/17 |
4/17 |
30.45 |
4.66 |
39.2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
14 |
14 |
289 |
317 |
13 |
2/15 |
2/15 |
24.38 |
6.58 |
22.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
1993/94 |
| Last First-class |
Hampshire v Yorkshire at Southampton, Aug 6-8, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1997/98 |
| Last List A |
Yorkshire v Scotland at Leeds, May 26, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Eastern Cape v Eagles at East London, Apr 18, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 22, 2007 scorecard |
Deon Kruis was born in Transvaal and joined Yorkshire under the Kolpak ruling in 2005. In his first season with the county he was the top wicket-taker in the second division of the County Championship with 64 wickets, and was voted Yorkshire's Player-of-the-Year. In 2006 he was again Yorkshire's top wicket-taker. He is a handy lower-order batsman and previously represented Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Goodyear Eagles in South Africa between 1993 and 2005.
Sam Collins April 2008
May 24, 2008 |
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Deon Kruis celebrates removing Scott Newman
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Aug 10, 2006 |
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Deon Kruis removes Oliver Newby
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Jul 24, 2006 |
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Deon Kruis celebrates the wicket of Ronnie Irani
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