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South African cricketer (born 1974)

Deon Kruis
Personal information
Full nameGideon Jacobus Kruis
Born (1974-05-09) 9 May 1974 (age 50)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–1996/97Northern Transvaal
1997/98–2003/04Griqualand West
2003/04–2004/05Eagles
2005–2009Yorkshire (squad no. 5)
FC debut24 November 1993 Transvaal B v Free State B
Last FC23 September 2009 Yorkshire v Hampshire
LA debut31 October 1997 Griqualand West v Natal
Last LA30 August 2009 Yorkshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 130 131 24
Runs scored 1,849 430 41
Batting average 15.15 11.31 20.50
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 59 31* 22
Balls bowled 25,664 6,062 526
Wickets 406 161 23
Bowling average 31.53 28.90 24.26
5 wickets in innings 19 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/58 4/17 2/15
Catches/stumpings 45/– 29/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2009

Gideon Jacobus Kruis (born 9 May 1974), popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009. His South African cricket has been for Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Eagles.

He is a right-handed batsman, and bowls right-arm fast-medium. At the end of the 2006 season he was one of Yorkshire's more successful bowlers helping them stay in Division 1 of the County Championship.

Kruis retired at the end of the 2009 season.

References

  1. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. "Deon Kruis". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 March 2010.


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