Theunis de Bruyn
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Full name | Theunis Booysen de Bruyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa | 11 October 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 330) | 25 March 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 July 2017 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 65) | 20 January 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 22 January 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–2016 | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 March 2017 |
Theunis Booysen de Bruyn (born 8 October 1992) is a South African cricketer who represents Knights. He is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right arm medium fast.
On 19 January 2015, de Bruyn became the third quickest South African batsman to reach 1,000 first-class runs, doing so in 20 innings.[1] He was included in the Northerns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2]
In December 2016 he was added to South Africa's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[3] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 20 January 2017.[4] He made his Test debut for South Africa against New Zealand on 25 March 2017.[5]
De Bruyn was included in South Africa's squad for their Test match series in England which began in July 2017. He played the first match of the series, scoring 49 runs in the match with a top score of 48 in the first innings as South Africa lost the match by 211 runs.[6] He was dropped for the following Test.He was recalled to replace Vernon Philander, who suffered back spasm in the buildup to the final Test.
References
- ↑ Tennant, Ivo (19 January 2015). "De Bruyn, Bavuma build lead over England Lions". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ "Uncapped Theunis de Bruyn in South Africa Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 1st T20I: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "South Africa tour of New Zealand, 3rd Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, Mar 25-29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ "Moeen's ten-for leads England rout of SA". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
External links
- Theunis de Bruyn at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Theunis de Bruyn at ESPNcricinfo