Duanne Olivier

Duanne Olivier
Personal information
Full name Duanne Olivier
Born (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992
Groblersdal, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 329) 12 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 6 October 2017 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–present Free State
2011–present Knights
2018 Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 5 85 42 24
Runs scored 7 1,018 184 42
Batting average 2.33 12.88 12.26 14.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 72 25* 11*
Balls bowled 606 14,784 1,665 464
Wickets 17 341 58 18
Bowling average 23.11 22.52 23.98 33.22
5 wickets in innings 0 19 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 3 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/38 6/60 4/34 4/28
Catches/stumpings 0/– 23/– 6/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2018

Duanne Olivier (born 9 May 1992) is a South African cricketer who plays for the national side and for the Knights cricket team in domestic fixtures.[1]

Domestic career

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series, with 52 dismissals.[2] In May 2017, he was named First-class Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[3] In August 2017, he was named in Jo'burg Giants' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[5]

International career

In January 2017, Olivier was added to South Africa's Test squad ahead of the third Test against Sri Lanka. He replaced Kyle Abbott, who earlier had quit international cricket to sign for the English team Hampshire as a Kolpak player.[6][7]

He made his Test debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 12 January 2017.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Duanne Olivier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Records: Sunfoil Series, 2016/17: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Duanne Olivier called up following Abbott's axe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Abbott's Test career over as Hampshire move is confirmed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 3rd Test: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, Jan 12–16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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