Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock
Personal information
Full name Quinton de Kock
Born (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting Left-handed
Role Wicket-keeper-batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 317) 20 February 2014 v Australia
Last Test 20 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 105) 19 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI 12 August 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 12
T20I debut (cap 54) 21 December 2012 v New Zealand
Last T20I 12 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2011 Highveld Lions
2011–present Titans (squad no. 12)
2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 12)
2014–2017 Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 12{formerly 3})
2018- Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 69)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 35 93 64 134
Runs scored 1,925 3,996 4,070 5,382
Batting average 36.32 45.40 41.11 42.71
100s/50s 3/13 13/16 9/26 17/22
Top score 129* 178 194 178
Balls bowled – – 6 –
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 141/9 125/7 235/14 163/13
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 October 2018

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the Titans at the domestic level and the South African national team. He also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League. He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.[1]

He is widely regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen in the world and has drawn comparisons with former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season. He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against Mumbai Indians. He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.

He made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season. He was asked to keep wickets in place of AB de Villiers, who asked to be rested. He has since played regularly for the team at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level. In February 2014, he also made his Test debut for South Africa, playing solely as a batsman.

By his 20th ODI match, he had already scored five centuries. He became the fourth player to score three successive one-day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday.[2] In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.

Before joining the Titans in 2015, de Kock played domestic cricket for Gauteng and the Highveld Lions. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils and will represent Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018. He is one of the most explosive young batsmen in the world with a knack for always scoring quick runs. Although he opens the batting in One Day International and T20 cricket, he primarily bats in the middle order in Test cricket. On 22 July 2018 during the second test match against Sri Lanka, he went onto become the fastest wicketkeeper in terms of matches (35) to effect in 150 test dismissals.[3]

Early career

De Kock attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. He was spotted as a schoolboy talent and used to play for the affiliate club Old Eds.[4] In the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 95 off 131 balls in South Africa's first match against Bangladesh, which the team won by 133 runs.[5] In the second match against Namibia, he scored 126 off 106 balls, with South Africa winning again, by 209 runs.[6] In the quarter-final match against England, de Kock scored only 7 runs, but performed well as wicket-keeper, recording five dismissals (two stumpings and three catches).[7] Overall, de Kock scored 284 runs throughout the tournament, ranking fourth for the tournament.[8]

Domestic career

From Johannesburg, he debuted for Gauteng's senior team during the 2009–10 season, aged 16, and subsequently represented the national under-19 team at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.

Ram Slam Twenty20

In the 2013 domestic twenty20 tournament in South Africa, De Kock played several good knocks to take his team Highveld Lions to the final where they won, eventually becoming the season dalla champions. On 18 February 2013, in the same tournament against Cape Cobras he hit the second highest T20 score of 126 in South Africa. His knock of 126 is also the highest T20 score ever made by a wicketkeeper batsman in an innings (126).[9][10]

Indian Premier League

De Kock was bought for $20,000 by IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL players' auction on 3 February 2013 to play for the 2013 IPL Season.[11] But he failed to impress in IPL-6 when he got chances in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), de Kock spent the 2013 tournament with Sunrisers Hyderabad, and signed to the Delhi Daredevils for the 2014 tournament. On 12 February 2014, De Kock was sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3.5 Crore (approximately $560,000 according to the then exchange rate) in the IPL players' auction. He eventually became the highest bid foreign wicket-keeper in the auction.[12] He was a part of the Delhi Daredevils team till 2017.[13] He was recently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018 auction.

Champions League Twenty20

De Kock came to the spotlight after scoring 51 not out off 33 balls in their first match for South African Highveld Lions against Mumbai Indians in Champions League Twenty20, 2012 in Johannesburg. While chasing 158, after an early breakdown, he along with the experienced Neil McKenzie took the team home.[14] Although he failed to keep this consistency in the remaining matches, he came to the spotlight after this tournament. In 2013 CLT20 which was hosted in India, de Kock scored 109 not out off 63 balls against Otago Volts in Jaipur, Rajasthan.[15]

International career

ODI cricket

De Kock represented South Africa for the first time, at T20 level, on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. While South Africa crushed New Zealand and got them all out for only 86, the hosts chased it down easily with 8 wickets still remaining. De Kock made an impression on his first appearance by scoring an unbeaten 28 off 23 while chasing. He also kept wicket and gloved two catches.[16] De Kock made his debut for the South African ODI side on 19 January 2013, against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium, Paarl, South Africa.[17] It was reported that he was training and grooming under veteran retired South African wicket-keeper batsman Mark Boucher ahead of the ODI series against New Zealand.[18] He was promoted to the opening batting spot from his second match onwards with Graeme Smith in his debut series.[19]

In November 2013, he was selected in the first XI of South Africa against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, in place of Colin Ingram. De Kock scored a match winning 112 off 135 balls on a tough batting track in Abu Dhabi in the fourth ODI to reach his maiden ODI century. South Africa won the ODI series 4–1. They also played two T20 games against Pakistan. De Kock scored 48 not out in the first match while chasing and took them home. They won that T20 series too by 2–0.[20]

On 5 December 2013, De Kock scored 135 against India at his home ground in Johannesburg. His innings guided the team to a 141-run victory over India and he was awarded his first ever 'Man of the Match' award in One Day International cricket.[21] He followed his performance with another successive ODI ton in the next match against the same team in Durban. He scored 106 runs making a record-breaking opening stand of 194 in Durban with teammate Hashim Amla who also scored a century in the same match.[22] This performance awarded him another 'Man of the Match' award while they already won the series beating India by 134 runs. He again broke a century knock of 101 in the 3rd ODI which was later abandoned due to rain, but he became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers. He also became the highest run-getter ever in a three-match bilateral ODI series, breaking the previous record of Martin Guptill. Meanwhile, he was awarded the 'Man of the Series'.[23]

De Kock scored his 5th ODI century knock of 128 against Sri Lanka to record their first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka. He also scored his maiden test fifty in the series.

In the 3-match tour to Zimbabwe in August, 2014, De Kock eventually became the joint quickest batsman to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket sharing the record with Viv Richards, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen. He reached the milestone in 21 innings.[24] He was also awarded the 'Player of the Series' in that tournament where South Africa beat Zimbabwe 3–0.[25]

In the ODI series against Bangladesh in 2017, he along with Hashim Amla set the highest record ODI runstand for South Africa with an unbeaten partnership of 282 runs. This is also the highest ever partnership in One-Day Internationals without losing any wickets.[26]

Test cricket

In February 2014, de Kock made his Test debut for South Africa, scoring seven runs in the first innings and 34 runs in the second innings against Australia at St George's Oval in Port Elizabeth.[27]

In January 2016, when South Africa was losing the home Test series against England, De Kock was recalled to the Test side for the second Test, taking the keeper's gloves from AB de Villiers, but failed to deliver. He was replaced by Dane Vilas at the 11th hour before the third Test, after a freak injury he picked up at home the afternoon before. He was again selected for the fourth and the final Test and scored his debut Test century with a score of 129 not out in the first innings coming to bat at number seven.[28] In the tour, De Kock reached a milestone as the fastest to reach 10 ODI centuries. He completed his 10th century in his 55th match.[29]

T20I cricket

In March 2014, South Africa played a 3-match Twenty20 series against Australia. De Kock was named the 'Player of the Series' in the tournament although South Africa lost the series by 0–2.[30]

Personal life

Quinton de Kock married his girlfriend of four years, Sasha Hurly, in September 2016.[31][32]

Records and achievements

Milestones
  • Fastest South African to reach 1,000 ODI runs.[33]

References

  1. ↑ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP TOP TEN: DEBUTANTS
  3. ↑ "SL Vs SA, 2018: Quinton de Kock Fastest to 150 Dismissals in Test Cricket". Cricket Addictor. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "De Kock's Cricbuzz profile". Cricbuzz. 10 December 2013.
  5. ↑ South Africa U-19 vs Bangladesh U-19, 12 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  6. ↑ De Kock's blistering century against Namibia U-19, 14 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  7. ↑ South Africa U-19 vs England U-19, 19 August 2012, retrieved 26 August 2012
  8. ↑ ICC UNDER-19 WORLD CUP, 2012 / RECORDS / MOST RUNS
  9. ↑ "De Kock hits highest T20 score in South Africa". Wisden India. 18 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper". cricinfo. 18 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "Million Dollar Maxwell lights up auction". Wisden India. 3 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "De Kock Bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3.5 Crore". Cricket Country. 12 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Quinton de Kock hits ton, Delhi Daredevils shock Royal Challengers Bangalore". ABP Live. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  14. ↑ De Kock's brilliant fifty against Mumbai Indians take Lions home, 14 October 2012, retrieved 16 October 2012
  15. ↑ "De Kock's century takes Lions to 167/4". The Hindu. 29 September 2013.
  16. ↑ South Africa hammer woeful New Zealand, 21 December 2012, retrieved 22 December 2012
  17. ↑ De Kock's ODI debut, 19 January 2013, retrieved 20 January 2013
  18. ↑ Boucher to Mentor De Kock Ahead of the ODI Series, 17 January 2013, retrieved 20 January 2013
  19. ↑ De Kock Promoted to the Opening Slot, 22 January 2013, retrieved 26 January 2013
  20. ↑ "South Africa beat Pakistan in the UAE". NDTV. 16 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Quinton de Kock proves he is no baby with the bat with second ODI ton". NDTV. 5 November 2013.
  22. ↑ "Quinton de Kock century sets up emphatic South Africa win over India". The Guardian. 8 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "Runs & Records of Quinton De Kock". Cricinfo. 12 December 2013.
  24. ↑ "De Kock equals record as SA beat Zim". Independent Online Sport. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "RSA vs ZIM Scorecard 3rd ODI, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  26. ↑ "Quinton de Kock 168*, Hashim Amla 110* power South Africa to record win". Hindustani Times. 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  27. ↑ "De Kock's Test Debut". Times of India. 21 February 2014.
  28. ↑ "South Africa v England: Quinton de Kock hits maiden century". BBC. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Warner's bumper year continues in another run fest at Manuka Oval". BBC. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  30. ↑ "Scorecard South Africa vs Australia 3rd T20". ESPN Cricinfo. 15 March 2014.
  31. ↑ http://www.tsmplug.com/cricket/in-pics-south-africa-cricketer-quinton-de-kock-marries-girlfriend-sasha-hurly/
  32. ↑ https://twitter.com/sashadekock
  33. ↑ Fastest to 1000 runs
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