Stephan Myburgh

Stephan Myburgh
Personal information
Full name Stephanus Johannes Myburgh
Born (1984-02-28) 28 February 1984
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
Relations JG Myburgh (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 54) 12 September 2011 v Kenya
Last ODI 3 August 2018 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 23) 13 March 2012 v Canada
Last T20I 15 January 2017 v Oman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2010 Northerns
2011–2012 KwaZulu-Natal Inland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 28 23 84
Runs scored 294 640 760 2,399
Batting average 26.72 25.60 21.71 30.75
100s/50s 0/2 0/5 0/3 1/16
Top score 56 71* 85 105
Balls bowled – – 60 76
Wickets – – 0 2
Bowling average – – – 27.50
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a – n/a
Best bowling – – – 2/30
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 19/– 13/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 3 August 2018

Stephanus Johannes Myburgh (born 28 February 1984) is a Dutch cricketer of South African origin who has played at One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level for the Dutch national side. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In August 2017, he was named in Pretoria Mavericks' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[1] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[2]

International career

During the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Myburgh showcased what he can do in each match that Dutch played. On 21 March 2014 against Ireland, Myburgh equalled the record of the second fastest fifty in Twenty20 International with Paul Stirling of Ireland. He scored the fifty with 17 balls, where Dutch required to win the game in 14 overs to qualify for the Super 10 stage. With blistering innings by Myburgh, Netherlands won the match in 13.5 overs with 6 wickets remaining. Myburgh adjudged man of the match as well.[3]

He was the third highest run scorer in the tournament after Virat Kohli and fellow dutch Tom Cooper with 224 runs in 7 T20I matches. He scored 3 fifties in the tournament with average of 32.00 and amazing strike rate of 154.48. Myburgh is the highest bourdary maker of the tournament as well, with 26 fours and 13 sixes.

In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Stephan Myburgh scores second fastest fifty in T20Is". Cricket Country. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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