Dane Piedt

Dane Leeroy Piedt (born 6 March 1990) is a South African cricketer. He plays for the Cape Cobras. He made his Test cricket debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe in August 2014.[1] On 28th March 2020, Piedt announced his retirement from the South Africa Cricket.

Dane Piedt
Personal information
Full nameDane Leeroy Piedt
Born (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 318)9 August 2014 v Zimbabwe
Last Test19 October 2019 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2020Western Province
2010–2020Cape Cobras
2018–2019Cape Town Blitz
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 9 115 77 43
Runs scored 131 2,424 640 81
Batting average 11.90 17.07 22.06 10.12
100s/50s 0/1 1/12 0/2 0/0
Top score 56 114 73 29*
Balls bowled 1,824 24,205 3,479 806
Wickets 26 409 73 25
Bowling average 45.19 32.36 36.12 36.36
5 wickets in innings 1 21 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 3 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/152 8/130 4/9 3/24
Catches/stumpings 5/– 62/– 21/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 March 2020

Career

Piedt, like many of his other Cape Cobras' team-mates, made his first-class debut for the Western Province cricket team. Primarily an off-spin bowler, Piedt is also a useful lower-order batsman. Piedt signed with the Cape Cobras in 2011. In August 2017, he was named in Jo'burg Giants' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[2] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[3]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[4] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[5][6] In January 2019, in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 54 dismissals in ten matches.[8]

In August 2019, he was named the Four-day franchise Series Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.[9]

In March 2020, Piedt announced that he would be moving from South Africa to the United States, so he could meet the criteria to play for the United States cricket team.[10][11]

References
  1. "South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, Only Test: Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Aug 9-13, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. "Piedt and Nabe share record stand". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. "4-Day Franchise Series, 2018/19: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  10. "Dane Piedt ends South Africa career to chase American dream". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. "Trendy Piedt looking for USA spin off". Independent Media. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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