Dieter Klein

Dieter Klein (born 31 October 1988) is a South African born German cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler, he also bats right handed.

Dieter Klein
Personal information
Full nameDieter Klein
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988
Lichtenburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 21)8 March 2020 v Spain
Last T20I8 March 2020 v Spain
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2015/16North West
2012/13–2013/14Highveld Lions
2016–presentLeicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 64 33 28
Runs scored 1,390 206 80
Batting average 19.04 13.73 7.27
100s/50s 0/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 94 46 16
Balls bowled 9,251 1,577 460
Wickets 212 49 22
Bowling average 28.48 27.91 28.95
5 wickets in innings 10 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/72 5/35 3/27
Catches/stumpings 19/– 1/– 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 30 September 2019

As he holds a German passport, he is not considered as an overseas player in English domestic cricket.[1] In February 2019, Klein attended a training camp with the German national cricket team, with the view to help Germany qualify via the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier group for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup.[2] In May 2019, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[3][4] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Spain on 8 March 2020.[5]

References
  1. Dieter Klein, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  2. "Ich bin ein Berliner". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "1st T20I, Germany tour of Spain at Almeria, Mar 8 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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