Leus du Plooy

Jacobus Leus du Plooy (born 12 January 1995) is a South African first-class cricketer.[1] He was included in the Free State squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[4]

Leus du Plooy
Personal information
Full nameJacobus Leus du Plooy
Born (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2018Free State
2014–2018Knights
2018–presentNortherns
2018–presentTitans
2019–presentDerbyshire (squad no. 76)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 53 45 40
Runs scored 3,370 1,865 780
Batting average 46.80 58.28 33.19
100s/50s 11/18 5/10 0/4
Top score 181 155 70
Balls bowled 1,643 399 150
Wickets 23 11 12
Bowling average 51.17 35.36 14.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/76 3/19 4/15
Catches/stumpings 46/– 23/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2019

In September 2018, he was named in Northerns' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Northerns in the tournament, with 145 runs in four matches.[6] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, with 593 runs in eleven matches,[7] and the leading run-scorer for Northerns in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, with 647 runs in eleven matches.[8]

In April 2019, Du Plooy signed a two-year contract to play county cricket in England, joining Derbyshire as a Kolpak player.[9]

References
  1. "Leus du Plooy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. "Free State Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Northerns Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Northerns: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2018/19: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. "CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, 2018/19 - Northerns: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. "Leus du Plooy: Derbyshire sign South African batsman on Kolpak deal". 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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