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Deon Kruis

South Africa

Player profile

Full name Gideon Jacobus Kruis
Born May 9, 1974, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 34 years 122 days
Major teams Eagles, Griqualand West, Marylebone Cricket Club, Northern Transvaal, Yorkshire
Nickname Kruisie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 6 ft 3 in
Education St Alban's College, Pretoria
Relations Brother-in-law - PJ Koortzen

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 120 170 55 1694 59 14.73 0 3 44 0
List A 117 52 19 407 31* 12.33 0 0 27 0
Twenty20 14 2 1 6 5* 6.00 6 100.00 0 0 0 0 3 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 120 24007 11884 384 7/58 30.94 2.97 62.5 19 1
List A 117 5431 4191 139 4/17 4/17 30.15 4.63 39.0 3 0 0
Twenty20 14 14 289 317 13 2/15 2/15 24.38 6.58 22.2 0 0 0

Career statistics
First-class debut 1993/94
Last First-class Yorkshire v Sussex at Scarborough, Sep 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 1997/98
Last List A Yorkshire v Glamorgan at Scarborough, Aug 31, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Eastern Cape v Eagles at East London, Apr 18, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 22, 2007 scorecard

 Profile

Deon Kruis was born in Transvaal and joined Yorkshire under the Kolpak ruling in 2005. In his first season with the county he was the top wicket-taker in the second division of the County Championship with 64 wickets, and was voted Yorkshire's Player-of-the-Year. In 2006 he was again Yorkshire's top wicket-taker. He is a handy lower-order batsman and previously represented Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Goodyear Eagles in South Africa between 1993 and 2005.
Sam Collins April 2008

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May 24, 2008

Deon Kruis celebrates removing Scott Newman
Deon Kruis celebrates removing Scott Newman
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Aug 10, 2006

Deon Kruis removes Oliver Newby
Deon Kruis removes Oliver Newby
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Jul 24, 2006

Deon Kruis celebrates the wicket of Ronnie Irani
Deon Kruis celebrates the wicket of Ronnie Irani
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