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Full name Dillon du Preez
Born November 8, 1981, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age 28 years 0 days
Major teams Eagles, Free State, Leicestershire, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 49 | 69 | 8 | 1040 | 122 | 17.04 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 61 | 43 | 19 | 822 | 107* | 34.25 | 644 | 127.63 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 304 | 40* | 17.88 | 248 | 122.58 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 49 | 8933 | 4071 | 171 | 7/108 | 23.80 | 2.73 | 52.2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ||
| List A | 61 | 2858 | 2340 | 66 | 4/22 | 4/22 | 35.45 | 4.91 | 43.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 34 | 34 | 636 | 801 | 32 | 3/25 | 3/25 | 25.03 | 7.55 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 2003/04 |
| Last First-class | Eagles v Lions at Kimberley, Sep 24-27, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2004/05 |
| Last List A | Eagles v England XI at Bloemfontein, Nov 6, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Eagles v Lions at Bloemfontein, Jan 22, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 18, 2009 scorecard |
Dillon du Preez had one of the more interesting entries into the first-class game when he was forced to bowl for two days for Free State against the West Indies as the tourists amassed 618. The Port Elizabeth-born fast bowler didn't lose faith, however, picking up 3 for 75 in 29 overs including Shivnarine Chanderpaul as his maiden wicket, bowled for 245. He also scored 56 and took 2 for 34 in the second innings. du Preez had moved to Bloemfontein from the Eastern Cape in 1989 and attended a coaching academy run by internationals Corrie van Zyl and Rudolf Steyn. "I was hooked on cricket after that and applied myself more to cricket than my studies," he admits. He made slow but steady progress through the ranks of the South Africa Under-17 and Free State Academy teams before his meeting with the West Indies in December 2003. du Preez was far from a permanent fixture in the Eagles team in the first three seasons of franchise cricket, but he burst into prominence by taking 55 wickets in the Eagles' triumphant 2007-08 campaign. An accurate bowler of slightly less than extreme pace, du Preez also contributes useful runs in the lower-order, making his maiden first-class century in 2007-08. He signed with Leicestershire as a Kolpak player in 2008 and in the following year he joined the large contingent of South Africans in the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Ken Borland January 2009
South Africa Player of the Year 2008
- Homeboys seize the day (May 20, 2009)
- Dominant Bangalore crush Mumbai (May 3, 2009)
- Peterson earns two-match suspension (Feb 24, 2009)
- Zaheer and Uthappa swap franchises (Jan 21, 2009)
- Cobras humbled for 39 (Dec 29, 2008)
May 3, 2009
Dillon du Preez is ecstatic after sending back JP Duminy
© AFP
May 3, 2009
Team-mates rush in to congratulate Dillon du Preez
© Associated Press
May 3, 2009
Dillon du Preez is delighted after removing Sachin Tendulkar
© Associated Press
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