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Deon Kruis

South Africa

Full name Gideon Jacobus Kruis

Born May 9, 1974, Pretoria, Transvaal

Current age 35 years 58 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

Relation Brother-in-law - PJ Koortzen

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	125	175	58	1735	59	14.82			3			46
List A	127	56	20	426	31*	11.83			0			28
Twenty20	24	5	3	41	22	20.50	34	120.58	0	3	1	7

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	125		24841	12369	394	7/58		31.39	2.98	63.0		19	1
List A	127		5898	4488	157	4/17	4/17	28.58	4.56	37.5	4	0	0
Twenty20	24	24	526	558	23	2/15	2/15	24.26	6.36	22.8	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	1993/94
Last First-class	Worcestershire v Yorkshire at Worcester, Jun 16-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	Surrey v Yorkshire at The Oval, May 20, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Eastern Cape v Eagles at East London, Apr 18, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 28, 2009 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. There was a hint of controversy and confusion in 2008 when he left Yorkshire, who were irritated by his delay in signing a new contract. But the two parties resolved their differences a week later, and all was again well at Headingley.
Sam Collins October 2008