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Hardus Viljoen

Hardus Viljoen
Personal information
Full name GC Viljoen
Born (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 28)
Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 325) 14 January 2016 v England
Last Test 14 January 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–2012 Easterns
2009–2012 Titans
2012–2017 Lions
2016 Kent
2017–present Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 1 94 71 54
Runs scored 26 1,642 459 262
Batting average 26.00 14.79 15.82 17.46
100s/50s 0/0 0/6 0/2 0/0
Top score 20* 72 54* 41*
Balls bowled 114 16,388 3,177 1,175
Wickets 1 370 103 64
Bowling average 94.00 26.53 30.23 22.75
5 wickets in innings 0 22 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 4 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/79 8/105 6/19 5/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 29/– 17/– 15/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 April 2017

GC Viljoen (born 6 March 1989), known as Hardus Viljoen, is a South African cricketer who plays for Lions in domestic cricket and for the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler. Viljoen was called up to the South African squad for the first time on the last day of 2015 as cover for Kyle Abbott. He made his Test debut on 14 January 2016 against England, taking the wicket of England captain Alastair Cook with his first ball in Test cricket, the 20th player to achieve this feat.

Viljoen joined Kent for a short spell in English county cricket in August 2016, playing in the final four matches of the 2016 County Championship season. He made his County Championship debut on 23 August against Gloucestershire at Bristol, taking five wickets on the first day of the match.


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