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Stiaan van Zyl

Stiaan van Zyl
Personal information
Full name Stiaan van Zyl
Born (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 29)
Cape Town, Cape Province,
South Africa
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Top-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 319) 17 December 2014 v West Indies
Last Test 27 August 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–2011 Boland
2007–2017 Cape Cobras (squad no. 74)
2013–2017 Western Province
2017–present Sussex (squad no. 74)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 12 143 116 52
Runs scored 395 8,721 3,350 1,093
Batting average 26.33 42.96 35.63 26.02
100s/50s 1/0 21/38 5/18 0/7
Top score 101* 172 114* 86*
Balls bowled 403 4,675 1,056 96
Wickets 6 56 20 5
Bowling average 24.66 38.26 46.35 23.20
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/20 5/32 4/24 2/19
Catches/stumpings 6/– 86/– 32/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 May 2017

Stiaan van Zyl (born 19 September 1987) is a South African cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. A left-handed batsman, who bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his debut for Boland in the SAA Provincial Challenge against Kei. He usually opened in limited overs games when Graeme Smith or Robin Peterson were absent and has been incredibly successful.

He made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 17 December 2014 at SuperSport Park in Centurion, scoring a century. He became the 100th batsman to score a century on debut in Test cricket.


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