Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Duanne Olivier | |||
Born | 9 May 1992 Groblersdal, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Role | Bowler | |||
International information | ||||
National side | South Africa | |||
Test debut (cap 329) | 12 January 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||
Last Test | 6 October 2017 v Bangladesh | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
2011–present | Free State | |||
2011–present | Knights | |||
2018–present | Derbyshire | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Test | FC | LA | T20 |
Matches | 5 | 79 | 34 | 24 |
Runs scored | 7 | 976 | 149 | 42 |
Batting average | 2.33 | 14.14 | 11.46 | 14.00 |
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Top score | 4 | 72 | 25* | 11* |
Balls bowled | 606 | 13,506 | 1,347 | 464 |
Wickets | 17 | 314 | 45 | 18 |
Bowling average | 23.11 | 22.35 | 25.42 | 33.22 |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
Best bowling | 3/38 | 6/60 | 4/34 | 4/28 |
Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 23/– | 4/– | 4/– |
Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2018 |
Duanne Olivier (born 9 May 1992) is a South African cricketer who plays for the national side and for the Knights cricket team in domestic fixtures.
Domestic career[]
He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series, with 52 dismissals. In May 2017, he was named First-class Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. In August 2017, he was named in Jo'burg Giants' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.
International career[]
In January 2017, Olivier was added to South Africa's Test squad ahead of the third Test against Sri Lanka. He replaced Kyle Abbott, who earlier had quit international cricket to sign for the English team Hampshire as a Kolpak player.
He made his Test debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 12 January 2017.