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Duanne Olivier
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Personal information
Full name Duanne Olivier
Born 9 May 1992 (1992-05-09) (age 31)
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.

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