Zander de Bruyn

Zander Bruyn

South Africa South Africa

Overview

Full Name Zander de Bruyn
Age 49y 141d
Born Saturday, July 5, 1975, South Africa
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Style Right-arm fast medium
Playing Role

Teams represented

South Africa South AfricaEastern Cape Iinyathi Eastern Cape IinyathiGauteng GautengGauteng B Gauteng BGauteng Invitation XI Gauteng Invitation XIMCC MCCSouth Africa A South Africa ASouth African Invitation XI South African Invitation XISurrey SurreySurrey Cricket Board Surrey Cricket BoardTitans TitansWorcestershire WorcestershireSomerset SomersetWarriors WarriorsDP World Lions DP World LionsAbahani Limited Abahani LimitedSouth Africa Legends South Africa Legends

Biography

Zander de Bruyn drew a lot of comparison with former South African captain Hansie Cornje when he first appeared on the international fold. A tall and elegant lad from Johannesburg, de Bruyn is a right handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He started off his career by playing for Transvaal cricket team but his career prospered in 2002 when he moved on to play for Easterns.

De Bruyn had the knack of breaking partnerships at crucial intervals. In the 2003-04 season, he emulated the great Barry Richards by becoming the second player in South African domestic season to reach 1000 runs in the Super Sport Series. He played a crucial role in the Easterns series win over Western Province where he scored a match-winning 169 in the final. Throughout the season, de Bruyn averaged over 60 and from that season he was pretty consistent in his performances, and was rewarded with a call-up to the Test squad. de Bruyn scored 83 on debut and impressed, but he wasn't able to cement his place in the national side. He continued to perform in the domestic setup and was named captain of the Warriors side. In 2009 he moved on to play for the Lions franchise. He also plays for Surrey in the English County Championships.
 

Debut
South Africa vs India at Kanpur - Saturday, November 20, 2004

Batting

Matches 3
Innings 5
Runs 155
100's - 50's 0 - 1
Sixes - Fours 3 - 12
Average 38.75
Strike Rate 37.89
Highest Score (vs India, 20/11/2004) 83

Bowling

Matches 3
Innings 3
Overs 36
Wickets 3
Economy Rate 2.55
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Best Figures (vs India, 28/11/2004) 2/32

Fielding

Catches 0
Stumpings 0
Run Outs 0

Career Runs

4
3
2
1
Runs
Years

Career Wickets

4
3
2
1
Wickets
Years

Biography

sub title

Zander de Bruyn drew a lot of comparison with former South African captain Hansie Cornje when he first appeared on the international fold. A tall and elegant lad from Johannesburg, de Bruyn is a right handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He started off his career by playing for Transvaal cricket team but his career prospered in 2002 when he moved on to play for Easterns.

De Bruyn had the knack of breaking partnerships at crucial intervals. In the 2003-04 season, he emulated the great Barry Richards by becoming the second player in South African domestic season to reach 1000 runs in the Super Sport Series. He played a crucial role in the Easterns series win over Western Province where he scored a match-winning 169 in the final. Throughout the season, de Bruyn averaged over 60 and from that season he was pretty consistent in his performances, and was rewarded with a call-up to the Test squad. de Bruyn scored 83 on debut and impressed, but he wasn't able to cement his place in the national side. He continued to perform in the domestic setup and was named captain of the Warriors side. In 2009 he moved on to play for the Lions franchise. He also plays for Surrey in the English County Championships.