Kruger van Wyk

Kruger van Wyk

Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Francois Kruger van Wyk
Born	(1980-02-07) 7 February 1980 (age 44) Wolmaransstad, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 255)	7 March 2012 v South Africa
Last Test	29 November 2012 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000/01–2005/06	Northerns
2004/05–2005/06	Titans
2006/07–2009/10	Canterbury
2010/11–2015/16	Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 9 138 141 80 Runs scored 341 6,734 2,624 877 Batting average 21.31 37.59 38.73 21.39 100s/50s 0/1 7/41 1/14 0/1 Top score 71 178* 114* 59* Catches/stumpings 23/1 415/20 158/20 43/15
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2017

Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk (born 7 February 1980) is a former New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags. He is a wicket-keeper-batsman. He has played professionally in South Africa and New Zealand, and at club level in Scotland. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Domestic career

Born and raised in South Africa, van Wyk started his first class career with Northerns in 2000/01 season. However, any hope of breaking into the South African team was diminished by Mark Boucher's long-term hold on the position. He moved to New Zealand on the encouragement of his coach, and started playing for the Canterbury Wizards from the 2006/07 season.^[1][2]

Van Wyk captained the Canterbury Wizards in the 2008 season in which they won the first class State Championship title. He was awarded the Canterbury Wizards player of the year for the 2007/8 season. He captained the Wizards until 2010, when he signed for the Central Districts Stags. In the New Zealand winter he has played professionally in Scotland for West Lothian County Cricket Association who have since been renamed Linlithgow Cricket Club.

International career

On 16 January 2012, van Wyk was named in the New Zealand cricket squad to play Zimbabwe in a one-off test match commencing 26 January 2012. Kruger van Wyk was named to make his test debut later that summer against his former country after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hip injury.^[3] He holds the record for being the shortest test cricketer at 1.45m/4'9".

Retirement

In December 2015, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, to take up the role of Director of Cricket at the University of Pretoria's TuksCricket Academy.^[4]

References

1. "Kruger van Wyk: New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
2. Moonda, Firdose (23 January 2012). "From SA to NZ: Kruger van Wyk chases Test dream". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
3. Leggat, David (6 March 2012). "Cricket: Watling out, van Wyk to debut". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
4. "Kruger van Wyk announces retirement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

External links

• Kruger van Wyk at ESPNcricinfo