Ryan Klein (born 15 June 1997) is a South African-born Dutch cricketer. He has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2021. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.[1]
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| Born | 15 June 1997 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 77) | 23 January 2022 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 October 2023 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 56) | 4 August 2022 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 August 2024 v United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–2020/21 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editKlein was born in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] He holds a Dutch passport through descent.[3] His younger brother Kyle represented the Netherlands national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier.[2]
Domestic career
editKlein made his first-class debut on 17 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.[4] He made his List A debut on 27 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge.[5]
In the Netherlands, Klein has played Topklasse cricket for HBS Craeyenhout and Voorburg Cricket Club.[2]
International career
editIn May 2021, Klein was named in the Netherlands' A squad for their tour of Ireland.[6] In January 2022, Klein was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan in Qatar.[7] He made his ODI debut on 23 January 2022, for the Netherlands against Afghanistan.[8] The following month, he was named in the Dutch Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their tour of New Zealand.[9] In August 2022, Klein was again named in the Dutch T20I squad, this time for a home series also against New Zealand.[10] He made his T20I debut on 4 August 2022 against New Zealand.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Ryan Klein". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ a b c de Jong, Bertus. "Ryan Kleing". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Sybrand Engelbrecht joins Dutch Topklasse club Voorburg". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Pool B, CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup at Cape Town, Oct 17-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Pool B, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge at Potchefstroom, Oct 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Squad for the Netherlands A series against Ireland Wolves has been announced". The Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Dutch squad for CWC Super League Series against Afghanistan announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "2nd ODI, Doha, Jan 23 2022, Afghanistan v Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Cricket selection announced for tour to New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Squad announced for T20 matches against New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "1st T20I (D/N), The Hague, August 04, 2022, New Zealand tour of Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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