Dane Piedt

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Dane Piedt
Personal information
Full name
Dane Leeroy Piedt
Born (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 318)9 August 2014 v Zimbabwe
Last Test13 February 2024 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2017/18Western Province
2010/11–2019/20Cape Cobras
2016/17South Western Districts
2016/17Titans
2018Cape Town Blitz
2023/24Knights
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 10 120 77 43
Runs scored 137 2,474 640 81
Batting average 10.53 16.60 22.06 10.12
100s/50s 0/1 1/12 0/2 0/0
Top score 56 114 73 29*
Balls bowled 2,211 25,741 3,479 806
Wickets 34 443 73 25
Bowling average 39.91 31.37 36.12 36.36
5 wickets in innings 2 25 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 4 0 0
Best bowling 5/89 8/130 4/9 3/24
Catches/stumpings 5/– 66/– 21/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2024

Dane Leeroy Piedt (born 6 March 1990) is a South African cricketer. He played for the Cape Cobras. He made his Test cricket debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe in August 2014.[1] In March 2020, Piedt announced his retirement from cricket in South Africa, and later moved to the United States. But in December 2023 he received a test recall for the New Zealand tests.

Career[edit]

Piedt, like many of his other Cape Cobras' team-mates, made his first-class debut for the Western Province cricket team. Primarily an off-spin bowler, Piedt is also a useful lower-order batsman. Piedt signed with the Cape Cobras in 2011. In August 2017, he was named in Jo'burg Giants' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[2] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[3]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[4] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[5][6] In January 2019, in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 54 dismissals in ten matches.[8]

In August 2019, he was named the Four-day franchise Series Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.[9]

In March 2020, Piedt announced that he would be moving from South Africa to the United States, so he could meet the criteria to play for the United States cricket team.[10][11] In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.[12]

In 2023, Piedt became part of the inaugural Major League Cricket competition, being signed to play for Washington Freedom.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, Only Test: Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Aug 9-13, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  2. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Piedt and Nabe share record stand". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ "4-Day Franchise Series, 2018/19: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Du Plessis and Van Niekerk honoured with CSA's top awards". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Dane Piedt ends South Africa career to chase American dream". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Trendy Piedt looking for USA spin off". Independent Media. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  12. ^ "All 27 Teams Complete Initial Roster Selection Following Minor League Cricket Draft". USA Cricket. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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