Dillon du Preez
Dillon du Preez (born 8 November 1981 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed.
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| Full name | Dillon du Preez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1981 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2017 | Free State / Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Leicestershire County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 2003/04 Free State v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Dillon du Preez made his debut for Free State in the 2003/04 season, appearing in a first class match against the touring West Indies national cricket team, with his first wicket being Shivnarine Chanderpaul and finishing with figures of 3 for 75.[1] His interest in cricket began after attending a cricketing academy managed by international cricketers Corrie van Zyl and Rudi Steyn.[1] During the 2007/08 season, du Preez led the Eagles to victory with 55 wickets.[1] In the 2008 English county season, du Preez played for Leicestershire.[1] In 2009, du Preez signed for the Bangalore Royal Challengers of the Indian Premier League, making his debut against the Mumbai Indians on 3 May 2009, taking two back-to-back wickets in his first over, including that of Sachin Tendulkar. In the same match, du Preez took his third IPL wicket (Jean-Paul Duminy).
Apart from being a talented and accurate fast bowler, he has often shown himself to be a capable batsman, having scored two first class centuries as well as scoring an unbeaten century in a List A match against Yorkshire, while playing for Leicestershire .[1][2] He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[3] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[5]
References
- "Dillion du Preez". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- "du Preez ton in vain as Yorkshire win thriller". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- Free State Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.