George Linde

George Linde (born 4 December 1991) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019.[1]

George Linde
Personal information
Born (1991-12-04) 4 December 1991
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 340)19 October 2019 v India
Last Test4 February 2021 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 87)27 November 2020 v England
Last T20I1 December 2020 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018-presentCape Town Blitz
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 3 3 56 62
Runs scored 135 41 2,180 1,146
Batting average 22.50 20.50 29.45 24.91
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/10 0/8
Top score 37 29 148* 93*
Balls bowled 473 72 10,077 2,801
Wickets 9 2 203 86
Bowling average 28.00 36.50 24.36 28.95
5 wickets in innings 1 0 13 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 5/64 2/20 7/64 6/47
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 32/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2021

Domestic career

He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[4]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[7][8] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[9]

In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, Linde took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[10] In July 2020, Linde was named the four-day cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[11]

International career

On 5 September 2019, Linde was added to South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India, but he did not play.[12] The following month, he was added to South Africa's Test squad for the third match against India.[13] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against India, on 19 October 2019.[14] In March 2020, Linde was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India.[15] In November 2020, Linde was named in South Africa's squad for their limited overs series against England.[16][17] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against England, on 27 November 2020.[18]

In February 2021, in South Africa's series against Pakistan, Linde took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[19]

References
  1. "George Linde". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. "WP select two schoolboys in Africa T20 Cup team". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. "Linde provides bite as Cobras take control". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. "Uncapped George Linde replaces JJ Smuts for India T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  13. "Keshav Maharaj ruled out of third Test with shoulder injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  14. "3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Ranchi, Oct 19-23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. "Maiden ODI call-up for George Linde as South Africa travel to India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  16. "Uncapped Glenton Stuurnman in South Africa white-ball squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  17. "CSA name Proteas squad for inbound England tour". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  18. "1st T20I (N), Cape Town, Nov 27 2020, England tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  19. "Rizwan's maiden Test century sets South Africa 370 to win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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