Rassie van der Dussen

Hendrik "Rassie" van der Dussen (born 7 February 1989) is a South African cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team and plays for the Highveld Lions cricket team in domestic cricket.[1] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.[2][3] In August 2019, he was named the International Men's Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.[4][5] Later the same month, Cricket South Africa awarded him with a central contract for the 2019–20 season.[6]

Rassie van der Dussen
Personal information
Full nameHendrik Erasmus van der Dussen
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 342)26 December 2019 v England
Last Test4 February 2021 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 131)19 January 2019 v Pakistan
Last ODI9 February 2020 v England
T20I debut (cap 78)9 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I1 December 2020 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentHighveld Lions
2012North West
2008–2011Titans
2018Jozi Stars
2018St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 7 21 18 123
Runs scored 437 707 542 7,961
Batting average 36.41 70.70 38.71 43.74
100s/50s 0/5 0/7 0/3 17/45
Top score 98 95 74 * 175
Balls bowled – – – 391
Wickets – – – 5
Bowling average – – – 51.40
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – – – 2/39
Catches/stumpings 12/– 9/– 4/– 81/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2021

Domestic career

In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[7] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[8]

He was the leading run-scorer during the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series, with 959 runs in ten matches.[9] He was the joint-leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge tournament, with 348 runs in ten matches.[10]

T20 franchise career

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[11][12] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament for the Vancouver Knights, with 255 runs in eight matches.[13] In the same month, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.[14]

In October 2018, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[15][16] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[17] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Jozi Stars team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[18] In December 2019, he was picked by Islamabad United in the supplementary round of the 2020 Pakistan Super League players draft as their last pick.[19]

In July 2020, he was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[20][21] However, van der Dussen was one of five South African cricketers to miss the tournament, after failing to confirm travel arrangements in due time.[22]

International career

In September 2018, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Zimbabwe.[23] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe on 9 October 2018.[24] In January 2019, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[25] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 19 January 2019.[26] During his debut, van der Dussen came within just seven runs of scoring a maiden ODI century on debut before he fell for 93.[27] He followed this with an unbeaten 80* at Kingsmead Stadium three days later. He finished the series with 241 runs, averaging 120.5, across the five ODIs.[1]

Van der Dussen was then retained for the ODI series against Sri Lanka in March. He scored 112 runs across four ODIs including one fifty and finished the series with an average of 56.[1][28] In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[29][30] In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England.[31] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against England, on 26 December 2019.[32] In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season.[33][34]

References
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  34. "CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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