Tim Groenewald

Timothy Duncan Groenewald (born 10 January 1984) is an English-South African professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who signed for Kent County Cricket Club, an English cricket club, at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played for Somerset. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa but holds a British passport through his mother and therefore plays as a domestic player in county cricket.[1]

Tim Groenewald

Personal information
Full name	Timothy Duncan Groenewald
Born	(1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2008	Warwickshire (squad no. 14)
2009–2014	Derbyshire (squad no. 12)
2014	→ Somerset (on loan)
2015–2019	Somerset (squad no. 5)
2020	Kent (squad no. 36)
FC debut	15 April 2006 Warwickshire v Cambridge UCCE
LA debut	30 April 2006 Warwickshire v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 139 109 114 Runs scored 2,375 793 401 Batting average 17.72 19.82 14.32 100s/50s 0/6 0/2 0/0 Top score 78 57 41 Balls bowled 23,179 4,321 2,065 Wickets 403 123 99 Bowling average 29.53 32.93 29.53 5 wickets in innings 16 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 6/50 4/22 4/21 Catches/stumpings 45/– 26/– 29/–
Source: CricInfo, 9 October 2020

Groenewald first played for Warwickshire's Second XI in the 2004 season, as a 20-year-old. After one further season as a Second XI bowler, including a run to the Semi-final of the Second XI Trophy of 2005, Groenewald made his County Championship debut in April 2006, in which he picked up two wickets. He continued to play for the first team on a semi-regular basis, and was part of the Warwickshire team which played host to the touring West Indies A cricket team in July/August 2006.[2]

Groenewald was part of the Warwickshire team which won the Second XI Trophy in the 2006 season. He is a lower-order/tailend batsman. He signed for Derbyshire in October 2008 after his Warwickshire contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

He enjoyed a good first season with Derbyshire in 2009, taking 34 first-class wickets and was rewarded with a new contract which was to see him through to the end of the 2010 season.[3]

On 20 June 2014, Somerset announced the signing of Groenewald on loan for the remainder of the season and at the end of which he signed a three-year permanent contract.[4]

On 27 September 2019, it was announced that Groenewald had signed a two-year contract with Kent.[5]