Dieter Klein (born 31 October 1988) is a German cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.[1] Primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler, he also bats right handed.
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| Full name | Dieter Klein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1988 Lichtenburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 21) | 8 March 2020 v Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 July 2023 v Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007/08–2015/16 | North West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–2013/14 | Highveld Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Leicestershire (squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As Klein holds a German passport, he is not considered an overseas player in English domestic cricket.[2] In February 2019, Klein attended a training camp with the German national cricket team, with a view to help Germany qualify via the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier group for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup.[3] In May 2019, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[4][5] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Spain on 8 March 2020.[6]
In September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.[7] In January 2022, he was named in Germany's team for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Dieter Klein, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ^ "Ich bin ein Berliner". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I, Germany tour of Spain at Almeria, Mar 8 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ @Cricket_Germany (16 September 2021). "Our squad for the men's T20 World Cup European Finals" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Cricket_Germany (28 January 2022). "Our 14 man squad for the ICC T0 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Oman from 17-24 February" (Tweet) – via Twitter.