Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk (born 7 February 1980) is a former New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags. He is a wicket-keeper-batsman. He has played professionally in South Africa and New Zealand, and at club level in Scotland. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.
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| Full name | Cornelius Francois Kruger van Wyk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1980 Wolmaransstad, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 255) | 7 March 2012 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 November 2012 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000/01–2005/06 | Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05–2005/06 | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2009/10 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2015/16 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
editBorn and raised in South Africa, van Wyk started his first class career with Northerns in 2000/01 season. However, any hope of breaking into the South African team was diminished by Mark Boucher's long-term hold on the position. He moved to New Zealand on the encouragement of his coach, and started playing for the Canterbury Wizards from the 2006/07 season.[1][2]
Van Wyk captained the Canterbury Wizards in the 2008 season in which they won the first class State Championship title. He was awarded the Canterbury Wizards player of the year for the 2007/8 season. He captained the Wizards until 2010, when he signed for the Central Districts Stags. In the New Zealand winter he has played professionally in Scotland for West Lothian County Cricket Association who have since been renamed Linlithgow Cricket Club.
International career
editOn 16 January 2012, van Wyk was named in the New Zealand cricket squad to play Zimbabwe in a one-off test match commencing 26 January 2012. Kruger van Wyk was named to make his test debut later that summer against his former country after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hip injury.[3] He holds the record for being the shortest test cricketer at 1.45m/4'9".
Retirement
editIn December 2015, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, to take up the role of Director of Cricket at the University of Pretoria's TuksCricket Academy.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Kruger van Wyk: New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Moonda, Firdose (23 January 2012). "From SA to NZ: Kruger van Wyk chases Test dream". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Leggat, David (6 March 2012). "Cricket: Watling out, van Wyk to debut". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Kruger van Wyk announces retirement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2014.