Full Name

Gideon Jacobus Kruis

Born

May 09, 1974, Pretoria, Transvaal

Age

49y 315d

Nicknames

Kruisie

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Height

6ft 3in

Education

St Alban's College, Pretoria

RELATIONS

(brother-in-law)

Deon Kruis was born in Transvaal and joined Yorkshire under the Kolpak ruling in 2005. In his first season with the county he was the top wicket-taker in the second division of the County Championship with 64 wickets, and was voted Yorkshire's Player-of-the-Year. In 2006 he was again Yorkshire's top wicket-taker. He is a handy lower-order batsman and previously represented Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Goodyear Eagles in South Africa between 1993 and 2005. There was a hint of controversy and confusion in 2008 when he left Yorkshire, who were irritated by his delay in signing a new contract. But the two parties resolved their differences a week later, and all was again well at Headingley.
Sam Collins October 2008

Deon Kruis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1301805818495915.15--03--460
List A131582043031*11.31--00--290
T20s2453412220.5034120.58003170

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC130-25664128044067/58-31.532.9963.2-191
List A131-606246541614/174/1728.904.6037.6400
T20s2424526558232/152/1524.266.3622.8000

Recent Matches of Deon Kruis

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Yorkshire vs Hampshire203/51 & 1/5023-Sep-2009LeedsFC
Yorkshire vs Notts11/7303-Sep-2009NottinghamFC
Yorkshire vs Sussex--1/4030-Aug-2009ScarboroughList A
Yorkshire vs Warwickshire303/68 & 0/2426-Aug-2009ScarboroughFC
Yorkshire vs Hampshire262/51 & 0/3911-Aug-2009BasingstokeFC

Photos of Deon Kruis

Deon Kruis celebrates removing Scott Newman
Deon Kruis removes Oliver Newby
Deon Kruis celebrates the wicket of Ronnie Irani
Deon Kruis bowls HD Ackerman
Deon Kruis in his delivery stride