Gideon Jacobus Kruis (born 9 May 1974), popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009.[1] His South African cricket has been for Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Eagles.[2]

Deon Kruis
Personal information
Full name
Gideon Jacobus Kruis
Born (1974-05-09) 9 May 1974 (age 50)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–1996/97Northern Transvaal
1997/98–2003/04Griqualand West
2003/04–2004/05Eagles
2005–2009Yorkshire (squad no. 5)
FC debut24 November 1993 Transvaal B v Free State B
Last FC23 September 2009 Yorkshire v Hampshire
LA debut31 October 1997 Griqualand West v Natal
Last LA30 August 2009 Yorkshire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 130 131 24
Runs scored 1,849 430 41
Batting average 15.15 11.31 20.50
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 59 31* 22
Balls bowled 25,664 6,062 526
Wickets 406 161 23
Bowling average 31.53 28.90 24.26
5 wickets in innings 19 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/58 4/17 2/15
Catches/stumpings 45/– 29/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2009

He is a right-handed batsman, and bowls right-arm fast-medium. At the end of the 2006 season he was one of Yorkshire's more successful bowlers helping them stay in Division 1 of the County Championship.

Kruis retired at the end of the 2009 season.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. ^ "Deon Kruis". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 March 2010.