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| Full name | Dane Leeroy Piedt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1990 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 318) | 9 August 2014 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 21 October 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008/09–2017/18 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2019/20 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | South Western Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Cape Town Blitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dane Leeroy Piedt (born 6 March 1990) is a South African cricketer. He played for the Cape Cobras. He made his Test cricket debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe in August 2014. [1] In March 2020,Piedt announced his retirement from cricket in South Africa,and later moved to the United States. But in December 2023 he received a Test recall for the New Zealand series.
Piedt,like many of his other Cape Cobras' team-mates,made his first-class debut for the Western Province cricket team. Primarily an off-spin bowler,Piedt is also a useful lower-order batsman. Piedt signed with the Cape Cobras in 2011. In August 2017,he was named in Jo'burg Giants' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [2] However,in October 2017,Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018,with it being cancelled soon after. [3]
In June 2018,he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. [4] In October 2018,he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [5] [6] In January 2019,in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series,he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. [7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series,with 54 dismissals in ten matches. [8]
In August 2019,he was named the Four-day franchise Series Cricketer of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony. [9]
In March 2020,Piedt announced that he would be moving from South Africa to the United States,so he could meet the criteria to play for the United States cricket team. [10] [11] In June 2021,he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft. [12]
In 2023,Piedt became part of the inaugural Major League Cricket competition,being signed to play for Washington Freedom.