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Full name | Dillon du Preez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | 8 November 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2003–2017 | Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Leicestershire County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,3 May 2009 |
Dillon du Preez (born 8 November 1981) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed. He was born at Port Elizabeth.
Dillon du Preez made his debut for Free State in the 2003–04 season,appearing in a first class match against the touring West Indies national cricket team,with his first wicket being Shivnarine Chanderpaul and finishing with figures of 3 for 75. [1] His interest in cricket began after attending a cricketing academy managed by international cricketers Corrie van Zyl and Rudi Steyn. [1] During the 2007–08 season,du Preez led the Eagles to victory with 55 wickets. [1] In the 2008 English county season,du Preez played for Leicestershire. [1] In 2009,du Preez signed for the Bangalore Royal Challengers of the Indian Premier League,making his debut against the Mumbai Indians on 3 May 2009,taking two back-to-back wickets in his first over,including that of Sachin Tendulkar. In the same match,du Preez took his third IPL wicket (Jean-Paul Duminy).
Apart from being a talented and accurate fast bowler,he has often shown himself to be a capable batsman,having scored two first class centuries as well as scoring an unbeaten century in a List A match against Yorkshire,while playing for Leicestershire . [1] [2] He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [3] In August 2017,he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [4] However,in October 2017,Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018,with it being cancelled soon after. [5]
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