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| Full name | George Fredrik Linde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1991 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Test debut(cap 340) | 19 October 2019 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 February 2021 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 141) | 4 September 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 September 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 87) | 27 November 2020 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 July 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12– | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2020/21 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | South Western Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19–2019/20 | Cape Town Blitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–2023/24 | MI Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Sylhet Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Lahore Qalanders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | MI New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,30 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Fredrik Linde (born 4 December 1991) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019. [1]
He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [2] In August 2017,he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [3] However,in October 2017,Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018,with it being cancelled soon after. [4]
In June 2018,he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. [5] In September 2018,he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [6] In October 2018,he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [7] [8] In September 2019,he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [9]
In January 2020,in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series,Linde took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. [10] In July 2020,Linde was named the four-day cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony. [11] In April 2021,he was named in Western Province's squad,ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [12]
In April 2021,he was signed by Multan Sultans to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League. [13] In January 2022,Linde signed a two-year deal to play for Kent County Cricket Club in England. [14]
On 5 September 2019,Linde was added to South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India,but he did not play. [15] The following month,he was added to South Africa's Test squad for the third match against India. [16] He made his Test debut for South Africa,against India,on 19 October 2019. [17] In March 2020,Linde was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India. [18] In November 2020,Linde was named in South Africa's squad for their limited overs series against England. [19] [20] He made his T20I debut for South Africa,against England,on 27 November 2020. [21]
In February 2021,in South Africa's series against Pakistan,Linde took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket. [22] In August 2021,Linde was named in South Africa's ODI squad for their series against Sri Lanka. [23] He made his ODI debut on 4 September 2021,for South Africa against Sri Lanka. [24] Later the same month,Linde was named as one of three reserve players in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [25]
In December 2024,he made a comeback in a T20 series against Pakistan and was named Player of the Match in the first game for his all-round performance. [26]