Gihahn Cloete

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Gihahn Cloete
Personal information
Full name
Gihahn Love Cloete
Born (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 32)
Atlantis, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  60)9 October 2018 v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I1 February 2019 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition T20I First-class
Matches2115
Runs scored155,889
Batting average 7.530.9
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score13135
Balls bowled45
Wickets 1
Bowling average 30.0
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/11
Catches/stumpings 0/–128/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2020

Gihahn Cloete (born 4 October 1992) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2018. [1]

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Domestic career

Cloete was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [2] In August 2018, he was named in Border's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [3]

In October 2018, Cloete was named in Tshwane Spartans' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [4] [5] He was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 330 runs in ten matches. [6] In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [7]

International career

In September 2018, Cloete was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Zimbabwe. [8] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Zimbabwe on 9 October 2018. [9]

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