Shaun von Berg

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Shaun von Berg
Personal information
Born (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 37)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Role Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  366)13 February 2024 v  New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches11368958
Runs scored405,054875187
Batting average 20.0029.3816.8214.38
100s/50s0/05/260/10/0
Top score38110* 58* 30
Balls bowled17426,4714,1201,146
Wickets 047711568
Bowling average –30.0727.8919.61
5 wickets in innings –2710
10 wickets in match–500
Best bowling–7/665/334/15
Catches/stumpings 0/–95/–26/–10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2024

Shaun von Berg (born 16 September 1986) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who plays for Northerns. He was born in Pretoria.

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Domestic career

Von Berg made his cricketing debut in the Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League for Sandwich Town, for whom he played 16 matches during the 2006 season, the team finishing in sixth place in the league.

Von Berg made his first-class debut for Northerns during the 2009–10 season, against Border. From the lower order, he scored 44 runs in the first innings in which he batted. [1]

In August 2017, Von Berg was named in Bloem City Blazers' 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, Von Berg was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season. [4] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. [5] The following month, he was named in Tshwane Spartans' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [6] [7] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Titans in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 21 dismissals in seven matches. [8]

In September 2019, Von Berg was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [9] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2019–20 Momentum One Day Cup, with eighteen dismissals in nine matches. [10] In April 2021, he was named in Boland's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [11]

International career

In June 2018, Von Berg was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, he played in the first tour match against a strong Sri Lanka Board XI and picked up two wickets. He had to wait for the 2024 Proteas tour to New Zealand before making his full Test debut in the second test at Hamilton . [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Border v. Northerns - October 2009
  2. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Titans name strong squad for Abu Dhabi T20 league". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "4-Day Franchise Series, 2018/19 - Titans: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Momentum One Day Cup, 2019/20: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Steyn returns to Test squad for SL tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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