Fred Klaassen

Frederick Jack Klaassen (born 13 November 1992) is an English-born Dutch international cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club.[2] He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 24 June 2017,[3] having played club cricket in England and New Zealand.[4]

Fred Klaassen
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Jack Klaassen
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992
Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Height6 ft 4[1] in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 63)1 August 2018 v Nepal
Last ODI2 April 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.12
T20I debut (cap 40)12 June 2018 v Ireland
Last T20I6 November 2022 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.12
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018VOC Rotterdam
2019–Kent (squad no. 18)
2021–2022Manchester Originals
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 19 37 5 36
Runs scored 68 45 45 125
Batting average 8.50 4.50 9.00 9.61
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 13 14* 16*
Balls bowled 1,047 762 689 1,894
Wickets 32 40 9 53
Bowling average 23.53 23.45 46.88 27.69
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/23 5/19 4/44 3/23
Catches/stumpings 5/– 16/– 3/– 14/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 June 2023

Early life

Klaassen was born in Haywards Heath in West Sussex. He grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand and in Australia[5] and was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.[6] He qualifies to play for the Netherlands through a Dutch grandfather.[5]

Cricket career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series.[7] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland on 12 June 2018.[8]

In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.[9] He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Nepal on 1 August 2018, taking 3/30 on debut.[10] In December he was named in the squad for the 2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series, playing in all three of the Netherlands' matches during the tournament.[11]

On 1 October 2018 Klaassen signed a two-year contract with English county side Kent County Cricket Club.[1] He had played for the county Second XI in friendly matches during the previous English season and against Kent in warm up matches ahead of the 2018 t20 Blast competition.[1][12] He made his first-class debut on 31 March 2019 for Kent against Loughborough MCCU, as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures.[13]

In Dutch domestic cricket Klaassen has played for VOC Rotterdam, winning the Topklasse, the Dutch domestic title, with the club in 2018.[14] He was the leading bowler in the competition during the 2018 season, taking 29 wickets at an average of 14.10 runs per wicket.[1] In 2015 he played in New Zealand for Cornwall Cricket Club and in Scotland for East Kilbride Cricket Club and later played for Norwich Cricket Club in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League[5][12] Klaassen made 22 appearances, mainly in limited-overs matches, for Kent during th 2019 season and signed a contract extension with the club in January 2020, keeping him at Kent until 2022.[15] In the 2018/19 northern hemisphere winter he played in Australia for Monash Tigers in Victorian Premier Cricket.[16]

Klaassen played in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates[17] and in September 2021, was named in the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[18]

In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19]

References
  1. Kent sign Dutch international paceman, Kent County Cricket Club, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  2. "Fred Klaassen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. "Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands, 3rd Match: Netherlands v Zimbabwe at The Hague, Jun 24, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. "Fred Klaassen fast bowler". Cricket Exchange. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. Klaassen loving Kentish life, Kent County Cricket Club, 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2019, p.32. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  7. "Three new faces as Netherlands begin post-Borren era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. Fordham J (2018) Dutch international Fred Klaassen signs for Kent, Kent Online, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  11. Uncapped Leon Turmaine in Netherlands squad for India tour, CricInfo, 23 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  12. Fred Klaassen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2018. (subscription required)
  13. "12th Match, Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches at Canterbury, Mar 31 - Apr 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  14. Fred Klaassen: Kent sign Netherlands fast bowler on two-year contract, BBC Sport, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  15. Netherlands international Fred Klaassen signs one-year Kent contract extension, The Cricketer (online), 7 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  16. Prime T (2018) Super Slam: Tigers start with 2-0 record in new Premier Cricket T20 tournament, Herald Sun, 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  17. Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier, Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  18. Dutch ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad announced, Royal Dutch Cricket Association, 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  19. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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