George Linde

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]

George Linde
Personal information
Full name
George Fredrik Linde
Born (1991-12-04) 4 December 1991
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 340)19 October 2019 v India
Last Test4 February 2021 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 141)4 September 2021 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI7 September 2021 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 87)27 November 2020 v England
Last T20I24 July 2021 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.27
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12–Western Province
2014/15–2020/21Cape Cobras
2017/18South Western Districts
2018/19–2019/20Cape Town Blitz
2022–2023Kent
2022/23MI Cape Town
2023St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 2 73 82
Runs scored 135 27 2,911 1,644
Batting average 22.50 27.00 31.30 27.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 5/14 0/12
Top score 37 18 148* 93*
Balls bowled 473 90 13,060 3,683
Wickets 9 3 247 111
Bowling average 28.00 24.00 26.05 28.92
5 wickets in innings 1 0 15 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 5/64 2/32 7/29 6/47
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 38/– 33/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 October 2023

Domestic and T20 career

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]

International career

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]

References
  1. "George Linde". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. "WP select two schoolboys in Africa T20 Cup team". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. "Linde provides bite as Cobras take control". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  13. "Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  14. "George Linde joins Kent on two-year, multi-format deal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  15. "Uncapped George Linde replaces JJ Smuts for India T20Is". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  16. "Keshav Maharaj ruled out of third Test with shoulder injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  17. "3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Ranchi, Oct 19-23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  18. "Maiden ODI call-up for George Linde as South Africa travel to India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  19. "Uncapped Glenton Stuurnman in South Africa white-ball squads". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  20. "CSA name Proteas squad for inbound England tour". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  21. "1st T20I (N), Cape Town, Nov 27 2020, England tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  22. "Rizwan's maiden Test century sets South Africa 370 to win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  23. "Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Lungi Ngidi to miss ODI leg of South Africa's Sri Lanka tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  24. "2nd ODI (D/N), Colombo (RPS), Sep 4 2021, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  25. "T20 World Cup: South Africa leave out Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Chris Morris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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