Ryan Klein

Ryan Klein (born 15 June 1997) is a South African-born Dutch cricketer. He has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2021. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.[1]

Ryan Klein
Personal information
Born (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997
Cape Town, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 77)23 January 2022 v Afghanistan
Last ODI9 October 2023 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 56)4 August 2022 v New Zealand
Last T20I5 August 2022 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019/20–2020/21Western Province
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 2 7 21
Runs scored 35 11 23 116
Batting average 5.83 11.00 3.83 11.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8* 11 8 31*
Balls bowled 573 24 859 921
Wickets 12 1 28 19
Bowling average 40.00 45.00 11.42 40.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/31 1/18 5/60 2/15
Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 3/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 September 2023

Personal life

Klein was born in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] He holds a Dutch passport through descent.[3] His younger brother Kyle represented the Netherlands national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier.[2]

Domestic career

Klein made his first-class debut on 17 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.[4] He made his List A debut on 27 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge.[5]

In the Netherlands, Klein has played Topklasse cricket for HBS Craeyenhout and Voorburg Cricket Club.[2]

International career

In May 2021, Klein was named in Netherlands' A squad for their tour of Ireland.[6] In January 2022, Klein was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan in Qatar.[7] He made his ODI debut on 23 January 2022, for the Netherlands against Afghanistan.[8] The following month, he was named in the Dutch Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their tour of New Zealand.[9] In August 2022, Klein was again named in the Dutch T20I squad, this time for a home series also against New Zealand.[10] He made his T20I debut on 4 August 2022, for the Netherlands against New Zealand.[11]

References
  1. "Ryan Klein". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. de Jong, Bertus. "Ryan Kleing". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. "Sybrand Engelbrecht joins Dutch Topklasse club Voorburg". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. "Pool B, CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup at Cape Town, Oct 17-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  5. "Pool B, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge at Potchefstroom, Oct 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. "Squad for the Netherlands A series against Ireland Wolves has been announced". The Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. "Dutch squad for CWC Super League Series against Afghanistan announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. "2nd ODI, Doha, Jan 23 2022, Afghanistan v Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  9. "Cricket selection announced for tour to New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. "Squad announced for T20 matches against New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. "1st T20I (D/N), The Hague, August 04, 2022, New Zealand tour of Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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