Wihan Lubbe

Wihan Johannes Lubbe (born 22 November 1992) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in April 2021.[1]

Wihan Lubbe
Personal information
Full name
Wihan Johannes Lubbe
Born (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 90)10 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last T20I12 April 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–2019/20North West
2016/17–2019/20Lions
2018Jozi Stars
2018Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2019Durban Heat
2020/21Warriors
2021/22–presentEastern Province
2023Paarl Royals
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 54 68 71
Runs scored 16 2,503 1,926 1,424
Batting average 8.00 33.37 31.06 22.60
100s/50s 0/0 7/11 3/12 1/8
Top score 12 166 162 102
Balls bowled – 3,593 1,933 564
Wickets – 50 33 22
Bowling average – 35.00 44.66 29.86
5 wickets in innings – 1 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 5/43 3/21 3/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 66/– 35/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2023

Career

He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' 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 Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] On 15 September 2018, he scored his first T20 century, against Limpopo, in Group D of the tournament.[7] He only took 33 balls to reach 100 runs, making it the third fastest T20 century ever.[8] Lubbe was the leading run-scorer for North West in the tournament, with 173 runs in five matches.[9]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10] Later the same month, he was named as the captain of North West's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[11] In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[12]

In March 2021, Lubbe was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[13] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 10 April 2021.[14] Later the same month, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[15]

References
  1. "Wihan Lubbe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "bizhub Highveld Lions' Squad Boasts Full Arsenal of Players". Highveld Lions. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. "North West Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  7. "Lubbe hits century but Northern Cape edge towards semi". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. "Records | Twenty20 matches | Batting records | Fastest hundreds | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - North West: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "North West Cricket squad for the Provincial T20". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. "Erwee scores century as Dolphins outplay Lions". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  13. "Lubbe, Williams and Magala make the cut for Pakistan series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. "1st T20I, Johannesburg, Apr 10 2021, Pakistan tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  15. "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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