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Dillon du Preez Personal information Full name Dillon du Preez Born 8 November 1981
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South AfricaBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm fast-medium Role Bowler Domestic team information Years Team 2003 – present Free State / Eagles 2009 – present Bangalore Royal Challengers 2008 Leicestershire County Cricket Club First-class debut 2003/04 Free State v West Indies Last First-class 12 March 2009 Eagles v Lions Last List A 16 January 2009 Eagles v Titans Career statistics Competition First-class LA Twenty-20 Matches 47 60 29 Runs scored 1013 806 249 Batting average 16.88 35.04 17.78 100s/50s 1/3 1/2 0/0 Top score 122 107* 40* Balls bowled 8,483 2,810 522 Wickets 164 65 24 Bowling average 23.25 35.18 26.50 5 wickets in innings 5 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a Best bowling 7/108 4/22 3/25 Catches/stumpings 9/– 9/– 9/– Source: Cricinfo, May 3 2009 Dillon du Preez (born November 8, 1981 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Bangalore Royal Challengers. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed.
Playing career
Dillon du Preez made his debut for Free State in the 2003/04 season, appearing in a first class match against the touring West Indies national cricket team team, with his first wicket being Shivnarine Chanderpaul and finishing with figures of 3 for 75.[1] His interest in cricket began after attending a cricketing academy managed by international cricketers Corrie van Zyl and Rudi Steyn.[1] During the 2007/08 season, du Preez led the Eagles to victory with 55 wickets.[1] In the 2008 English county season, du Preez played for Leicestershire.[1] In 2009, du Preez signed for the Bangalore Royal Challengers of the Indian Premier League, making his debut against the Mumbai Indians on May 3, 2009, taking two back-to-back wickets in his first over, including that of Sachin Tendulkar. In the same match, du Preez took his third IPL wicket (Jean-Paul Duminy).
Apart from being a talented and accurate fast bowler, he has often shown himself to be a capable batsman, having scored two first class centuries as well as scoring an unbeaten century in a List A match against Yorkshire, while playing for Leicestershire .[1][2]
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Royal Challengers Bangalore – current squad 26 Nannes · 15 Tiwary · 18 Kohli · 34 Zaheer · 11 Vettori · Langeveldt · 17 de Villiers · van der Wath · Rossouw · 333 Gayle · 12 Pomersbach · 23 Dilshan · Pujara · Vandiar · Coach: Jennings
Categories:- South African cricketers
- Free State cricketers
- Eagles cricketers
- 1981 births
- People from Port Elizabeth
- Afrikaner people
- White South African people
- South African people of Huguenot descent
- Living people
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