Heino Kuhn

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Heino Kuhn
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Kuhn fielding for Kent at Beckenham in June 2018
Personal information
Full nameHeino Gunther Kuhn
Born (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 37)
Piet Retief, Transvaal Province
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 331)6 July 2017 v England
Last Test4 August 2017 v England
T20I debut (cap 43)15 November 2009 v England
Last T20I22 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.20
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004/05–2015/16Northerns
2005/06–2019/20Titans
2018–2021Kent (squad no. 4)
2018–2019Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2018/19Dhaka Dynamites
2021/22North West
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 4 7 182 178
Runs scored 113 49 11,630 4,884
Batting average 14.12 12.25 39.69 34.15
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 24/58 13/22
Top score 34 29 244* 141*
Balls bowled 0 0 6 0
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/0 379/18 180/22
Source: CricInfo, 30 November 2021

Heino Gunther Kuhn (born 1 April 1984) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team. He has played for Titans and Northerns in South African domestic cricket and in March 2018 signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cricket Club to play in English county cricket. He left Kent in 2021 and returned to South Africa to play for North West.

Domestic career[]

Kuhn at Tunbridge Wells, June 2018

A wicket-keeper batsman, he was the second highest run scorer in the 2006-07 SuperSport Series with 776 runs at an average of 48.50. This tally included an innings of 216 against the Dolphins at Pietermaritzburg.

In the 2015���16 Sunfoil Series, he became the sixth South African player to score 1,000 runs in a single first-class season.[1] In July 2016 Cricket South Africa named him as the first-class cricketer of the season and the domestic players' player of the season.[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 March 2018, Kuhn signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cricket Club to play in English county cricket, subject initially to him obtaining a visa.[5] In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[6] In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[7]

In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[8][9] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10] In April 2021, he was named in North West's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[11]

International career[]

He made his international debut in a Twenty20 International (T20I) against England at his home ground of Supersport Park, Pretoria, on 15 November 2009.[12]

In June 2017, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England.[13] He made his Test debut for South Africa against England on 6 July 2017.[14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Titans crowned champions after Richards' seven". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Rabada dominates CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  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. ^ Fordham J (2018) Kent sign South African batsman Heino Kuhn, Kent Online, 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  6. ^ "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Titans name strong squad for Abu Dhabi T20 league". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Smith And Bosman Star As South Africa Smash 241". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  13. ^ "Kuhn, Phehlukwayo in South Africa's Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  14. ^ "South Africa tour of England, 1st Test: England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 6-10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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