Leus du Plooy

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Leus du Plooy
Personal information
Full nameJacobus Leus du Plooy
Born (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 27)
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014/15–2017/18Free State
2015/16–2017/18Knights
2018/19Northerns
2018/19Titans
2019–presentDerbyshire (squad no. 76)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 71 45 67
Runs scored 4,094 1,865 1,460
Batting average 40.13 58.28 31.73
100s/50s 12/21 5/10 0/8
Top score 181 155 92
Balls bowled 1,745 399 170
Wickets 25 11 13
Bowling average 49.56 35.36 17.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/76 3/19 4/15
Catches/stumpings 56/– 23/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 September 2021

Jacobus Leus du Plooy (born 12 January 1995) is a Hungarian-South African first-class cricketer who plays for Derbyshire.[1] He was included in the Free State squad for the 2016 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 September 2018, he was named in Northerns' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Northerns in the tournament, with 145 runs in four matches.[6] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, with 593 runs in eleven matches,[7] and the leading run-scorer for Northerns in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, with 647 runs in eleven matches.[8]

In April 2019, Du Plooy signed a two-year contract to play county cricket in England, joining Derbyshire as a Kolpak player.[9]

Personal life[]

Leus of Hungarian descent and holds a Hungarian passport.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Leus du Plooy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Free State Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 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. ^ "Northerns Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Northerns: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. ^ "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2018/19: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ^ "CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, 2018/19 - Northerns: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Leus du Plooy: Derbyshire sign South African batsman on Kolpak deal". 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Derbyshire still hope Abbott will be added to attack".

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