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George Linde

George Linde

South African cricketer

George Fredrik Linde (born 4 December 1991) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019.[1]

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Domestic and T20 career

He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 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 June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[7][8] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[9]

In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, Linde took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[10] In July 2020, Linde was named the four-day cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[11] In April 2021, he was named in Western Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[12]

In April 2021, he was signed by Multan Sultans to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[13] In January 2022, Linde signed a two-year deal to play for Kent County Cricket Club in England.[14]

International career

On 5 September 2019, Linde was added to South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India, but he did not play.[15] The following month, he was added to South Africa's Test squad for the third match against India.[16] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against India, on 19 October 2019.[17] In March 2020, Linde was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India.[18] In November 2020, Linde was named in South Africa's squad for their limited overs series against England.[19][20] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against England, on 27 November 2020.[21]

In February 2021, in South Africa's series against Pakistan, Linde took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[22] In August 2021, Linde was named in South Africa's ODI squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[23] He made his ODI debut on 4 September 2021, for South Africa against Sri Lanka.[24] Later the same month, Linde was named as one of three reserve players in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[25]

References

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    "Linde provides bite as Cobras take control". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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    "George Linde joins Kent on two-year, multi-format deal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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    "Maiden ODI call-up for George Linde as South Africa travel to India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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    "T20 World Cup: South Africa leave out Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Chris Morris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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