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]
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
^ "George Linde" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 1 September 2015 .
^ Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads" . T20 Global League . Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017 .
^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 October 2017 .
^ "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019" . Cape Cobras . Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
^ "WP select two schoolboys in Africa T20 Cup team" . Cricket South Africa . Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018 .
^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists" . Sport24 . Retrieved 17 October 2018 .
^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far" . Independent Online . Retrieved 17 October 2018 .
^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads" . Cricket South Africa . Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019 .
^ "Linde provides bite as Cobras take control" . Cricket South Africa . Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020 .
^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 July 2020 .
^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22" . Cricket South Africa . Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021 .
^ "Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 28 April 2021 .
^ "George Linde joins Kent on two-year, multi-format deal" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 8 January 2022 .
^ "Uncapped George Linde replaces JJ Smuts for India T20Is" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 5 September 2019 .
^ "Keshav Maharaj ruled out of third Test with shoulder injury" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 13 October 2019 .
^ "3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Ranchi, Oct 19-23 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 19 October 2019 .
^ "Maiden ODI call-up for George Linde as South Africa travel to India" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 2 March 2020 .
^ "Uncapped Glenton Stuurnman in South Africa white-ball squads" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 6 November 2020 .
^ "CSA name Proteas squad for inbound England tour" . Cricket South Africa . Retrieved 6 November 2020 .
^ "1st T20I (N), Cape Town, Nov 27 2020, England tour of South Africa" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 27 November 2020 .
^ "Rizwan's maiden Test century sets South Africa 370 to win" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 February 2021 .
^ "Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Lungi Ngidi to miss ODI leg of South Africa's Sri Lanka tour" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 August 2021 .
^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Colombo (RPS), Sep 4 2021, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 September 2021 .
^ "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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