Full name Gideon Jacobus Kruis 2004–2005 Eagles Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Name Deon Kruis | Batting style Right-hand Role Cricket Player | |
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Born 9 May 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-05-09 ) Pretoria, South Africa 2005–2009 Yorkshire (squad no. 5) | ||
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Gideon Jacobus Kruis (born 9 May 1974, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa), popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009. His South African cricket has been for Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Eagles.
He is a right-handed batsman, and bowls right-arm fast-medium. At the end of the 2006 season he was one of Yorkshire's more successful bowlers helping them stay in Division 1 of the County Championship.
Kruis retired at the end of the 2009 season.
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