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Batting style
  
Right-handed

Height
  
1.19 m

National side
  
Name
  
Kruger Wyk

Date joined
  
March 7, 2012

Role
  
Cricketer


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Full name
  
Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk

Born
  
7 February 1980 (age 44) (
1980-02-07
)
Wolmaransstad, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Test debut
  
7 March 2012 v South Africa

Last Test
  
29 November 2012 v Sri Lanka

Current team
  
New Zealand national cricket team

Education
  
Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool

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Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk (born 7 February 1980 in Wolmaransstad, South Africa) is a former New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags. He is a wicketkeeper-batsman. He has played professionally in South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland and more recently Holland. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

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He did not play in domestic arena since 2012.

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Domestic career

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Born and raised in South Africa, van Wyk started his first class career with Northerns in 2000/01 season. However, any hope of breaking into the South African team was diminished by Mark Boucher's long-term hold on the position. He moved to New Zealand on the encouragement of his coach, and started playing for the Canterbury Wizards from the 2006/07 season.

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Van Wyk captained the Canterbury Wizards in the 2008 season in which they won the first class State Championship title. He was awarded the Canterbury Wizards player of the year for the 2007/8 season. He captained the Wizards until 2010, when he signed for the Central Districts Stags. In the New Zealand winter he has played professionally in Scotland for West Lothian County Cricket Association.

International career

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On 16 January 2012, van Wyk was named in the New Zealand cricket squad to play Zimbabwe in a one off test match commencing 26 January 2012. Kruger van Wyk was named to make his test debut later that summer against his former country after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hip injury.

Retirement

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In December 2015, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, to take up the role of Director of Cricket at the University of Pretoria's TuksCricket Academy.

References

Kruger van Wyk Wikipedia