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Full name Stiaan van Zyl
Born September 19, 1987, Cape Town
Current age 21 years 23 days
Major teams Boland,Cape Cobras
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
18
33
10
831
152*
36.13
2013
41.28
1
3
100
1
10
0
List A
18
17
3
297
88*
21.21
541
54.89
0
1
20
2
4
0
Twenty20
5
4
1
39
30
13.00
42
92.85
0
0
1
1
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
18
13
475
271
3
1/19
1/19
90.33
3.42
158.3
0
0
0
List A
18
5
103
63
4
2/19
2/19
15.75
3.66
25.7
0
0
0
Twenty20
5
1
6
8
0
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-
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8.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Kei v Boland at Stellenbosch, Oct 26-28, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class
Eagles v Cape Cobras at Kimberley, Oct 2-4, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Kei v Boland at Stellenbosch, Oct 29, 2006 scorecard
Last List A
Dolphins v Cape Cobras at Durban, Mar 9, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Cape Cobras v Dolphins at Cape Town, Mar 26, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Cape Cobras v Eagles at Cape Town, Apr 11, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Cape Cobras batsman Stiaan van Zyl finished in the top five of the SuperSport batting averages during the 2007-08 the season as he made his mark on the domestic scene. The Cobras finished last and winless in the previous year's competition and had been combing the winelands and peninsulas for answers to their batting woes.
van Zyl, coming into the side with Ashwell Prince and JP Duminy on international duty, immediately impressed with his determination to battle it out at the crease. And, for a 20-year-old, he showed unusual daring in being willing to leave the ball.
"From the first time I saw him bat for Boland, I really liked him," Shukri Conrad, the Cobras coach, said. "Being able to let the fifty-fifty [deliveries] go was his biggest asset and he can bat for long periods. Some guys you feel strongly about and you want to back them even if they go through a barren patch. But Stiaan has fully justified the selectors' choice and he is a quiet, unassuming lad." Ken Borland
