Hardus Viljoen Cricket South African

Hardus Viljoen

South AfricanRight Arm Bowl
IPL All Time Stats
6 Mat
23 Overs
222 Runs
7 W
9.65 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Hardus Viljoen
Date of Birth March 6, 1989
Nationality South African
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)
Role Bowler/Right-arm fast, Right-handed Batsman
Family Rhemi Rynners (Spouse), Faf du Plessis (Brother-in-law), Piet Viljoen (Father), Riana Koen (Mother)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
TIT vs BOL 2 5 0 0 40.00 10 59 2 5.90
BOL vs DOL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JK vs DA 4 6 1 0 66.67 1 20 0 20.00
JK vs CS 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 3 7.75
BOL vs KNGHT 18 & 7 20 & 15 3 & 1 0 & 0 90.00 & 46.67 9 30 0 3.30

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
TESTs 1 2 26 31 1 26.00 83.87 0 0 20 4 0 0 0
T20s 147 88 797 620 35 15.03 128.54 0 0 41 56 36 29 0
LISTAs 107 69 745 859 21 15.52 86.72 0 3 54 45 25 26 0
FIRSTCLASS 126 179 2465 4137 19 15.40 59.58 1 7 132 299 55 34 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
TESTs 1 2 19 94 1 94.00 4.94 1/94 0 0
T20s 147 142 509.4 4151 162 25.62 8.14 5/16 1 0
LISTAs 107 104 811 4725 152 31.08 5.82 6/19 1 0
FIRSTCLASS 126 214 3646.5 12936 465 27.81 3.54 15/170 25 5

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Hardus Viljoen: A Brief Biography

Hardus Viljoen was born on March 6, 1989 and the broad-shouldered, strong fast bowler is an excellent pacer who has all the ingredients to become a top-level athlete. The brutal bouncers that he unleashes without any prior indication is considered to be one of his biggest strengths. He has got a lot more variations in his armoury which often outfoxes the batters. Apart from all of these, he is an absolute miser with the ball and bowls extremely economical spells which is great for T20 cricket.


Table of Contents


  1. Career
  2. Background


Career


Domestic Career


Derbyshire CCC Photocall


Hardus Viljoen made his first-class debut in 2008 for Easterns against Eastern Province at Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa in 2011 where he ended up as the second highest-wicket taker. The Lions franchise set their eyes on the youngster and wooed him to represent them in the next season, Hardus shifted his base to the Wanderers. 2014/15 was the breakthrough season - topping the bowling charts with 47 scalps at an average of 23.02 which was enough for him to earn a call-up to the national side. In December 2016, he signed a 3-year Kolpak deal with Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Viljoen joined Kent County Cricket Club for a short spell in English county cricket in August 2016, playing in the final four matches of the 2016 County Championship season.He played for the Paarl Rocks in Mzansi Super League 2019


IPL Career


In December 2018, Kings XI Punjab bought him at a base price of ₹75 lakh after getting impressed by his performances in the limited overs arena competitions around the globe. He was retained by KXIP ahead of the auction. With 7 wickets in 6 matches at a poor economy rate of 9.65, Viljoen didn't have the desired impact playing for Punjab but he will be hoping to have a breakthrough 2020 season in the UAE.


International Career


Test Career


The South African fast bowler made his Test debut on 14 January 2016 against England and took the wicket of Alastair Cook with the first ball he ever bowled in Test cricket and smacked the first ball he faced for four as well. The match turned out to be his only outing in the South African white flannels and with limited opportunities, he ultimately took the Kolpak route and parted ways with Cricket South Africa.

Background


Hardus is married to Rhemi Rynners who is a Key Account Manager at Supergroup - Henkel and also the sister of South African cricketer Faf du Plessis.