Lance Klusener

Lance Klusener

South Africa Left Handed Bat
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Personal Information

Date of Birth September 4, 1971
Nationality South Africa
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Role All-rounder, Right arm fast medium Bowler, Left-handed Batsman
Past Team(s)
Family Isabelle Potgieter (Spouse)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
MNT vs INC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 171 137 3576 3977 50 41.10 89.91 2 19 103 293 76 35 0
TESTs 49 69 1906 3187 11 32.86 59.80 4 8 174 236 20 34 0
T20s 53 46 1014 745 17 34.96 136.10 1 4 111 77 42 18 0
LISTAs 324 268 6648 0 102 40.04 0 3 34 142 0 0 82 0
FIRSTCLASS 197 283 9521 0 60 42.69 0 21 48 202 0 0 99 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 171 164 1222.4 5751 192 29.95 4.70 6/49 6 0
TESTs 49 84 1147.5 3033 80 37.91 2.64 8/139 1 0
T20s 53 40 130 1123 29 38.72 8.63 2/8 0 0
LISTAs 324 0 2243.1 10522 334 31.50 4.69 6/49 8 0
FIRSTCLASS 197 0 5289.1 15447 508 30.40 2.92 0 20 4

Lance Klusener News

"I don’t see any problem with some robust discussion between two cricket lovers" - LSG assistant coach Lance Klusener on Rahul-Goenka saga "I don’t see any problem with some robust discussion between two cricket lovers" - LSG assistant coach Lance Klusener on Rahul-Goenka saga
"I don’t see any problem with some robust discussion between two cricket lovers" - LSG assistant coach Lance Klusener on Rahul-Goenka saga 
Lance Klusener joins Lucknow Super Giants as assistant coach ahead of IPL 2024 Lance Klusener joins Lucknow Super Giants as assistant coach ahead of IPL 2024
Lance Klusener joins Lucknow Super Giants as assistant coach ahead of IPL 2024
Top 5 best bowling figures against India on Test debut ft. Tom Hartley Top 5 best bowling figures against India on Test debut ft. Tom Hartley
Top 5 best bowling figures against India on Test debut ft. Tom Hartley 
"He’ll probably be the leading run scorer if India go all the way" - Lance Klusener backs star batter to light-up the 2023 World Cup "He’ll probably be the leading run scorer if India go all the way" - Lance Klusener backs star batter to light-up the 2023 World Cup
"He’ll probably be the leading run scorer if India go all the way" - Lance Klusener backs star batter to light-up the 2023 World Cup
The extent of Ben Stokes' knee injury looks more for show: Lance Klusener ahead of 2023 World Cup The extent of Ben Stokes' knee injury looks more for show: Lance Klusener ahead of 2023 World Cup
The extent of Ben Stokes' knee injury looks more for show: Lance Klusener ahead of 2023 World Cup

Lance Klusener: A Brief Biography

Lance Klusener Biography

Lance Klusener is a former South African cricketer, born on 4 September 1971 in Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Nicknamed Zulu, he performed the duties of an all-rounder for the Proteas. He was an aggressive left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler.

Background

At the domestic level, Klusener played for KwaZulu-Natal between 1991 and 2004. In Indian Cricket League, he played for Royal Bengal tigers from 2006 to 2008. Some other teams he represented are Dolphins from 2004 to 2007, Northamptonshire from 2004 to 2008 and the Mountaineers in 2010.

Debut

Klusener made his international Test debut for South Africa against India at Calcutta in the second test match in the year 1996. In his debut match, he was hit hard by the aggressive batsman and the former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin with a string of five consecutive fours. However, in his second match, he impressed with his match-winning performance and collected his career best bowling figures of 8 for 64.

On 19 January 1996, he made his ODI debut against England. His performance in this match was not worth remembering as he was wicketless, being bowled for four overs and was sent back to the pavilion for a duck.

Rise to Glory

In the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, he uplifted his team to reach to semi-finals. He gave his excellent performance in the tournament and was voted as Man of the Tournament for his 17 wickets and 250 runs from eight matches.

Records

He showed cased his best performance with a figure of 8 for 64 in a test match against India at Eden Gardens in the year 1996. In his international ODI career, he has gained five-wicket hauls in matches against the teams like India, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Kenya.

Retirement

Klusener announced his retirement from international cricket in the year 2004.

In late 2007, he started playing in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 India for the Royal Bengal Tigers team. From 2012 until 2016, he was the head coach of the Dolphins, after which he started as batting coach for the Zimbabwe national team.

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