Garnett Kruger

Garnett Kruger

Personal information
Full name	Garnett John-Peter Kruger
Born	(1977-01-05) 5 January 1977 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa (2006)
ODI debut (cap 81)	15 January 2006 v Australia
Last ODI	20 January 2006 v Australia
Only T20I (cap 16)	9 January 2006 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997/98–2002/03	Eastern Province
2003/04	Gauteng
2003/04–2008/09	Highveld Lions
2007–2008	Leicestershire
2009	Glamorgan (squad no. 3)
2009/10–2011/12	Warriors
2012/13–2013/14	North West
2012/13	Highveld Lions
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 3 1 137 145 Runs scored 0 3 1,224 187 Batting average 0.00 3.00 10.64 8.13 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 0* 3 58 24* Balls bowled 138 24 23,766 6,129 Wickets 2 0 450 195 Bowling average 69.50 – 29.67 25.63 5 wickets in innings 0 – 19 4 10 wickets in match 0 – 2 0 Best bowling 1/43 – 8/112 6/23 Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 32/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2023

Garnett John-Peter Kruger (born 5 January 1977) is a South African cricketer. Kruger started his first-class cricket career in 1997–98 for Eastern Province B, moving up to the A team in 1999–2000. In 2003–04 he played for Gauteng, before moving to the Lions on the reorganisation of South African first-class cricket in 2004–05. Although he was called to the Test side in 2003–04, he did not make the final team. In 2005–06 he made his debut as an international cricketer, in the one-off Twenty20 International against Australia, and he also played in three One Day Internationals on the same tour.

Kruger represented English side Leicestershire in the 2007 and 2008 seasons as a Kolpak player and performed well in leading a young bowling attack. Kruger left the county at the end of the 2008 season claiming he was concerned about the workload of playing domestic cricket all year around. However, in December 2008 he signed for Glamorgan, becoming the county's first Kolpak player.

In the past Kruger has been heavily critical of SA Cricket.

External links

• Garnett Kruger at ESPNcricinfo