Wihan Lubbe

Wihan Lubbe
Personal information
Full name
Wihan Johannes Lubbe
Born (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 90)10 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last T20I12 April 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–2019/20North West
2016/17–2019/20Lions
2018Jozi Stars
2018Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2019Durban Heat
2020/21Warriors
2021/22–presentEastern Province
2023Paarl Royals
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 54 68 71
Runs scored 16 2,503 1,926 1,424
Batting average 8.00 33.37 31.06 22.60
100s/50s 0/0 7/11 3/12 1/8
Top score 12 166 162 102
Balls bowled 3,593 1,933 564
Wickets 50 33 22
Bowling average 35.00 44.66 29.86
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/43 3/21 3/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 66/– 35/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2023

Wihan Johannes Lubbe (born 22 November 1992) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in April 2021.[1]

Career

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He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[4]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] On 15 September 2018, he scored his first T20 century, against Limpopo, in Group D of the tournament.[7] He only took 33 balls to reach 100 runs, making it the third fastest T20 century ever.[8] Lubbe was the leading run-scorer for North West in the tournament, with 173 runs in five matches.[9]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10] Later the same month, he was named as the captain of North West's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[11] In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[12]

In March 2021, Lubbe was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[13] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 10 April 2021.[14] Later the same month, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Wihan Lubbe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ "bizhub Highveld Lions' Squad Boasts Full Arsenal of Players". Highveld Lions. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. ^ "North West Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Lubbe hits century but Northern Cape edge towards semi". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Records | Twenty20 matches | Batting records | Fastest hundreds | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - North West: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ "North West Cricket squad for the Provincial T20". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Erwee scores century as Dolphins outplay Lions". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Lubbe, Williams and Magala make the cut for Pakistan series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  14. ^ "1st T20I, Johannesburg, Apr 10 2021, Pakistan tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  15. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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