William Frederick Stelling (born 30 June 1969), better known as Billy Stelling, is a former South African-born Dutch

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er who played fifteen ODIs. An allrounder, he bowls right arm fast medium and is a right-handed batsman who was born at Johannesburg. Aside from cricket he is also an accomplished mountainbiker, taking part in over 50 mountain bike stage races. In 2016 he and partner Lourens Luus won the Trans Baviaans ultra marathon race of 231 km. He has also finished 2nd and 4th in his age group at South African Marathon championships in 2012 and 2021 respectively and earned Western Province cycling colours.

Domestic career

He has been a much-traveled player, starting his career at Western Province in his native South Africa, before moving on to play for Boland. Three seasons were then spent in English county cricket from 1999 to 2001, where he played for

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and

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International career

Stelling first played for

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in 1995 as an overseas player in the Nat West Trophy. He qualified to represent his adopted country in international competition in 2005, playing in the

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that year. In an ODI against Canada in December 2006 he scored a match winning 34-ball 39 in a thrilling runchase. At the

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, he took 3 of the first 4 wickets to fall against Scotland, finishing with 3 for 12 off 8 overs and the man of the match award.

Beyond cricket

In 2016, Stelling won the Trans Baviaans 230 km endurance MTB Race with his teammate Lourens Luus.

References

1969 births Living people Dutch cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Boland cricketers Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Leicestershire cricketers Cricketers from Johannesburg South African expatriates in the United Kingdom South African people of Dutch descent Western Province cricketers Berkshire cricketers Alumni of St Stithians College University of Cape Town alumni {{Netherlands-cricket-bio-stub