Dane Leeroy Piedt (born 6 March 1990) is a South African former cricketer. He played for the

Cape Cobras The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland ...

. He made his

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debut for

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against

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in August 2014. In March 2020, Piedt announced his retirement from cricket in South Africa, and later moved to the United States.

Career

Piedt, like many of his other

' team-mates, made his first-class debut for the

Western Province cricket team Western Province is the team representing Western Cape province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been Newlands in Cape Town. Under the reorganisation of professi ...

. Primarily an

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bowler, Piedt is also a useful lower-order

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. Piedt signed with the

in 2011. In August 2017, he was named in

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' squad for the first season of the

T20 Global League The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...

. However, in October 2017,

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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In January 2019, in the

2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series The 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 26 September 2018 to 31 January 2019. It was the first edition not to be sponsored by Sunfoil, after they decided not to renew t ...

, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 54 dismissals in ten matches. In August 2019, he was named the Four-day franchise Series Cricketer of the Season at

's annual award ceremony. In March 2020, Piedt announced that he would be moving from South Africa to the United States, so he could meet the criteria to play for the

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. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft. In 2023, Piedt became part of the inaugural

Major League Cricket Major League Cricket (MLC) is an upcoming professional Twenty20 cricket league in the United States. Operated by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) and sanctioned by USA Cricket, it plans to begin play on July 13, 2023, with six teams in major ...

competition, being signed to play for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piedt, Dane 1990 births Living people Cricketers from Cape Town South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Cape Cobras cricketers Cape Town Blitz cricketers South Western Districts cricketers Titans cricketers Western Province cricketers