Duanne Olivier (born 9 May 1992) is a South African

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er who plays for the

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and for the

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in domestic fixtures. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. In February 2019, Olivier signed a Kolpak deal to play for

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in England, which meant he could not play for South Africa during his contract with Yorkshire. After signing his Kolpak deal, Olivier expressed his hopes to one day play for the

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. When the Kolpak deal ended in 2021 due to Brexit, Olivier continued as an overseas player for Yorkshire and was selected in South Africa's Test squad ahead of their series against India.

Domestic and franchise career

Olivier was the leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 52 dismissals. In May 2017, he was named First-class Cricketer of the Season at

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's annual awards. In August 2017, he was named in

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' squad for the first season of the

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. However, in October 2017,

initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In October 2018, Olivier was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the

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of the

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T20 tournament. He was the leading wicket-taker for Knights in the

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, with 27 dismissals in six matches. In March 2019, while playing for Yorkshire against Leeds/Bradford MCCU in the

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, Olivier took his 400th first-class wicket. In September 2019, Olivier was named in the squad for the Jozi Stars team for the

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tournament. In October 2020, he was drafted by the

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for the inaugural edition of the

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. In April 2021, he was named in

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's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

International career

In January 2017, Olivier was added to South Africa's

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squad ahead of the third Test against Sri Lanka. He replaced Kyle Abbott, who earlier had quit international cricket to sign for the English team

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as a Kolpak player. Olivier made his Test debut for

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against Sri Lanka on 12 January 2017. In December 2018, in the first innings of South Africa's

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, Olivier took his first five-wicket haul in Tests, against Pakistan. He went on to take another five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match. He finished with 24 wickets across the three Tests of the tour and was named the player of the series. After the Test series, he was then added to South Africa's squad for the first two

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s (ODIs) against Pakistan. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against

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on 19 January 2019.

Personal life

Olivier was born in

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and currently lives in

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. He is a big

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fan and is an avid supporter of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivier, Duanne 1992 births Living people People from Pretoria South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers Free State cricketers Knights cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Jaffna Kings cricketers Jozi Stars cricketers Gauteng cricketers

Domestic and franchise career

International career

Personal life

See also

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