Heino Gunther Kuhn (born 1 April 1984) is a South African cricketer who has played for the

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. He has played for

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and Northerns in South African domestic cricket and in March 2018 signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cricket Club to play in English county cricket. He left Kent in 2021 and returned to South Africa to play for

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Domestic career

A wicket-keeper batsman, Kuhn was the second highest run scorer in the 2006-07 SuperSport Series with 776 runs at an average of 48.50. This tally included an innings of 216 against the Dolphins at Pietermaritzburg. In the 2015–16 Sunfoil Series, he became the sixth South African player to score 1,000 runs in a single first-class season. In July 2016

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named him as the first-class cricketer of the season and the domestic players' player of the season. 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 March 2018, Kuhn signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cricket Club to play in English county cricket, subject initially to him obtaining a visa.Fordham J (2018
Kent sign South African batsman Heino Kuhn
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'', 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-07. In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the

team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. In October 2018, he was named in

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' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the

team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In April 2021, he was named in

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

International career

He made his international debut in a

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(T20I) against

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at his home ground of Supersport Park,

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, on 15 November 2009. In June 2017, he was named in South Africa's

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squad for their series against England. He made his Test debut for South Africa against England on 6 July 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhn, Heino 1984 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Titans cricketers Northerns cricketers Dhaka Dynamites cricketers Kent cricketers

Domestic career

International career

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