Logan Verjus van Beek (born 7 September 1990) is a New Zealand-Dutch

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er. He has played for the

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since 2012 and represents

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in New Zealand domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium.

Early life

Van Beek was born in

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. He holds a Dutch passport through his paternal grandparents, who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s. On his mother's side he is the grandson of former Test cricketer

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, a dual international for the

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and New Zealand who was born in

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. Van Beek was in the

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squad for Under-19 World Cup in 2010. He also played high-level youth basketball as a

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, representing New Zealand at the

2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Maori: 2009 FIBA I-Raro I Te 19 Tau Toa o Te Ao) was the 9th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national team ...

Career

Van Beek first played for the Netherlands against English county

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in the

2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 The 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the third season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Un ...

. He had to play as an overseas professional as under ICC regulations he had to wait three years after playing for New Zealand to qualify for the Netherlands. His first major international tournament for the Netherlands was the

2014 ICC World Twenty20 The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It was played in three cities — Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Th ...

in Bangladesh. He scored his maiden first-class century on 24 October 2015 in the

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. In November 2017, in the

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, he took his maiden 10-wicket match haul in first-class cricket. In March 2018, in round six of the Plunket Shield, he took a

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for

against Canterbury. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield for Wellington, with 40 dismissals in seven matches. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, he was signed by the English side

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for the

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season. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. In May 2021, he was named in the Dutch

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(ODI) squad for their series against Scotland. He made his ODI debut on 19 May 2021, for the Netherlands against

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. In September 2021, van Beek was named in the Dutch squad for the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventua ...

. In July 2022, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe. In their group match against

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, he became the first bowler for the Netherlands to take a hat-trick in a T20I match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beek, Logan van 1990 births Living people

Beek Beek (; li, Baek ) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part o ...

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