Obus Pienaar (born 12 December 1989) is a South African

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er who plays for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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for South Western Districts, with 909 runs in ten matches. He was also the leading run-scorer in the

2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup The 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 4 October 2018 to 14 April 2019. This was the first edition of the tournament not to be sponsored by Sunfoil, after they decided n ...

, with 957 runs in ten matches, and the leading run-scorer for South Western Districts in the

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, with 505 runs in nine matches. In September 2019, Pienaar was named in

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's squad 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.

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* 1989 births Living people South African cricketers Knights cricketers South Western Districts cricketers Cricketers from Bloemfontein 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub