Patrick Kruger (born 3 February 1995) is a South African

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er. He was included in the

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squad for the

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. In May 2017, Kruger was named Africa T20 Cup Player of the Tournament 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 January 2018, Kruger scored his first century in

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, batting for

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against

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in the

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. In September 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

2018 Africa T20 Cup The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season. Provincial side Kwa ...

. He was the leading run-scorer for Northern Cape in the tournament, with 200 runs in four matches. In October 2018, Kruger was named in

Paarl Rocks Paarl (; Afrikaans: ; derived from ''Parel'', meaning "pearl" in Dutch) is a town with 112,045 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the third-oldest city and European settlement in the Republic of South Africa (after ...

' squad for the

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of the

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T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was named in Northern Cape's squad for the

2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup The 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup was a domestic Twenty cricket tournament that took place in South Africa in September 2019, as a curtain-raiser to the 2019–20 South African domestic season. It was played between the thirteen South Africa ...

. In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Patrick 1995 births Living people South African cricketers Griqualand West cricketers Northern Cape cricketers Cricketers from Kimberley, Northern Cape Paarl Rocks cricketers Free State cricketers