Pieter Johannes Swanepoel (born 30 March 1977 in
Paarl,
Cape Province,
South Africa) is a South African
first-class cricketer. who played two matches of first-class cricket for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2003 against
Durham and
India A
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket a ...
.
He also appeared in two
Twenty20 matches, and three
Pro40 matches for Yorkshire in 2003, after impressing for the
Yorkshire Cricket Board in four
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. Lan ...
matches in 2001 and 2002.
He scored 20 first-class runs, with a best of 17, for an average of 6.66, and took three wickets with his right arm medium pace. He was more successful in
one day cricket, playing from 2001 to 2004 and taking fourteen wickets at 20.09, with a best return of 3 for 9, and scoring 73 runs at 24.33, with a top score of 28 not out.
He also played
Minor Counties cricket for
Cambridgeshire, turning out against
Northamptonshire in 2004 in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played for
Woodlands C.C. in League cricket, opening the bowling in the
Priestley Cup
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final against Pudsey Congs C.C. in 2005.
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
1977 births
Living people
Cricketers from Paarl
South African cricketers
Yorkshire cricketers
Yorkshire Cricket Board cricketers
Cambridgeshire cricketers
South African expatriate cricketers in England
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