Sean Andre Whitehead (born 7 March 1997) is a South African

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er. He made his

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debut for Free State against

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in the

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on 9 September 2016. Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was part of South Africa's squad for the

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. He made his first-class debut for Free State in the

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on 8 December 2016. In September 2018, he was named in Free State's squad for the

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. In September 2019, he was named in Free State's squad for the

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. In April 2021, he was named in South Western Districts' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. In November 2021, in the Division 2 match between South Western Districts and Easterns in the

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, Whitehead took all ten wickets in the second innings for South Western Districts, recording the second-best figures in a domestic first-class match in South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Sean 1997 births Living people South African cricketers Free State cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)