Stephanus Johannes Myburgh (born 28 February 1984) is a Dutch-South African

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er who has played at

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) level for the Dutch national side. He is a left-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler.

International career

During the

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, Myburgh showcased what he can do in each match that Dutch played. On 21 March 2014 against Ireland, Myburgh equalled the record of the second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International with

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of Ireland. He scored the fifty with 17 balls, where Dutch required to win the game in 14 overs to qualify for the Super 10 stage. With blistering innings by Myburgh, Netherlands won the match in 13.5 overs with 6 wickets remaining. Myburgh adjudged man of the match as well. He was the third highest run scorer in the tournament after

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and fellow Dutch Tom Cooper with 224 runs in 7 T20I matches. He scored 3 fifties in the tournament with average of 32.00 and amazing strike rate of 154.48. Myburgh is the highest boundary maker of the tournament as well, with 26 fours and 13 sixes. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC and Cricinfo. In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands'

(ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. In September 2021, Myburgh was named in the Dutch squad for the

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T20 career

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,

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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. Stephan Myburgh retired from ODI cricket following the 2022 series against New Zealand.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Myburgh, Stephan 1984 births Living people Dutch cricketers South African cricketers KwaZulu-Natal Inland cricketers Northerns cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers South African emigrants to the Netherlands Cricketers from Pretoria