Tristan Stubbs (born 14 August 2000) is a South African

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er. He made his international debut for the 50 over

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in June 2022 and the Test team in January 2024.

Domestic and franchise career

Stubbs made his first-class debut on 16 January 2020, for Eastern Province in the

2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup The 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from October 2019 to April 2020. On 16 March 2020, Cricket South Africa suspended all cricket in the country for 60 days due to the COVI ...

. He made his

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debut on 16 February 2020, for Eastern Province in the

2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge The 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a domestic one-day cricket tournament that took place in South Africa from October to March 2020. The tournament was played in parallel with the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, a first-clas ...

. He made his

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debut on 21 February 2021, for

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in the 2020–21 CSA T20 Challenge. In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. Stubbs also holds a Dutch passport. In 2021 he signed with Excelsior '20 to play club cricket in the Dutch

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. In May 2022, the

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added Stubbs to their squad for the

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(IPL), replacing

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who was ruled out due to an injury. Later the same month, Stubbs was named in South Africa's

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(T20I) squad for their series against India, his maiden international call-up. He made his T20I debut on 9 June 2022, for South Africa against

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. In July 2022, he was signed by the

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for the third edition of the

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. In December 2023, Stubbs was signed by

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in the auction for the

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International career

In March 2023, Stubbs was named in South Africa's

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(ODI) squad for their series against West Indies. He made his ODI debut in the second ODI of the series on 18 March 2023. Stubbs made his Test debut against India in January 2024. He became the first player in 127 years to be dismissed twice on the first day of his Test debut. In May 2024, he was named in South Africa’s squad for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubbs, Tristan 2000 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Warriors cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in India Place of birth missing (living people) Manchester Originals cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in England Sunrisers Eastern Cape cricketers