Victor Sandile Xulu (born 11 April 1983) is a former South African

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er who played at first-class and limited overs level for

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during the 2009–10 season. A

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from

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, Xulu played in the KwaZulu-Natal under-19 side that drew the final of the 2001–02 UCB Under-19 Competition with Western Province. He made his first-class debut for KwaZulu-Natal in March 2010, against

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in the

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. In what was to be his only first-class match, he played solely as an opening batsman, with the wicket-keeping duties falling to Matthew Boote. He made a pair opening with Boote in each innings, falling twice to Lundi Mbane. In the corresponding one-day fixture between KwaZulu-Natal and Border, Xulu replaced Boote as wicket-keeper. He came in third in the batting order, scoring ten runs from eleven balls, comprising two boundaries (a four and a six).Border v KwaZulu-Natal
CSA Provincial One-Day Competition 2009/10 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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