Wesley Barresi (born 3 May 1984) is a South African born first-class and Netherlands international cricketer. He is a right-handed wicket keeper-batsman and also bowls right-arm offbreak. In February 2021, Barresi announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, but returned to the national team in August 2022.

Career

Wesley became the 100th victim to Indian cricketer

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, when he was dismissed in the 2011 World Cup game against India. In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal. Ahead of the ODI matches, the

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(ICC) named him as the key player for the Netherlands. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month, the tournament was cancelled.

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* 1984 births Living people Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup South African emigrants to the Netherlands Cricketers from Johannesburg White South African people Wicket-keepers Dutch cricketers {{netherlands-cricket-bio-stub