Wihan Johannes Lubbe (born 22 November 1992) is a South African
cricket
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er. He made his international debut for the
South Africa cricket team
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in April 2021.
Career
He was included in the
North West cricket team
North West (formerly Western Transvaal) plays first-class cricket in South Africa. For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, North West has merged with Gauteng (formerly Transvaal) to form the Highveld Lions or, more simply, "the Lions".
North W ...
squad for the
2015 Africa T20 Cup
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. In August 2017, he was named in
Nelson Mandela Bay Stars
The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
' squad for the first season of the
T20 Global League
The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
.
However, in October 2017,
Cricket South Africa
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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the
Highveld Lions
DP World Lions is a professional cricket team in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The home venue is the DP World Wanderers Stadium.
The team plays in the CSA 4-Day Series first class cricket competition as well as in the Momentum 1 Day Cup, CSA Pro ...
team for the 2018–19 season.
In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the
2018 Africa T20 Cup
The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season. Provincial side Kwa ...
. On 15 September 2018, he scored his first T20 century, against
Limpopo
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, in Group D of the tournament. He only took 33 balls to reach 100 runs, making it the third fastest T20 century ever. Lubbe was the leading run-scorer for North West in the tournament, with 173 runs in five matches.
In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the
Durban Heat
Durban Heat were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team were based at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban.
Durban Heat played in the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 Mzansi Su ...
team for the
2019 Mzansi Super League
The 2019 Mzansi Super League, also known as the MSL 2.0, was the second edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa. It started on 8 November and ended on 16 December 2019. Jozi Stars wer ...
tournament. Later the same month, he was named as the captain of North West's squad for the
2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup
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. In January 2020, in the
2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series
The 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from October 2019 to April 2020. Lions were the defending champions.
On 16 March 2020, Cricket South Africa suspended all cricket in ...
, he took his maiden
five-wicket haul
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Takin ...
in first-class cricket.
In March 2021, Lubbe was named in South Africa's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for their series
against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against
Pakistan
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, on 10 April 2021. Later the same month, he was named in
Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.
References
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1992 births
Living people
Cricketers from Pretoria
South African cricketers
South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers
North West cricketers
Lions cricketers
Jozi Stars cricketers
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants cricketers
Durban Heat cricketers
Warriors cricketers
Eastern Province cricketers
Paarl Royals cricketers