Dylan Alexander Blignaut (born 8 April 1995) is a South African-born

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er who plays for the Germany national team. Blignaut represented Eastern Province in under-17s before spending two summers in 2014 and 2015 playing club cricket in England for Vauxhall Mallards in the

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and then for Shobrooke Park in the Devon Cricket League. After a successful season with Brighton Districts in

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, Australia, Blignaut was signed by

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to play in the Leinster Senior League in Ireland. In August 2021, Blignaut was selected in the German squad for a Tri-Nations series. He made his T20I debut on 5 August 2021, for Germany against

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. In October 2021, he was included in Germany's squad for the

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. In the final game of the qualifier, Blignaut took a

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against

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to help secure Germany a place in the Global Qualifier. In February 2022, Blignaut was again named in Germany's squad for the Global Qualifier.

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* 1995 births German cricketers Germany Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Germany-cricket-bio-stub