Frederick Jack Klaassen (born 13 November 1992) is an English-born Dutch international

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debut for the

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against

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on 24 June 2017, having played club cricket in England and New Zealand.

Early life

Klaassen was born in

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. He grew up in

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, 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. and was educated at

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. He qualified to play for the Netherlands through a Dutch grandfather.

Cricket career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands'

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(T20I) squad for the

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. He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against

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on 12 June 2018. In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands'

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(ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against

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on 1 August 2018, taking 3/30 on debut.Fordham J (2018
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'', 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10. In December he was named in the squad for the 2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series, playing in all three of the Netherlands' matches during the tournament.Uncapped Leon Turmaine in Netherlands squad for India tour

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, 23 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-23. On 1 October 2018 Klaassen signed a two-year contract with English county side

.Kent sign Dutch international paceman

, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-01. He had played for the county Second XI in friendly matches during the previous English season and against Kent in warm up matches ahead of the

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CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-01. He made his first-class debut on 31 March 2019 for Kent against

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, as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. In Dutch domestic cricket Klaassen has played for VOC Rotterdam, winning the

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, the Dutch domestic title, with the club in 2018.Fred Klaassen: Kent sign Netherlands fast bowler on two-year contract

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, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-01. He was the leading bowler in the competition during the 2018 season, taking 29 wickets at an

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of 14.10 runs per wicket. In 2015 he played in New Zealand for Cornwall Cricket Club and in Scotland for East Kilbride Cricket Club and later played for Norwich Cricket Club in the

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Klaassen made 22 appearances, mainly in limited-overs matches, for Kent during th 2019 season and signed a contract extension with the club in January 2020, keeping him at Kent until 2022.Netherlands international Fred Klaassen signs one-year Kent contract extension
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'' (online), 7 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-07. In the 2018/19 northern hemisphere winter he played in Australia for

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'', 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10. Klaassen played in the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates and in September 2021, was named in the Dutch squad for the

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. In April 2022, he was bought by the

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for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Having not made an appearance for the club in 2024 due to a back injury sustained on international duty, Klaassen signed a new one-year white-ball contract with Kent in December 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klaassen, Fred 1992 births Living people Dutch cricketers Kent cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers Sportspeople from Haywards Heath Dutch people of English descent English cricketers Manchester Originals cricketers Cricketers from West Sussex Richmond cricketers