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Dillon du Preez (born 8 November 1981 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed.

Dillon du Preez

Personal information
Full name	Dillon du Preez
Born	(1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 40) Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2017	Free State / Eagles
2008	Leicestershire County Cricket Club
2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore
First-class debut	2003/04 Free State v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition First-class LA Twenty-20 Matches 47 60 29 Runs scored 1,013 806 249 Batting average 16.88 35.04 17.78 100s/50s 1/3 1/2 0/0 Top score 122 107* 40* Balls bowled 8,483 2,810 522 Wickets 164 65 24 Bowling average 23.25 35.18 26.50 5 wickets in innings 5 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 7/108 4/22 3/25 Catches/stumpings 9/– 9/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2009

Playing career

Dillon du Preez made his debut for Free State in the 2003–04 season, appearing in a first class match against the touring West Indies national cricket team, with his first wicket being Shivnarine Chanderpaul and finishing with figures of 3 for 75.[1] His interest in cricket began after attending a cricketing academy managed by international cricketers Corrie van Zyl and Rudi Steyn.[1] During the 2007–08 season, du Preez led the Eagles to victory with 55 wickets.[1] In the 2008 English county season, du Preez played for Leicestershire.[1] In 2009, du Preez signed for the Bangalore Royal Challengers of the Indian Premier League, making his debut against the Mumbai Indians on 3 May 2009, taking two back-to-back wickets in his first over, including that of Sachin Tendulkar. In the same match, du Preez took his third IPL wicket (Jean-Paul Duminy).

Apart from being a talented and accurate fast bowler, he has often shown himself to be a capable batsman, having scored two first class centuries as well as scoring an unbeaten century in a List A match against Yorkshire, while playing for Leicestershire .[1][2] He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[3] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[5]

References

External links

• Dillon du Preez at Cricinfo

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