Logan Verjus van Beek (born 7 September 1990) is a New Zealand-Dutch cricketer.[1] He has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2012 and represents Wellington in New Zealand domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium.[2]
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| Full name | Logan Verjus van Beek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 32) Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 72) | 19 May 2021 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 August 2022 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 30) | 17 March 2014 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 November 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 17 (formerly 90) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2018 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Van Beek was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] He holds a Dutch passport through his paternal grandparents, who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s. On his mother's side he is the grandson of former Test cricketer Sammy Guillen, a dual international for the West Indies and New Zealand who was born in Trinidad.[3]
Van Beek was in the New Zealand squad for Under-19 World Cup in 2010.[4] He also played high-level youth basketball as a point guard, representing New Zealand at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[5]
Van Beek first played for the Netherlands against English county Essex in the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40. He had to play as an overseas professional as under ICC regulations he had to wait three years after playing for New Zealand to qualify for the Netherlands. His first major international tournament for the Netherlands was the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.[3]
He scored his maiden first-class century on 24 October 2015 in the Plunket Shield.[6] In November 2017, in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season, he took his maiden 10-wicket match haul in first-class cricket.[7] In March 2018, in round six of the Plunket Shield, he took a hat-trick for Wellington against Canterbury.[8] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield for Wellington, with 40 dismissals in seven matches.[9] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season.[10]
In December 2018, he was signed by the English side Derbyshire for the 2019 County Championship season.[11] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.[12] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[13][14]
In May 2021, he was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Scotland.[15] He made his ODI debut on 19 May 2021, for the Netherlands against Scotland.[16] In September 2021, van Beek was named in the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[17]
In July 2022, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe.[18] In their group match against Hong Kong, he became the first bowler for the Netherlands to take a hat-trick in a T20I match.[19][20]