Dillon du Preez (born 8 November 1981) is a South African retired cricketer who played for the Eagles (formerly Free State) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed. He was born at Port Elizabeth. Du Perez is currently interim head coach of the South Africa women's national cricket team .

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] Du Preez retired from professional cricket in 2017.[6][7]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, du Preez took up coaching and was appointed as assistant coach for the South Africa women's national cricket team in September 2020.[6][7] He was made interim head coach in May 2024.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dillion du Preez". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. ^ "du Preez ton in vain as Yorkshire win thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ Free State Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Dillon du Preez appointed as SA Women assistant coach". Women Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b "South Africa appoint Dillon du Preez as assistant coach of women's team". Times of India. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Du Preez named new Proteas Women interim coach". OFM News. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Hilton Moreeng's stint as head coach of South Africa women's team ends after 11 years". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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