A South Africa-born all-rounder and a pillar of Washington's settled domestic spine 𠴩dy left-arm spin and dependable middle-order runs.
Pull it in a WF pack · from $45Sold only in packs: every card in a pack is a random player from the squad.South African run-machine who made a new home in the United States and became a Washington Freedom finisher.
2008 — 2026 · in 4 chaptersPlayed under-19 cricket for Orange Free State and was in the 2008 South Africa U19 World Cup squad, before a record 244 in Ireland.
2 moments ▾His ESPNcricinfo profile says he played under-19 cricket for Orange Free State and was picked for South Africa's 2008 U19 World Cup squad; he was born in Bloemfontein in 1989.
ESPNcricinfoA Lowerhouse club announcement credits him with a league-record 244 for Warringstown in Ireland in 2011; a later article says it came off 114 balls and passed AB de Villiers' 233.
Lowerhouse CCLed South African domestic run charts, won an award, then moved to the USA in 2021 for Minor League Cricket.
3 moments ▾He topped the South Western Districts charts with 909 runs in ten matches in 2017-18 and led the 2018-19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup with 957 runs in ten matches.
WikipediaLowerhouse announced him as their pro for 2020 after he was South Western Districts Player of the Year in 2018-19 and took 6/29 for CIYMS in Belfast.
Lowerhouse CCLiving in the USA since 2021, Washington Freedom says he holds the Minor League Cricket fastest-hundred record (100 in 37 balls) and scored 887 runs and took 28 wickets over two seasons.
Washington FreedomSigned by Washington Freedom in 2023, made runs in the 2024 title run and took a sliding catch in 2025.
3 moments ▾The club's draft review says Freedom picked him alongside Saurabh Netravalkar; the club history places his signing in 2023, Freedom's first season. The page is undated.
WikipediaThe club says he scored 78 runs at a strike rate of 127.86 in the 2024 championship-winning season, with 173 runs at an average of 57.66 across his first two seasons.
Washington FreedomA report dated 18 June 2025 praised his running, sliding catch that sent Alex Hales back in the Freedom v LA Knight Riders game. The match date is not given, so this date is approximate.
Ground NewsScored 139 runs in 2026 and 82 not out off 21 balls in the Canada Super 60 final.
2 moments ▾A stats site gives 12 matches, 139 runs at a strike rate of 151. In the final he made 53 off 24 balls, hitting the first ball of the last over for six before being yorked; no wickets are listed.
statz.aiThis moment is on a cardFan Favorite - Obus PienaarIn WF packs · from $45Playing for Vancouver Anchors, he hit 82 not out off 21 balls with 12 sixes at BC Place, but Toronto Sixers chased 165 to win by five wickets. Exact date is unclear (report dated 5 October).
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