Dieter Klein

Dieter Klein (born 31 October 1988) is a South African born German cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.[1] Primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler, he also bats right handed.

Dieter Klein
Personal information
Full nameDieter Klein
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988
Lichtenburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 21)8 March 2020 v Spain
Last T20I8 March 2020 v Spain
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2015/16North West
2012/13–2013/14Highveld Lions
2016–presentLeicestershire (squad no. 77)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 66 33 30
Runs scored 48 1,411 206 128
Batting average – 18.81 13.73 11.63
100s/50s 0/0 0/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 31* 94 46 31*
Balls bowled 48 9,623 1,577 508
Wickets 2 217 49 24
Bowling average 20.50 28.81 27.91 28.25
5 wickets in innings 0 10 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/12 8/72 5/35 3/27
Catches/stumpings 0/– 19/– 1/– 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 13 August 2020

As he holds a German passport, he is not considered as an overseas player in English domestic cricket.[2] In February 2019, Klein attended a training camp with the German national cricket team, with the view to help Germany qualify via the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier group for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup.[3] In May 2019, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[4][5] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Spain on 8 March 2020.[6]

References
  1. "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. Dieter Klein, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  3. "Ich bin ein Berliner". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "1st T20I, Germany tour of Spain at Almeria, Mar 8 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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