Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock
De Kock training with South Africa in 2014
Personal information
Born (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 317)20 February 2014 v Australia
Last Test26 December 2021 v India
ODI debut (cap 105)19 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI16 November 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.12
T20I debut (cap 54)21 December 2012 v New Zealand
Last T20I29 June 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.12
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2011/12Gauteng
2010/11–2014/15Lions
2013Sunrisers Hyderabad
2014–2016Delhi Daredevils
2015/16–2017/18Easterns
2015/16–2020/21Titans
2018Royal Challengers Bangalore
2018–2019Cape Town Blitz
2019–2021Mumbai Indians
2021/22Northerns
2022–Lucknow Super Giants
2022Barbados Royals
2023–Durban's Super Giants
2023/24Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 54 155 92 84
Runs scored 3,300 6,770 2,584 5,463
Batting average 38.82 45.74 31.51 41.38
100s/50s 6/22 21/30 1/16 12/36
Top score 141* 178 100 194
Catches/stumpings 221/11 209/17 84/18 323/16
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  South Africa
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2024 West Indies & USA
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 June 2024

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in T20 International, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.[1] He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.[2] Considered as one of the best wicket keeper batsmen of his generation. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season. He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL)..He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.

De Kock made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season. He was asked to keep wickets in place of AB de Villiers, who asked to be rested. He has since played regularly for the team at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level. In February 2014, he also made his Test debut for South Africa, playing solely as a batsman.

By his 20th ODI match, De Kock had already scored five centuries. He became the fourth player to score three successive one-day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday.[3] In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.

Before joining the Titans in 2015, de Kock played domestic cricket for Gauteng and the Highveld Lions. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Mumbai Indians. Although he opens the batting in One Day International and T20 cricket, he primarily bats in the middle order in Test cricket. In July 2020, he was named South Africa's Men's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[4] In December 2020, in the series against Sri Lanka, de Kock captained South Africa for the first time in Test cricket.[5]

  1. ^ "De Kock named as Proteas ODI captain". Supersport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards". ESPNcricinfo. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ^ "ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP TOP TEN: DEBUTANTS". Icc-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Armed with a stronger seam attack, Sri Lanka look to beat the odds again". ESPNcricinfo. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.