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| Full name | Quinton de Kock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1992 Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batsman, Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 105) | 19 January 2013 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 December 2013 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 54) | 21 December 2012 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 22 November 2013 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Lions (squad no. 12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal Life[edit]
De Kock attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, the same school where Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie had also studied before. He was spotted as a schoolboy talent and used to play for the affiliate club Old Eds.[2]
Early emerging career[edit]
2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup[edit]
In 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he scored 95 off 131 balls in their first campaign against Bangladesh in the match they won by 133 runs.[3] In the second match against Namibia, he scored 126 off 106 balls and they won it also by a massive 209 runs.[4] In the quarter-final match against England, although de Kock scored only 7 runs, but performed well standing behind the wickets with 5 dismissals (2 stumpings, 3 catches). They won the match by 103 runs.[5] de Kock also scored 50 during the 3rd place match of the tournament against New Zealand where they won by 8 wickets and emerged as the 3rd placed team in the tournament.[6][7] He scored total 284 runs throughout the tournament and became the fourth highest run-getter there.
2012 Champions League Twenty20[edit]
De Kock came to the spotlight after scoring 51 not out off 33 balls in their first match for South African Highveld Lions against Mumbai Indians in Champions League Twenty20, 2012 in Johannesburg. While chasing 158, after an early breakdown, he along with the experienced Neil McKenzie took the team home.[8] Although he failed to keep this consistency in the remaining matches, he came to the spotlight after this tournament.
International debut[edit]
De Kock represented South Africa for the first time, at T20 level, on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. While South Africa crushed New Zealand and got them all out for only 86, the hosts chased it down easily with 8 wickets still remaining. De Kock made an impression on his first appearance by scoring an unbeaten 28 off 23 while chasing. He also kept wicket and gloved two catches.[9] De Kock made his debut for the South African ODI side on 19 January 2013, against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium, Paarl, South Africa.[10] It was reported that he was training and grooming under veteran retired South African wicket-keeper batsman Mark Boucherahead of the ODI series against New Zealand.[11] He was promoted to the opening batting spot from his second match onwards withGraeme Smith in his debut series.[12]
2013 Ram Slam Twenty20 Season[edit]
In 2013 Ram Slam Twenty20 tournament, the domestic twenty20 tournament in South Africa, De Kock scored several good knocks to take his team Highveld Lions to the final where they won, eventually becoming the season champions. On 18 February 2013, in the same tournament against Cape Cobras he hit the second highest T20 score of 126 in South Africa.[13]
Indian Premier League[edit]
De Kock was bought for $20,000 by IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL players' auction on 3 February 2013 to play for the 2013 IPL Season.[14] But he failed to impress in IPL-6 when he got chances in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad.
2013 Champions League Twenty20[edit]
In 2013 CLT20 which was hosted in India, de Kock scored 109 not out off 63 balls against Otago Volts in Jaipur, Rajasthan.[15]
2013 UAE Tour Versus Pakistan[edit]
In November 2013, he was selected in the first XI of South Africa against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in place of Colin Ingramwho was dropped for going through a bad form. De Kock scored a match winning 112 off 135 balls on a tough batting track in Abu Dhabi in the fourth ODI to reach his maiden One Day International century. South Africa won the ODI series 4-1. They also played two T20 games against Pakistan. De Kock scored 48 not out in the first match while chasing and took them home. They won that T20 series too by 2-0.[16]
Breakthrough in ODIs[edit]
2013 ODI Series Against India[edit]
On 5 December 2013, De Kock scored 135 against India at his home ground in Johannesburg. His innings guided the team to a 141-run victory over India and he was awarded his first ever 'Man of the Match' award in One Day International cricket.[17] He followed his performance with another successive ODI ton in the next match against the same team in Durban. He scored 106 runs making a record-breaking opening stand of 194 in Durban with fellow team-mate Hashim Amla who also scored a century in the same match.[18]This performance awarded him another 'Man of the Match' award while they already won the series beating India by 134 runs. He again broke a century knock of 101 in the 3rd ODI which was later abandoned due to rain, but he became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers. He also became the highest run-getter ever in a three-match bilateral ODI series, breaking the previous record of Martin Guptill. Meanwhile he was awarded the 'Man of the Series'.[19]
List of Centuries of Quinton De Kock[edit]
One Day International Centuries[edit]
| S No | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Against | Venue | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 135 | 9 | 1 |  Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE | 8 November 2013 | Won by 28 runs[20] |
| 2 | 135 | 121 | 18 | 3 |  India | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg,South Africa | 5 December 2013 | Won by 141 runs [21] |
| 3 | 106 | 118 | 9 | 0 | India | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban,South Africa | 8 December 2013 | Won by 134 runs[22] |
| 4 | 101 | 120 | 9 | 2 | India | SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa | 11 December 2013 | No Result (rain)[23] |
Twenty20 Centuries[edit]
| S No | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | For | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 126* | 69 | 13 | 6 | Highveld Lions | Cape Cobras | Potchefstroom | 17 February 2013[24] |
| 2 | 109* | 63 | 10 | 5 | Highveld Lions | Otago Volts | Jaipur | 29 September 2013[25] |
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