Dieter Klein

Not to be confused with Dieter Klein, an Johnny English character.

Dieter Klein
Personal information
Full name
Dieter Klein
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36)
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 T20I28 July 2023 v Italy
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2015/16North West
2012/13–2013/14Highveld Lions
2016–2021Leicestershire (squad no. 77)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 23 71 36 54
Runs scored 123 1,455 223 203
Batting average 10.25 17.96 13.93 8.82
100s/50s 0/0 0/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 31* 94 46 31*
Balls bowled 528 10,144 1,757 1,048
Wickets 28 225 53 52
Bowling average 19.14 29.44 29.28 23.82
5 wickets in innings 0 10 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0
Best bowling 3/31 8/72 5/35 3/27
Catches/stumpings 8/– 19/– 2/– 17/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 August 2023

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

As Klein holds a German passport, he is not considered an overseas player in English domestic cricket.[2] In February 2019, Klein attended a training camp with the German national cricket team, with a 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]

In September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.[7] In January 2022, he was named in Germany's team for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[8]

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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. 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.
  7. ^ @Cricket_Germany (16 September 2021). "Our squad for the men's T20 World Cup European Finals" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @Cricket_Germany (28 January 2022). "Our 14 man squad for the ICC T0 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Oman from 17-24 February" (Tweet) – via Twitter.