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South African cricketer (born 1986)

Eddie Leie

Personal information
Born (1986-11-16) 16 November 1986 (age 38)Potchefstroom, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg break
Role Bowler
International information
National side South Africa
T20I debut 7 July 2015 v Bangladesh
Last T20I 16 August 2015 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004/05–2016/17 Gauteng
2011/12–2016/17 Lions
2015, 2017 St Lucia Stars
2016/17 Cape Cobras
2017/18–2018/19 Knights
2017/18–2018/19 Free State
2018 Jozi Stars
2019/20 Central Gauteng
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 2 72 81 77 Runs scored – 564 194 32 Batting average – 11.05 9.70 4.57 100s/50s – 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score – 58 18 10* Balls bowled 36 10,674 3,319 1,482 Wickets 4 227 99 73 Bowling average 12.00 29.63 29.92 24.84 5 wickets in innings 0 11 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0 Best bowling 3/16 6/50 5/30 5/15 Catches/stumpings 0/– 20/– 11/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 December 2022

Eddie Leie (born 16 November 1986) is a South African former cricketer who played as a leg break bowler and right-handed batter. He has played for the South Africa A cricket team and was awarded a High Performance contract by Cricket South Africa in 2015.[1] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[2] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Free State's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[4] The following month, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[5][6] In September 2019, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[7]

International career

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He made his Twenty20 International debut against Bangladesh on 7 July 2015. He took 3 wickets for 16 runs in the debut match and won the man of the match award.[8]

  1. ^ "Kagiso Rabada handed CSA contract". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Free State Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Pongolo to captain the CGL". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ "South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 2nd T20I: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Jul 7, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.