Friedel de Wet
Encyclopedia
Friedel de Wet is a South African first-class
and Test
cricket
er.
He was educated at the University of Technology in Pretoria. He has represented the UCBSA National Academy, Titans
, Lions
, North West
and the Northerns
as a right-handed batsman
and a right-arm fast-medium bowler
. He took 48 wickets at 22.00 for the Lions in 2006–07.
He toured India with the South Africa 'A' party in 2007–08 and signed for Middlesex
as a Kolpak registration for the 2008 season
. On 5th January 2011 it was announced that he will play for Hampshire
as a Kolpak registration for the 2011 season
. He also had a spell in Lancashire league cricket with Chorley CC in 2008 taking 56 wickets at an average of just over 13.
was injured just before the first Test, de Wet was given his debut. He made 20 runs in his first Test innings and took the wicket of Alastair Cook
.
in England's first innings. He took four further wickets in the second innings, three of them coming with the second new ball in the final hour of the game as South Africa almost engineered a victory, England eventually holding on to draw with nine wickets down.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er.
He was educated at the University of Technology in Pretoria. He has represented the UCBSA National Academy, Titans
Titans cricket team
The Nashua Titans is the name used by the combined Easterns and Northerns first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Titans are at SuperSport Park, Centurion and Willowmoore Park, Benoni...
, Lions
Highveld Lions cricket team
The Highveld Lions is the name used by the combined Gauteng and North West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues are the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and Senwes Park in Potchefstroom....
, North West
North West cricket team
North West cricket team plays first-class cricket in South Africa.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, North West has merged with Gauteng North West cricket team (formerly Western Transvaal cricket team) plays first-class cricket in South Africa.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series,...
and the Northerns
Northerns cricket team
Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937....
as a right-handed batsman
Batting (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...
and a right-arm fast-medium bowler
Bowling (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...
. He took 48 wickets at 22.00 for the Lions in 2006–07.
He toured India with the South Africa 'A' party in 2007–08 and signed for Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
as a Kolpak registration for the 2008 season
2008 English cricket season
The 2008 season of England's county cricket saw the four regular tournaments played: The LV County Championship , Friends Provident Trophy , NatWest Pro40 League and the Twenty20 Cup...
. On 5th January 2011 it was announced that he will play for Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
as a Kolpak registration for the 2011 season
2011 English cricket season
The 2011 English cricket season began on 2 April with a round of university matches, and will continue until the final of the Clydesdale Bank 40 on 17 September. Three major domestic competitions are contested: the 2011 County Championship, the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 and the 2011 Friends Life t20...
. He also had a spell in Lancashire league cricket with Chorley CC in 2008 taking 56 wickets at an average of just over 13.
International career
In December 2009, he received "an unexpected call-up" to South Africa's Test squad for the series against England. When Dale SteynDale Steyn
Dale Willem Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. He is currently the number one ranked Test bowler in the world and achieved the 900+ points benchmark on 13th Nov 2011. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Cape Cobras...
was injured just before the first Test, de Wet was given his debut. He made 20 runs in his first Test innings and took the wicket of Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook
Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...
.
in England's first innings. He took four further wickets in the second innings, three of them coming with the second new ball in the final hour of the game as South Africa almost engineered a victory, England eventually holding on to draw with nine wickets down.