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Taita District Cricket Club have pulled off a major recruitment coup having attracted a current South African First Class cricketer - Obus Pienaar, who is moving to Wellington to further his cricketing career. Obus is currently playing first class cricket with the South African province Free State and has also turned out for the franchise team Knights.
His first class statistics suggests that he is a player of high caliber having scored close to 3500 runs in 64 first class matches including 7 hundreds and a career best of 212. He has also picked up 100+ wickets across formats in domestic cricket with his left arm seam bowling.
According to Taita Head Coach Sriram Krishnamurthy, the recruitment of Obus will bolster the club's premier squad and help them push to get back to Pearce Cup - "Obus with his skill set and experience will compliment our young playing squad, who have at various times this season showed us their capabilities to grow into bigger players for the club. He is a seasoned professional and has aspirations to further his cricket in New Zealand, so motivation would never be an issue. We are sure he will be an asset to us at Taita over the coming years and a role model player for our younger ones to follow"
Obus will be arriving in Wellington just prior to the 2016/17 season.
Obus Pienaar | South Africa Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
EDIT: Odd that Cricinfo refers to him as being a right armer, but Taita think he's a left-armer.
Taita District Cricket Club have pulled off a major recruitment coup having attracted a current South African First Class cricketer - Obus Pienaar, who is moving to Wellington to further his cricketing career. Obus is currently playing first class cricket with the South African province Free State and has also turned out for the franchise team Knights.
His first class statistics suggests that he is a player of high caliber having scored close to 3500 runs in 64 first class matches including 7 hundreds and a career best of 212. He has also picked up 100+ wickets across formats in domestic cricket with his left arm seam bowling.
According to Taita Head Coach Sriram Krishnamurthy, the recruitment of Obus will bolster the club's premier squad and help them push to get back to Pearce Cup - "Obus with his skill set and experience will compliment our young playing squad, who have at various times this season showed us their capabilities to grow into bigger players for the club. He is a seasoned professional and has aspirations to further his cricket in New Zealand, so motivation would never be an issue. We are sure he will be an asset to us at Taita over the coming years and a role model player for our younger ones to follow"
Obus will be arriving in Wellington just prior to the 2016/17 season.
Obus Pienaar | South Africa Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
EDIT: Odd that Cricinfo refers to him as being a right armer, but Taita think he's a left-armer.
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