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GC Viljoen[upper-alpha 1] (born 6 March 1989), known as Hardus Viljoen,[2] is a South African professional cricketer. Viljoen played for Lions in domestic cricket and made one Test match appearance for the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
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Full name | GC Viljoen[upper-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Witbank, Transvaal Province, South Africa | 6 March 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 325) | 14 January 2016 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09–2011/12 | Easterns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009/10–2011/12 | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2017/18 | Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Multan Sultans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Chittagong Vikings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Kings XI Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Kent (squad no. 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Paarl Rocks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 September 2019 |
Viljoen was called up to the South African squad for the first time on the last day of 2015 as cover for Kyle Abbott.[3] He made his Test debut on 14 January 2016 against England,[4] taking the wicket of England captain Alastair Cook with his first ball in Test cricket, the 20th player to achieve this feat.[5]
Viljoen joined Kent County Cricket Club for a short spell in English county cricket in August 2016, playing in the final four matches of the 2016 County Championship season.[6] He made his County Championship debut on 23 August against Gloucestershire at Bristol, taking five wickets on the first day of the match.[7] At the end of the season Kent made a contract offer to Viljoen but were unwilling to match a more lucrative offer made by Derbyshire who signed the player on a three-year Kolpak contract in December 2016.[8] After playing for the county for two seasons the contract was terminated "by mutual consent"[9] in January 2019, with Viljoen signing in June to play for Kent in the 2019 t20 Blast.[10]
In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[11][12] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[13][14] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[15]
In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[16] In April 2021, he was named in Boland's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[17] In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[18]
In December 2019, he married Rhemi Rynners, the sister of South African international cricketer Faf du Plessis.[19]
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