Brandon Glover

Brandon Dale Glover (born 3 April 1997) is a Dutch-South African cricketer who has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2019. He has also played for Boland in South African domestic cricket and for Northamptonshire and Durham in English county cricket. He is a right-arm pace bowler.

Brandon Glover

Personal information
Full name	Brandon Dale Glover
Born	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 27) Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Netherlands (2019–2024)
ODI debut (cap 69)	21 June 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	21 March 2023 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	20
T20I debut (cap 44)	23 June 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	26 August 2024 v Canada
T20I shirt no.	20
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–2019	Boland
2020–2022	Northamptonshire
2023–2024	Durham
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 9 25 10 20 Runs scored 29 6 38 106 Batting average 14.50 2.00 4.22 15.14 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 18 4* 12* 27 Balls bowled 438 491 1,320 853 Wickets 9 37 24 16 Bowling average 49.33 15.27 34.45 57.56 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/43 4/12 4/83 3/43 Catches/stumpings 3/– 5/– 1/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2024

Personal life

Glover was born on 3 April 1997 in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1] He holds a Dutch passport through his Dutch mother. He studied accounting at the University of Stellenbosch.^[2]

Domestic and franchise cricket

Glover made his first-class debut for Boland in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 20 October 2016.^[3] He made his List A debut for Boland in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 26 March 2017.^[4]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[5][6] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[7]

In August 2020, Glover played his first match for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy.^[8]

Glover joined Durham in January 2023^[9][10] but left after only making 10 appearances for the club when his contract expired in October 2024.^[11][12]

International cricket

Glover trained with the Dutch squad prior to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier at the invitation of head coach Ryan Campbell. He subsequently began playing for Voorburg Cricket Club in The Hague.^[2] In March 2019, he was selected in the national training squad,^[13] and in June 2019 he was named in the Netherlands' squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019.^[15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe on 23 June 2019.^[16]

In September 2019, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[17] He was the leading wicket-taker for the Netherlands in the tournament, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches.^[18]

In September 2021, Glover was named in the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[19]

References

1. "Brandon Glover". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
2. Serfontein, Mart-Marie (July 2019). "Brandon Glover is no one's bunny". Die Matie. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
3. "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, Pool B: KwaZulu-Natal Inland v Boland at Pietermaritzburg, Oct 20-22, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
4. "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, Pool B: Boland v Namibia at Paarl, Mar 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
5. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
6. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
8. "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
9. "Quick bowler Brandon Glover joins Durham". Durham County Cricket Club. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
10. "Brandon Glover joins Durham on two-year deal". The Cricketer. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
11. "Durham trio Bushnell, Glover and Gibson to leave". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
12. "Bushnell, Gibson and Glover to depart Durham Cricket". Durham County Cricket Club. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
13. "New spirit Dutch national men's squads". Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
14. "Netherlands vs Zimbabwe: ODI & T20 Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
15. "2nd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Deventer, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
16. "1st T20I, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Rotterdam, Jun 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
17. "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
18. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Netherlands: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
19. "Dutch ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links

• Brandon Glover at ESPNcricinfo