mathew pillans Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
mathew pillans is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Mathew William Pillans
Born
July 04, 1991, Pretoria, Transvaal
Age
32 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Teams he has played for:
- Dolphins
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland
- Northerns
- Northerns Under-19s
- Somerset 2nd XI
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Mathew Pillans is one of Surrey’s South African exports, and a metronomic right-arm medium pacer with a penchant for bowling McGrath-like tight lines. He is generally used as a first-change option by his captain to stem the run-flow in the middle overs and pick up some valuable wickets when the ball isn’t at its newest. Pillans is also a dogged lower-order batsman capable of a long grind out in the middle.
After a few years with Surrey, in 2017, Pillans was loaned to Leicestershire county, and represented them in the Championship and T20 Blast. The 26-year-old returned to Surrey for the 2018 season. Before that, the Protea who played for the Dolphins initially signed a more lucrative three-year deal for Surrey in 2016. This was one of the initial Kolpak deals attracting more and more South African talent towards professional cricket in the UK, which offers greater financial security for the players. England continues to expand their talent pool in the meanwhile, as Pillans himself confirmed that he was ready to fulfill the 7-year residential requirement and be available for selection in the England cricket team - at the age of 31.
After a difficult initiation to Championship cricket, with 4 matches and 93 overs without a maiden wicket. He did, however, fetch three wickets in the List A format. Last season, he made his case a little stronger in the franchise team, finishing as the seventh-highest wicket-taker overall in the Championship. Despite being the Dolphins’ best bowler at present, reinforced by the ten-for against the Knights, and a statement by Lance Klusener (the Dolphins’ coach) that he was the Dolphins’ workhorse, Pillans has mysteriously struggled to cement his spot in the side.
Written by Rishi Roy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Dolphins fast bowler Mathew Pillans signed a three-year deal for Surrey in 2016, quickening fears that South Africa was suffering a talent drain because of transformation policies and the greater financial rewards available in English professional cricket. Pillans joined Surrey the day after a former South Africa Under-19 player Conor McKerr also made the trip.
Pillans insisted he had ambitions to play for England even though he would be 31 before he had fulfilled the seven-year residential requirement.
His debut season was strikingly unexceptional. He played four Championship matches, bowled 93 overs but was still awaiting his first wicket at the season's end. Three wickets in the limited-overs formats were his only reward.
Pillans was schooled in Pretoria and played for the University of Pretoria team before moving to Kwa-Zulu Natal in 2013, when he could not find a regular place at Northerns. He featured sporadically for the Dolphins but played more regularly in the amateur Kwa-Zulu Natal Inland team in 2015/16. He took nine wickets at 26.33 in two first-class games for the Dolphins.
The previous season, it seemed Pillans had earned the right to a more regular place in the franchise team when he finished as the seventh-highest wicket-taker overall in the first-class competition and as the Dolphins' best performing quick. He took 29 wickets at 23.79, which included a ten-for against the Knights. Lance Klusener, coach of Dolphins at the time, described him as a bowler who could "run in all day for you" but he still found himself on the sidelines.
Used by Surrey primarily as a T20 fill-in, he joined Yorkshire on loan in 2018, ahead of a permanent transfer, to seek further more regular opportunities.
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