shaun von berg Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
shaun von berg is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Shaun von Berg
Born
September 16, 1986, Pretoria, Transvaal
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Playing Role
Bowling Allrounder
Teams he has played for:
- Boland
- Northerns
- Northerns Invitation XI
- Pretoria Capitals
- Titans
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Year 2018 proved to be a fruitful year for Shaun von Berg as he represented the touring South Africans and South Africa A against Sri Lanka Board XI and India A respectively. It was because of his dependable domestic performances that the leg-spinner earned a place in the South Africa A team, in spite of him being 31. For his ability to take wickets and strike regularly in domestic cricket, von Berg was also included in South Africa's Test squad to tour Sri Lanka. However, the leggie didn't get a chance to make his Test debut as Keshav Maharaj was picked over him. von Berg's team-mates at Titans rate him very high for his consistency and control on his spin. For wrist spinners it's always difficult but when it comes to Shaun, his stock delivery (legbreak) is his chief weapon.
With nearly 350 first-class wickets and 5 centuries, Shaun von Berg has great potential to make his Test debut but the presence of other abiding performers might make it difficult for him to get that opportunity he's waited for.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A burly legspinner and big-hitting lower-order batsman with a sound temperament, Shaun von Berg bided his time at Northerns and played 96 first-class matches before he earned a call-up to the national squad. At the domestic level, von Berg had to compete with the likes of left-arm wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi for a place in the Titans XI and found himself between the provincial and franchise structures, but when he was given an opportunity, he usually took it.
Von Berg was crucial to the Titans' first-class competition victories in 2016-17, where he was the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the tournament despite playing in only half the matches. Von Berg took 32 wickets at 18.93 in that tournament. He featured in South Africa's spin-bowling camps to India in April-May 2018 and for the A side. After finishing as the third-highest wicket-taker in the first-class competition in 2017-18, von Berg was included in South Africa's Test squad to tour Sri Lanka in July 2018.
Firdose Moonda