Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock

De Kock training with South Africa in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	South Africa (2012–present)
Test debut (cap 317)	20 February 2014 v Australia
Last Test	26 December 2021 v India
ODI debut (cap 105)	19 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI	16 November 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	12
T20I debut (cap 54)	21 December 2012 v New Zealand
Last T20I	28 March 2023 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	12
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10–2011/12	Gauteng
2010/11–2014/15	Lions
2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2014–2016	Delhi Daredevils
2015/16–2017/18	Easterns
2015/16–2020/21	Titans
2018	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2018–2019	Cape Town Blitz
2019–2021	Mumbai Indians
2021/22	Northerns
2022–	Lucknow Super Giants
2022	Barbados Royals
2023–	Durban's Super Giants
2023/24	Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 54 155 86 84 Runs scored 3,300 6,770 2,379 5,463 Batting average 38.82 45.74 31.30 41.38 100s/50s 6/22 21/30 1/14 12/36 Top score 141* 178 100 194 Catches/stumpings 221/11 209/17 60/17 323/16
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2024

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December 1992) is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in T20 International, Titans at the domestic level, and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.^[1] He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.^[2] Considered as one of the best wicket keeper batsmen of his generation. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season. He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL)..He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.

De Kock made his international debut in the first match of South Africa's home Twenty20 International series against the touring New Zealanders during the 2012/13 season. He was asked to keep wickets in place of AB de Villiers, who asked to be rested. He has since played regularly for the team at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level. In February 2014, he also made his Test debut for South Africa, playing solely as a batsman.

By his 20th ODI match, De Kock had already scored five centuries. He became the fourth player to score three successive one-day centuries and the second player to score four ODI centuries before his 21st birthday.^[3] In his 74th ODI, against Sri Lanka on 10 February 2017, he became the fastest player to complete 12 ODI hundreds, bettering Hashim Amla, who had achieved the landmark in 81 innings.

Before joining the Titans in 2015, de Kock played domestic cricket for Gauteng and the Highveld Lions. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Mumbai Indians. Although he opens the batting in One Day International and T20 cricket, he primarily bats in the middle order in Test cricket. In July 2020, he was named South Africa's Men's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.^[4] In December 2020, in the series against Sri Lanka, de Kock captained South Africa for the first time in Test cricket.^[5]