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Quinton de Kock

South African cricketer (Born: )

In this article, the surname is de Kock, not Kock.

Quinton de Kock (born 17 December ) 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 Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.[1] He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 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 / 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) 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 /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 , 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 , 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 , 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 , he was named South Africa's Men's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[4] In December , in the series against Sri Lanka, de Kock captained South Africa for the first time in Test cricket.[5]

Early career

De Kock attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. He was spotted as a schoolboy talent and used to play for the affiliate club Old Eds.[6] In the ICC Under Cricket World Cup, he scored 95 off balls in South Africa's first match against Bangladesh, which the team won by runs.[7] In the second match against Namibia, he scored off balls, with South Africa winning again, by runs.[8] In the quarter-final match against England, de Kock scored only 7 runs, but performed well as wicket-keeper, recording five dismissals (two stumpings and three catches).[9] Overall, de Kock scored runs throughout the tournament, ranking fourth for the tournament.[10]

Domestic and franchise career

From Johannesburg, De Kock debuted for Gauteng's senior team during the –10 season, aged 16, and subsequently represented the national under team at the Under World Cup. In April , he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the –22 cricket season in South Africa.[11]

In the domestic twenty20 tournament in South Africa, De Kock played several good knocks to take his team Highveld Lions to the final where they won, eventually becoming the season dalla champions. On 18 February , in the same tournament against Cape Cobras he hit the second highest T20 score of in South Africa. His knock of is also the highest T20 score ever made by a wicketkeeper batsman in an innings ().[12][13]

In de Kock was bought by Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad in the player auction,[14] but had a disappointing tournament featuring three times and scoring only six runs.[15] He signed for Delhi Daredevils for the tournament,[16] going on to play for the side until and scoring a century in [17] He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in auction and played for Mumbai Indians in the season. He was the team's highest run scorer during their championship winning season.[18] In , he was drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[19] He was second highest run scorer for Southern Brave, scoring runs in 9 matches.

In the IPL auction, de Kock was bought by Lucknow Super Giants.[20] He scored his second IPL century on 18 May against the Kolkata Knight riders, with runs in 70 balls. In April , he was bought by the Southern Brave for the season of The Hundred in England.[21]

In November , de Kock was included in the Pakistan Super League draft.[22][23] He was drafted by Melbourne Renegades for Big Bash League for the first time. He also played for Delhi Bulls in T10 format.

In November , he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL auction.[24]

International career

ODI cricket

De Kock represented South Africa for the first time, at T20 level, on 21 December against New Zealand. While South Africa crushed New Zealand and got them all out for only 86, the hosts chased it down easily with 8 wickets still remaining. De Kock made an impression on his first appearance by scoring an unbeaten 28 off 23 while chasing. He also kept wicket and gloved two catches.[25] De Kock made his debut for the South African ODI side on 19 January , against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium, Paarl, South Africa.[26] It was reported that he was training and grooming under veteran retired South African wicket-keeper batsman Mark Boucher ahead of the ODI series against New Zealand.[27] He was promoted to the opening batting spot from his second match onwards with Graeme Smith in his debut series.[28]

In November , De Kock was selected in the first XI of South Africa against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, in place of Colin Ingram. De Kock scored a match winning off balls on a tough batting track in Abu Dhabi in the fourth ODI to reach his maiden ODI century. South Africa won the ODI series 4–1. They also played two T20 games against Pakistan. De Kock scored 48 not out in the first match while chasing and took them home. They won that T20 series too by 2–0.[29]

On 5 December , De Kock scored against India at his home ground in Johannesburg. His innings guided the team to a run victory over India and he was awarded his first-ever 'Man of the Match' award in One Day International cricket.[30] He followed his performance with another successive ODI ton in the next match against the same team in Durban. He scored runs making a record-breaking opening stand of in Durban with teammate Hashim Amla who also scored a century in the same match.[31] This performance awarded him another 'Man of the Match' award while they already won the series beating India by runs. He again broke a century knock of in the 3rd ODI which was later abandoned due to rain, but he became only the fifth person to achieve this feat of three consecutive centuries in One Day Internationals, after Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers. He also became the highest run-getter ever in a three-match bilateral ODI series, breaking the previous record of Martin Guptill. Meanwhile, he was awarded the 'Man of the Series'.[32]

De Kock scored his 5th ODI century knock of against Sri Lanka to record their first-ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka. He also scored his maiden test fifty in the series.

In the 3-match tour to Zimbabwe in August, , De Kock eventually became the joint quickest batsman to reach runs in ODI cricket sharing the record with Viv Richards, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen. He reached the milestone in 21 innings.[33] He was also awarded the 'Player of the Series' in that tournament where South Africa beat Zimbabwe 3–0.[34]

For his performances in , De Kock was named in the World ODI XI by ICC.[35] He was also named as wicket keeper of the ODI XI in by ICC and ESPNcricinfo.[36][37] de Kock was named in South Africa's squad for the Cricket World Cup and it also marked his maiden appearance in a World Cup tournament. He endured a poor outing at his debut World Cup campaign aggregating only runs in 8 matches at dismal average of and coped up with criticism for his horrible batting display.[38]

In the ODI series against Bangladesh in , De Kock along with Hashim Amla set the highest record ODI runstand for South Africa with an unbeaten partnership of runs. This is also the highest-ever partnership in One-Day Internationals without losing any wickets.[39] For his performances in , he was named as wicket keeper of the World ODI XI by ICC.[40]

In April , he was named in South Africa's squad for the Cricket World Cup.[41][42] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named de Kock as the key player of South Africa's squad for the tournament.[43] In the opening match of the World Cup against England, he scored He ultimately finished with runs from 8 matches, including three half centuries and his performance at World Cup was far better than his appearance at the previous World Cup edition in

On 4 February , during the home ODI series against England De Kock scored his 15th ODI century and became joint second fastest South African to reach 5, ODI runs.[44] In the same match he also became only the second wicket keeper opening batsman after Adam Gilchrist while captaining the side to score a century in ODIs.[45]

Cricket World Cup

Prior to the start of the Cricket World Cup, de Kock announced that he would retire from the ODI format following the end of the World Cup.[46][47][48][49] Quinton de Kock started the World Cup on a strong note by hammering his first ever World Cup century during South Africa's opening match against Sri Lanka at Delhi which was held on 7 October [50] He scored off just 84 deliveries against Sri Lanka and his knock included 12 fours and three sixes.[51] He was one of three centurions for South Africa in their opening fixture against Sri Lanka and South Africa cruised to the highest ever team total scored by a team in World Cup history by smashing /5 in their allocated 50 overs. Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram became the first trio of batters to score centuries for a team in a World Cup match.[52][53] During his marathon knock against Sri Lanka, he set the record for having the scored most ODI centuries by a player (17) before scoring his first ever World Cup century.[54]

He scored his second consecutive World Cup century in South Africa's second group stage fixture against Australia and his knock at relatively slow outfield in Lucknow propelled South Africa to /7 runs on the board before restricting Australia to all out to seal the deal and de Kock received the Player of the Match Award for his splendid knock of which came off just deliveries.[55][56][57] He became only the second South African to score back-to-back centuries in a single edition of the World Cup after AB de Villiers's feat at the World Cup.[58][59]

He made his th ODI appearance during South Africa's group stage match against Bangladesh at Mumbai and he smashed his career best knock of which came off just deliveries and it was also de Kock's third century at the World Cup in five innings.[60][61][62] It was his 20th century in his ODI career and his knock propelled South Africa to /5 in 50 overs before restricting Bangladesh to [63][64] He also broke the record of Adam Gilchrist for registering the highest ever individual score by a designated specialist wicket-keeper batsman in a World Cup match as the latter's which came at World Cup final stood as the record for 16 years.[65] He also became the first designated wicket-keeper batter to have scored or more in an ODI on three occasions and also set the record for the most scores by a designated keeper in ODI cricket (3).[66][67] He also became the first South African batsman to score three centuries in a single edition of the World Cup when he reached to the milestone against Bangladesh.[68][69] His knock of against Bangladesh was also the second highest individual score for South Africa in Cricket World Cup history behind Gary Kirsten's unbeaten which came during the Cricket World Cup.[38]

He scored his fourth World Cup century during the group stage match against New Zealand at Pune.[70][71] His innings of propelled South Africa to /4 in their allotted 50 overs and South Africa won the game comfortably by runs.[72][73] de Kock also became the first South African batter to score runs or more in a single edition of the World Cup and he also surpassed Jacques Kallis's record of runs () to become the most prolific runscorer for South Africa in a single edition of the World Cup.[74] de Kock also became the first batsman to reach runs during the World Cup global showpiece.[75][76] He also became only the third player in Cricket World Cup history to score four centuries in a single edition of a World Cup after Kumar Sangakkara and Rohit Sharma.[77][78][79]

He effected six dismissals as wicket-keeper in group stage match against South Africa and all six of the dismissals were catches. He eventually set the record for joint-most dismissals by a designated wicket-keeper in a World Cup game. He became only the third wicket-keeper to effect in 6 dismissals in a single World Cup match after Adam Gilchrist and Sarfaraz Ahmed.[80][81] He also became only the second wicket-keeper to effect in six dismissals in ODI history on two occasions after Adam Gilchrist.

Test cricket

In February , de Kock made his Test debut for South Africa, scoring seven runs in the first innings and 34 runs in the second innings against Australia at St George's Oval in Port Elizabeth.[82]

In January , when South Africa was losing the home Test series against England, De Kock was recalled to the Test side for the second Test, taking the keeper's gloves from AB de Villiers, but failed to deliver. He was replaced by Dane Vilas at the 11th hour before the third Test, after a freak injury he picked up at home the afternoon before. He was again selected for the fourth and the final Test and scored his debut Test century with a score of not out in the first innings coming to bat at number seven.[83] In the tour, De Kock reached a milestone as the fastest to reach 10 ODI centuries. He completed his 10th century in his 55th match.[84] In their 3rd test against Pakistan he made his same score of in their 2nd innings in

On 22 July during the second test match against Sri Lanka, he went on to become the fastest wicketkeeper in terms of matches (35) to take test dismissals. On 27 January during the fourth test match against England, he broke the record for the fastest wicketkeeper to effect dismissals (47).[44]

On 12 June , Quinton de Kock joined Mark Boucher in 3, runs in Test cricket as a wicketkeeper for South Africa club during his career-best not-out against West Indies.[85]

On 30 December , De Kock announced his retirement from Test cricket.[86]

T20I cricket

In March , South Africa played a 3-match Twenty20 series against Australia. De Kock was named the 'Player of the Series' in the tournament although South Africa lost the series by 0–2.[87] In – season de Kock was brilliant in this format scoring 4 half centuries. In September , De Kock was named in South Africa's squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[88]

In October , during the Men's T20 World Cup, de Kock made himself unavailable for South Africa's match against West Indies after refusing to take the knee.[89] Following the match, he apologised saying he would take the knee and wanted to play for his country again.[90] De Kock explained that he had originally decided not to take the knee because of the way in which Cricket South Africa had handled the issue by mandating that all players take the knee shortly before the match against the West Indies.[91] However, he returned to the side for South Africa's next match, against Sri Lanka, and took the knee before the start of play.[92]

On 26 March , in the second T20I against the West Indies, he scored his maiden century in T20I cricket.[93] He completed his half-century in just 15 balls, recording the fastest fifty by a South African cricketer.[94]

Cricket World Cup

In May , he was named in South Africa’s squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. After a slow start to the tournament, his blistering knock of 74 from just 40 deliveries[95] against the United States in the Super 8 stage propelled South Africa to /4 in 20 overs. The Proteas won that match by 18 runs, restricting the co-hosts to /6.[96]

He scored his second consecutive 50 in the Super 8, smashing 65(38) against England, taking his side to /6. South Africa held their nerve, winning by 7 runs. South Africa reached their first ever World Cup Final, beating Afghanistan in the semi final.

De Kock scored 39(31) in the final as the Proteas fell 7 runs short against India, scoring /8 in response to India's /7.

Personal life

De Kock married his girlfriend, Sasha Hurly, in September [97] They have a daughter, born in January [98]

Records and achievements

Milestones

  • Fastest South African to reach 1, ODI runs.[99]
  • Fastest wicketkeeper, in terms of matches (35), to make Test dismissals.[]
  • Fastest wicketkeeper, in terms of matches, to complete dismissals in Tests (47) beating the previous record held by Adam Gilchrist.[44]
  • Fastest South African to score a T20I half century (15 balls).[]

International centuries

Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Quinton de Kock

As of November&#;[update], de Kock has scored 6 Test centuries, 21 ODI centuries and one T20I century, totalling 28 centuries in his international career.

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