Tim Groenewald
Timothy Duncan Groenewald (born 10 January 1984) is an English-South African professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who signed for Kent County Cricket Club, an English cricket club, at the end of the 2019 season, having previously played for Somerset. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa but holds a British passport through his mother and therefore plays as a domestic player in county cricket.[1]
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| Full name | Timothy Duncan Groenewald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1984 Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2008 | Warwickshire (squad no. 14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Derbyshire (squad no. 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Somerset (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Somerset (squad no. 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Kent (squad no. 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 15 April 2006 Warwickshire v Cambridge UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 30 April 2006 Warwickshire v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 9 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Groenewald first played for Warwickshire's Second XI in the 2004 season, as a 20-year-old. After one further season as a Second XI bowler, including a run to the Semi-final of the Second XI Trophy of 2005, Groenewald made his County Championship debut in April 2006, in which he picked up two wickets. He continued to play for the first team on a semi-regular basis, and was part of the Warwickshire team which played host to the touring West Indies A cricket team in July/August 2006.[2]
Groenewald was part of the Warwickshire team which won the Second XI Trophy in the 2006 season. He is a lower-order/tailend batsman. He signed for Derbyshire in October 2008 after his Warwickshire contract was cancelled by mutual consent.
He enjoyed a good first season with Derbyshire in 2009, taking 34 first-class wickets and was rewarded with a new contract which was to see him through to the end of the 2010 season.[3]
On 20 June 2014, Somerset announced the signing of Groenewald on loan for the remainder of the season and at the end of which he signed a three-year permanent contract.[4]
On 27 September 2019, it was announced that Groenewald had signed a two-year contract with Kent.[5]
References
- Groenewald to move to Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- Tim Groenewald, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- "New Contracts For Derbyshire Trio". Cricketworld.com. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- "Tim Groenewald joins Somerset". Somerset County Cricket Club. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- Tim Groenewald: Seamer leaves Somerset to join Kent on two-year deal, BBC Sport, 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-09-27.