Western Province Cricket Club seamer Ryan Klein took a hat-trick for the Netherlands XI in a key European Cricket Championship fixture against Austria in Spain recently.
Klein completed figures of three for 14 in two overs, as the Dutch defeated the Austrians by 90 runs.
Klein debuted for Nerthlands A recently. He, however, was not named in the Netherlands’ squad for this year’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
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Sharn Gomes plays Portugal
Former Montrose Cricket Club, University of the Western Cape Cricket Club and Milnerton Cricket Club batsman Sharn Gomes played for Portugal at this year’s European Cricket Championship.
Gomes was the ongoing tournament’s leading run-scorer at the time of writing. He had struck 349 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 192.81 and an average of 58.16.
He hit four half-centuries – against Austria, Hungary, Romania and the Netherlands XI.