Wihan Lubbe

Wihan Johannes Lubbe (born 22 November 1992) is a South African first-class cricketer.[1] He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[4]

Wihan Johannes Lubbe
Personal information
Born (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992
Pretoria, South Africa
BattingLeft Handed
BowlingRight arm Off Break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018-presentJozi Stars
Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2015

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] On 15 September 2018, he scored his first T20 century, against Limpopo, in Group D of the tournament.[7] He only took 33 balls to reach 100 runs, making it the third fastest T20 century ever.[8] Lubbe was the leading run-scorer for North West in the tournament, with 173 runs in five matches.[9]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10] Later the same month, he was named as the captain of North West's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[11] In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[12]

References
  1. "Wihan Lubbe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "bizhub Highveld Lions' Squad Boasts Full Arsenal of Players". Highveld Lions. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. "North West Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  7. "Lubbe hits century but Northern Cape edge towards semi". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. "Records | Twenty20 matches | Batting records | Fastest hundreds | ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - North West: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "North West Cricket squad for the Provincial T20". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. "Erwee scores century as Dolphins outplay Lions". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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