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Grove Venter
Personal information
Full name
Grove Anton Venter
Born (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
NicknameGroovy
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–KwaZulu-Natal
First-class debut10 October 2013 KwaZulu-Natal v Namibia
List A debut29 September 2013 KwaZulu-Natal v Griqualand West
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 6 5 2
Runs scored 55 76 26
Batting average 5.50 25.33 13.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 26 54* 19
Catches/stumpings 8/0 3/1 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 26 August 2014

Grove Anton Venter (born 14 April 1993) is a South African first-class cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper/batsman for the KwaZulu-Natal provincial side. He made his debut for the team against Griqualand West on 29 September 2013 in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition; he took one catch to dismiss Kagiso Mohale off the bowling of Daryn Dupavillon and was unbeaten on 5 runs as KwaZulu-Natal recorded a three-wicket victory.[1] His first-class debut came 11 days later against Namibia; he took two catches for the first two Namibian wickets, but scored just one run in each innings as Namibia won by an innings and 94 runs.[2] His top scores in both List A and first-class cricket came in successive games, first scoring 54 not out in a 129-run victory over Easterns in the one-day competition on 24 November 2013,[3] before hitting 26 in the first innings of a drawn match against North West on 12–14 December 2013.[4]

Before breaking into the KwaZulu-Natal senior side, Venter spent a season with St Asaph in the North Wales Premier Cricket League, scoring 900 runs in 18 innings at an average of 60.00 with a high score of 155 not out at home to Northop on 26 May 2012.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal at Kimberley, Sep 29, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Namibia v KwaZulu-Natal at Windhoek, Oct 10-11, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Easterns v KwaZulu-Natal at Benoni, Nov 24, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ^ "North West v KwaZulu-Natal at Potchefstroom, Dec 12-14, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ^ "St Asaph CC - Player Grove Venter". stasaph.play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ^ "St Asaph CC - 1st XI Vs Northop CC - 1st XI". stasaph.play-cricket.com. England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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