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Francois Haasbroek

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Francois Haasbroek
Personal information
Full name
Daniel Francois Haasbroek
Born (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37)
Piet Retief, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11Free State
2011/12–North West
First-class debut30 September 2010 Free State v Easterns
List A debut3 October 2010 Free State v Easterns
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 11 10
Runs scored 290 67
Batting average 32.22 16.75
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 68 32
Balls bowled 1319 366
Wickets 31 9
Bowling average 19.54 27.55
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5–31 4–20
Catches/stumpings 12/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 March 2012

Daniel Francois Haasbroek (born 26 August 1987) is a former South African professional cricketer who has represented the Free State and North West provincial teams in first-class and List A cricket.[1]

Haasbroek has also played club cricket in England; he assisted Northern in the Liverpool Premier League in 2006 and 2007, and joined Lancashire League team Lowerhouse as the club professional in 2011 until 2013. During these 3 seasons, Lowerhouse won 2 Lancashire League titles, and were runners-up in 2013. The Club also won the Worsley Cup in 2012. In the 2014 season, he played for Finchley in the Middlesex Premier League, followed by a two year spell as Professional for Euxton, in the Ribblesdale League. He settled permanently in Lancashire, marrying a Burnley girl in 2017. He is currently Director of Cricket at Stonyhurst College. Under Lancashire League rules, he was able to regain his " amateur " status in 2018, and has represented Lowerhouse since then, helping them to three more Worsley Cups in 2018,2021 & 2024. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Teams Francois Haasbroek played for". CricketArchive.
  2. ^ Nigel Stockley (18 February 2011). "Haasbroek the man for Lowerhouse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2012.