Janneman Malan
Personal information
Full name
Janneman Nieuwoudt Malan
Born (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 27)
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatter
RelationsAndre Malan (brother)
Pieter Malan (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 137)29 February 2020 v Australia
Last ODI11 October 2022 v India
ODI shirt no.82
T20I debut (cap 79)3 February 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I22 July 2021 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–2017/18North West
2017/18Lions
2018/19Western Province
2018/19–2020/21Cape Cobras
2018–2019Cape Town Blitz
2021/22–presentBoland
2023Joburg Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20I
Matches 23 57 97 11
Runs scored 958 3974 3892 241
Batting average 47.9 43.19 44.22 21.9
100s/50s 3/4 13/15 8/25 0/1
Top score 177* 208* 177* 55
Catches/stumpings 11/0 64/0 49/0 3/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 January 2024

Janneman Nieuwoudt Malan (born 18 April 1996) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2019.[1]

Domestic and T20 career

Malan was included in the North West squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Bloem City Blazers' 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]

Malan was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge tournament, with 500 runs in ten matches.[5] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup tournament, with 1,046 runs in ten matches.[6]

In June 2018, Malan was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[7] In September 2018, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Western Province in the tournament, with 178 runs in four matches.[9]

In October 2018, Malan was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[10][11] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[12] In April 2021, he was named in Boland's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[13]

In April 2021, Malan was signed by Islamabad United to play in the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[14] In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[15]

In September 2022 Malan was bought in the SA20 player auction by the Johannesburg Super Kings for the inaugural 2023 season.

International career

In February 2019, Malan was added to South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against Pakistan, after Quinton de Kock was ruled out of the fixtures due to an injury.[16] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Pakistan on 3 February 2019.[17]

In January 2020, Malan was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[18] The following month, he was also named in South Africa's ODI squad for their series against Australia.[19] He made his ODI debut for South Africa, against Australia, on 29 February 2020,[20] but was dismissed for a golden duck.[21] However, in his next match, Malan scored an unbeaten 129 runs, his maiden ODI century, as South Africa beat Australia by six wickets.[22]

On 16 July 2021, against Ireland in the third ODI, Malan scored an unbeaten 177, the fourth-highest individual score by a batsman for South Africa in ODI cricket. He also shared a partnership of 225 runs with Quinton de Kock.[23]

In the annual ICC Awards in January 2022, Malan was named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year for the year 2021.[24] He was also named as the ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer of the Year.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Janneman Malan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ "North West Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2017/18: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Prince announces 'exciting' World Sports Betting Cape Cobras Squad for 2018/2019". Cape Cobras. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. ^ "WP select two schoolboys in Africa T20 Cup team". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Western Province: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Lahore Qalandars bag Shakib Al Hasan, Quetta Gladiators sign Andre Russell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  16. ^ "De Kock and du Plessis out of Pakistan T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  17. ^ "2nd T20I, Pakistan tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Quinton de Kock named captain, as Lungi Ngidi, Temba Bavuma return to South Africa ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Keshav Maharaj in, Faf du Plessis rested for South Africa's ODIs against Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  20. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Australia tour of South Africa at Paarl, Feb 29 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Klaasen's maiden century secures comfortable win for South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Malan bats SA to series win in Bloemfontein". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock and all the records they broke". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  24. ^ "ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  25. ^ "South Africa's Janneman Malan Named ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer Of 2021 | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year
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