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Derek Norman Crookes (born 5 March 1969) is a former South African
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who played 32
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s for
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between 1994 and 2000. In domestic cricket he played for Natal,
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, Easterns and the
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. He was educated at Hilton College. His father, Norman Crookes, was an off-spinning all-rounder who played for Natal in the 1960s and toured
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with the South African team in 1965, but did not play a Test.


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* 1969 births Living people People from eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa) KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Gauteng cricketers Easterns cricketers Lions cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1960s-stub