Donovan Grobbelaar (born 30 July 1983) is a New Zealand former

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who played for

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. He made his

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debut in February 2013 in the

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. Beginning in the 2021/22 season Grobbelaar became the Performance and Talent Coach of the

Auckland Hearts The Auckland Hearts is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand region of Auckland. They play their home games at Eden Park Outer Oval. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's S ...

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* 1983 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers People from Standerton Cricketers from Mpumalanga South African emigrants to New Zealand Naturalised citizens of New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub