Logan Verjus van Beek (born 7 September 1990) is a New Zealand-Dutch

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er. He has played for the

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since 2012 and represents

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in New Zealand domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. In June 2023, he became an overnight sensation for his blitz in the super over against the West Indies at the

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where he scored 30 runs with the bat and also cleaned up the West Indies side with his bowling, claiming both the wickets.

Early life

Van Beek was born in

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. He holds a Dutch passport through his paternal grandparents, who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s. On his mother's side he is the grandson of former Test cricketer

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, a dual international for the

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and New Zealand who was born in

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. Van Beek was in the

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squad for Under-19 World Cup in 2010. He also played high-level youth basketball as a

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, representing New Zealand at the

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Career

Van Beek first played for the Netherlands against English county

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in the

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. He had to play as an overseas professional as under ICC regulations he had to wait three years after playing for New Zealand to qualify for the Netherlands. His first major international tournament for the Netherlands was the

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in Bangladesh. He scored his maiden first-class century on 24 October 2015 in the

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. In November 2017, in the

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, he took his maiden 10-wicket match haul in first-class cricket. In March 2018, in round six of the Plunket Shield, he took a

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for

against Canterbury. He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield for Wellington, with 40 dismissals in seven matches. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, he was signed by the English side

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for the 2019 County Championship season. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. He was a member of the Dutch

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(ODI) squad for their series against Scotland. He made his ODI debut on 19 May 2021, for the Netherlands against

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. In September 2021, van Beek was named in the Dutch squad for the

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. In July 2022, he was named in the Dutch squad for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe. In their group match against

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, he became the first bowler for the Netherlands to take a hat-trick in a T20I match. In 2023, he was signed by

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to play in the One-Day Cup and the

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. In 2024, he returned for a second stint at the club. In May 2024, he was named in the Netherlands squad for the

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tournament. In February 2025, he was signed by

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Breakthrough

On 26 June 2023, he was instrumental in Netherlands dramatic upset victory over the West Indies during a crucial encounter at the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier by showing his all-round prowess in the super over after the match had ended in a tie. Netherlands batted second in pursuit of a huge run chase of 375 and ended up levelling the score of the West Indies by ending at 374/9. Logan initially scored a quickfire 28 runs off just 14 deliveries during Netherlands batting innings. Logan arrived at the crease at number eight position when Netherlands were reeling at 327/7 with the Netherlands still needing 47 runs off the last three overs of the innings. He was later sent by Dutch camp to open the batting alongside skipper Scott Edwards in the super over and Logan van Beek faced all six deliveries in the super over bowled by

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and subsequently Logan van Beek made the most of the errors in judgement in line and length of Holder by smashing 30 runs including 3 fours and 3 sixes. Netherlands broke the world record for amassing the most runs in a super over in any format at international level surpassing the previous best of 25 made by West Indies. Logan also eventually set a world record for being the batsman with scoring most number of runs in a super over in international cricket. Logan later went onto bowl the super over and he was remarkably successful in defending the total by conceding only 8 runs while bowling out the West Indies by claiming both the wickets. His heroics both with the ball and bat eventually sealed the deal for the Dutch which also marked Netherlands first ever win over West Indies in any format in international cricket and also the win further boosted Netherlands chances of securing possible berth for 2023 Cricket World Cup. For his breathtaking all-round performance, he was also adjudged the player of the match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beek, Logan van 1990 births Living people

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