Raynard van Tonder (born 26 September 1998) is a South African

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er. He made his first-class debut for Free State in the

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on 6 October 2016. He made his

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debut for Free State in the

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on 9 October 2016. He made his

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debut for Free State in the

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on 8 September 2017. In December 2017, Van Tonder was named as the

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of South Africa's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for South Africa in the tournament, with 348 runs. Following South Africa's matches in the tournament, the

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(ICC) named van Tonder as the rising star of the squad. In July 2018, Van Tonder was named in the Cricket South Africa Emerging Squad. In October 2018, van Tonder scored 250

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against

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in the

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. In September 2019, he was named in Free State's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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, with 843 runs in eight matches. In December 2020, van Tonder was added to South Africa's

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squad for their series against Sri Lanka. In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

International career

In February 2024, he made his test debut against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui. He was out for a duck in the first innings but scored 31 runs in the second innings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonder, Raynard van 1998 births Living people South African cricketers Free State cricketers Knights cricketers 21st-century South African sportsmen Sportspeople from Bethlehem, Free State Cricketers from the Free State (province) South Africa Test cricketers