Shaun von Berg (born 16 September 1986) is a South African
cricket
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er. He is a right-handed batsman and
leg-break bowler
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who plays for
Northerns. He was born in
Pretoria
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.
Domestic career
Von Berg made his cricketing debut in the
Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League for Sandwich Town, for whom he played 16 matches during the 2006 season, the team finishing in sixth place in the league.
Von Berg made his first-class debut for Northerns during the 2009–10 season, against
Border
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. From the lower order, he scored 44 runs in the first innings in which he batted.
In August 2017, Von Berg was named in
Bloem City Blazers
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' squad for the first season of the
T20 Global League
The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
.
However, in October 2017,
Cricket South Africa
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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.
In June 2018, Von Berg was named in the squad for the
Titans
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team for the 2018–19 season.
In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the
2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. The following month, he was named in
Tshwane Spartans
Tshwane Spartans were a city-based franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team was based at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Tshwane Spartans played in the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 ...
' squad for the
first edition
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of the
Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Titans in the
2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series
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, with 21 dismissals in seven matches.
In September 2019, Von Berg was named in the squad for the
Durban Heat
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Durban Heat played in the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019 ...
team for the
2019 Mzansi Super League
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tournament. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the
2019–20 Momentum One Day Cup, with eighteen dismissals in nine matches. In April 2021, he was named in
Boland's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.
International career
In June 2018, Von Berg was named in South Africa's
Test
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squad for their series
against Sri Lanka, but he did not play.
References
External links
Shaun von Bergat Cricket Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Von Berg, Shaun
1986 births
Living people
South African cricketers
Northerns cricketers
Tshwane Spartans cricketers
Durban Heat cricketers