Vaughn Bernard van Jaarsveld (born 2 February 1985) is a South African cricketer who plays for the

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as a left-handed batsman and occasional

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. He has represented his country at under-nineteen level. Vaughan van Jaarsfeld fielding

In 2007, he signed a three-year deal with Warwickshire after having trials with its seconds and playing in The Birmingham and District Premier League for Moseley.

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also showed interest in him. The Warwickshire deal went sour when he returned to South Africa in 2008, violating his contract. He was selected for the One Day International leg of the South African cricket team's 2008–09 tour of Australia, on the back of strong performances in the

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: in eight innings, he hit 487 runs at an average of seventy and a strike-rate of 111. Before the preceding Test series was concluded, however, he was called up as cover for South African captain

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, who was struggling with

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. Van Jaarsveld made his international debut for South Africa in a

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against

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at the

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on 11 January 2009. He was included in the KZN Inland squad for the

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. In August 2017, he was named in Pretoria Mavericks' squad for the first season of the

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. However, in October 2017,

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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In October 2018, he was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the

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of the

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T20 tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Dolphins in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, with 673 runs in seven matches. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the

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team for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaarsveld, Vaughn van 1985 births Living people Gauteng cricketers South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century South African sportsmen Warwickshire cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Tshwane Spartans cricketers Paarl Rocks cricketers Cricketers from Johannesburg