Gideon Jacobus Kruis popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er who played in England

County Championship

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 with Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 for five seasons from 2004 to 2009. His South African cricket has been for Northern Transvaal

Northerns cricket team

Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937....

, Griqualand West

Griqualand West cricket team

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 and Eagles

Eagles cricket team

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He is a right-handed batsman, and bowls right-arm fast-medium. At the end of the 2006 season he was one of Yorkshire's more successful bowlers helping them stay in Division 1 of the County Championship

County Championship

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Kruis retired at the end of the 2009 season.