Shaun von Berg is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who plays for Northerns

Northerns cricket team

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

. He was born in Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

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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

Border cricket team

Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....

. From the lower order, he scored 44 runs in the first innings in which he batted.

External links

• Shaun von Berg at Cricket Archive