5: Stephan Myburgh - Four times Netherlands T20 World Cup Representative
Description
Hundreds of thousands of people play cricket right across the world, but very few make it to the highest level, let alone represent their country in four World Cups. That is what Stephan Myburgh has done however, moving to the other side of the world to make his dream of becoming an international cricketer a reality. After feeling as though he had missed an opportunity in the country of his birth, South African born Myburgh was given a second chance when thrown a lifeline by the Netherlands and didn't the hard hitting opening batsman take it with both hands.
Retiring after the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, the left hander signed off his professional career having represented his adopted home in white ball cricket on 67 occasions, with his international career spanning 12 years. He scored 1,442 runs in those matches with nine half centuries, the highlight of his career coming when named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) team of the year at the 2014 World Cup where he finished as the third leading runscorer, including a record breaking 17 ball half-century against Ireland which propelled his side to the next stage of the tournament.
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