{"id":818541,"date":"2026-07-22T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:11:09","slug":"surrey-snap-up-rising-sa-all-rounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818541\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey snap up rising SA all-rounder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiaan van Vuuren has joined English county champions Surrey for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old South African all-rounder will provide Surrey with a valuable point of difference through his left-arm pace and powerful right-handed batting.<\/p>\n<p>Van Vuuren strengthened his reputation during South Africa A\u2019s tour of England in May. He produced a match-winning display against the England Lions at Beckenham, claiming 11 wickets for 105 runs in the first-class encounter.<\/p>\n<p>He has also featured for MI Cape Town and the Pretoria Capitals in the SA20, while he currently represents the Knights in South African domestic cricket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacricketmag.com\/south-african-stars-in-the-hundred-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">READ: South African stars in The Hundred 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van Vuuren began his senior career with Eastern Province and has since taken 83 wickets in 28 first-class matches. He has also shown his ability with the bat, scoring a career-best 120.<\/p>\n<p>In List A cricket, Van Vuuren has collected 37 wickets, with best figures of 4-39.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey director of men\u2019s cricket Alec Stewart said the county had taken notice of Van Vuuren during his impressive performance against the England Lions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacricketmag.com\/on-this-day-amlas-unforgettable-311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">On this day: Amla\u2019s unforgettable 311<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTiaan is a talented all-rounder who is catching attention in South African cricket,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cWe saw him in Beckenham earlier, and he can be a point of difference with his left-arm pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian seamer Benji Floros has joined Van Vuuren as Surrey\u2019s second overseas player for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have been recruited amid several injuries in Surrey\u2019s seam-bowling department, while 17 of the county\u2019s players are set to feature in The Hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Charl Lombard\/Gallo Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiaan van Vuuren has joined English county champions Surrey for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. The 24-year-old South&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-818541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}