Daniel Jacobus van Zyl (born 8 January 1971 in Pretoria) is a South African sportsman who represented his country at rugby union and played first-class cricket.
| Birth name | Daniel Jacobus van Zyl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dan van Zyl was educated at St. Alban's College and the University of Pretoria. He played his provincial rugby at Western Province and represented the Stormers as a scrum half in the Super 12. Also capable of playing fly half, van Zyl toured Europe and the United Kingdom with the South African national rugby union team in 2000 and made his only Test match appearance in a fixture against England at Twickenham as a reserve.[1] He later played with and coached Irish club County Carlow and is now the coach of Wicklow RFC as well as a player for Old Wesley.
An all-rounder who bowled right-arm off-break, van Zyl played at Northern Transvaal from 1992/93 to 1996/97 and then Boland in 1998/99. He averaged exactly a wicket a match in both forms of the game, with 26 wickets from 26 first-class appearances and 48 wickets from 48 one dayers. He never scored a hundred with the bat but managed seven half centuries in first-class cricket to finish with a respectable 1293 runs at 27.51. Van Zyl had his best season in 1995/96 when he scored 332 runs at 33.20 and took eight wickets at 24.50.[2]
Accolades
editIn 2004 he was inducted into the University of Pretoria Sport Hall of fame.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Profile: Dan van Zyl". SA Rugby.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cricket in South Africa in 1995/96". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Hall of fame > University of Pretoria". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011. Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011