George Linde


George Linde is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019.

Domestic career

He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
In January 2020, in the 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series, Linde took his tenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. In July 2020, Linde was named the four-day cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.

International career

On 5 September 2019, Linde was added to South Africa's Twenty20 International squad for their series against India, but he did not play. The following month, he was added to South Africa's Test squad for the third match against India. He made his Test debut for South Africa, against India, on 19 October 2019. In March 2020, Linde was named in South Africa's One Day International squad for their series against India.