George LindeGeorge Linde

George Linde

South AfricaSou
34 yrs|
Bowler

About George Linde

Name
George Linde
Gender
Male
Birth
4 Dec 1991
Birth Place
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Height
5ft 6in
Nationality
South African
Role
Bowler
Bats
left handed
Bowls
left-arm orthodox spin

A left-arm orthodox spinner and capable lower-order batter, George Linde started his cricketing career as a seam bowler during his school days. Following his selection into the Western Province Under-13 team, Linde shifted to left-arm spin to find better opportunities, as there were already enough seam bowling options in the team. Ever since turning to spin, he has never looked back and has gone from strength to strength.

Despite his affinity towards batting, it was his coach who persisted with him to concentrate more on the spin as his game developed. Just after finishing school, Linde went to the UK for a stint with English club cricket before returning to South Africa. He then played for the Western Province Amateur team before being snapped up by the Cape Cobras.

Linde made his first-class debut for Gauteng way back in 2012. He emerged as a promising young all-rounder in the domestic circuit in quick time and kept on improving his skills in white-ball cricket. He bagged 15 wickets in the 2017-18 Domestic One-Day Cup and was awarded a place in the Cape Town Blitz squad for the Mzansi Super League 2018-19.

His consistent performances finally paved the way for his selection in the South Africa A squad. He was part of the South Africa A side, which toured India in August-September, just before the senior team came along for a Test series. He finished as the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the unofficial ODI series and finally bagged his maiden national call-up when he was brought in as a replacement for JJ Smuts, who failed to live up to the fitness standards.

George Linde Test Career

George Linde made his Test debut on October 19, 2019, against India in Ranchi and bagged 4 wickets in the match as a replacement for Keshav Maharaj. The Ranchi Test was the only game the spinner played on the tour, but since the India tour, Linde’s life has skyrocketed.

In 2021, he toured Pakistan to play a couple more Tests in the historic series. The South African registered his maiden five-wicket haul in the Rawalpindi Test. 

Later that season, Linde became Proteas’ prime spinner when they hosted Pakistan at home and hasn’t dropped a beat since then.

George Linde T20I Career

In 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic, when cricket returned to South Africa, the spinner made his T20I debut against England. 

He started his T20I career with a clean spell of 2 for 20, where he took Jason Roy’s wicket on a duck and also scalped the then World No. 1 Dawid Malan.

He was always a part of the South African squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup. 

George Linde ODI Career

George Linde made his ODI debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on September 4, 2021. In his first ODI appearance, he recorded figures of 1/40. 

(As of February 2026)

George Linde Recent Form

Batting

14 (13)
LAN VS NOT
8 (4)
LSG VS KKR
7 (7)
RCB VS LSG
16 (10)
LSG VS GT
14 (8)
NZ VS RSA
23 (19)
NZ VS RSA
33 (12)
NZ VS RSA
30 (21)
ZIM VS RSA
0 (4)
IND VS RSA
17 (9)
RSA VS WI

Bowling

1-35
LAN VS NOT
1-18
LSG VS KKR
0-9
RCB VS LSG
0-28
LSG VS GT
0-11
NZ VS RSA
0-15
NZ VS RSA
0-22
NZ VS RSA
1-33
NZ VS RSA
1-22
ZIM VS RSA
1-17
RSA VS UAE

George Linde Career Stats

Batting

FormatMatInnR100s50sHSSRAvgFoursSixesDuck
ODI432900
18
76.3214.50300
T20I382743300
48
147.2820.6229234
Test3613500
37
52.9422.501920
IPL333100
16
147.6210.33600
CPL744700
14
104.4411.75510
BPL334300
21
143.3321.50230
PSL533100
26
124.0015.50311
100B644700
25
167.8611.75240
T20-Blast262025800
26
129.6517.202190

Bowling

FormatMatInnWEconAvgBest3W5WSRMaiden
ODI4445.6035.00
2/32
0037.500
T20I3837367.5823.78
4/21
5018.830
Test3593.2028.00
5/68
1152.560
IPL3318.9255.00
1/18
0037.000
CPL7638.5948.67
2/33
0034.000
BPL3315.6768.00
1/14
0072.000
PSL5519.00126.00
1/26
0084.000
100B6626.1252.00
2/12
0042.500
T20-Blast2626268.3228.81
3/21
1020.770

Career Debut Information

ODI DebutSri Lanka v South Africa R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 4-9-2021
T20I DebutSouth Africa vs England at Cape Town - November 27, 2020
Test DebutIndia vs South Africa at Ranchi - October 19 - 22, 2019
IPL DebutLucknow Super Giants v Gujarat Titans Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, 12-4-2026
CPL DebutTrinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia West Indies, 19-8-2023
BPL DebutSylhet Strikers v Comilla Victorians Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Mirpur,Dhaka, 12-2-2023
PSL DebutMultan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, 21-2-2024
100B DebutTrent Rockets v Manchester Originals Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 19-8-2025
T20-Blast DebutGloucestershire v Kent County Ground, Bristol, 1-6-2022

Teams played for

NottinghamshireLucknow Super GiantsSouth AfricaMI Cape TownTrent RocketsMI New YorkPeshawar ZalmiBangla Tigers JoburgWestern ProvinceKentSt Kitts & Nevis PatriotsDurban WolvesSylhet TitansCape Cobras