Clayton August

{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1990)}}

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Clayton August (born 16 February 1990) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler who played for Boland. He was born in Vredenburg.

August made a single first-class appearance during the 2006–07 season, in which, as a tailender, he did not bat, but bowled five overs, taking match figures of 0–12. August was a part of the South African Under-19 World Cup squad in 2007–08, and played two games in the competition, his first act in the competition being to bowl out Namibian opening batsman Raymond van Schoor.

August has played for Boland Under-19s since the opening of the 2008–09 season. He was included in the Easterns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/africa-t20-cup-2015-16/content/squad/911669.html Easterns Squad / Players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015. He was also the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup tournament, with 41 dismissals in ten matches.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=12114;type=tournament |title=Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18: Most wickets |accessdate=13 April 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

In September 2018, he was named in Easterns' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/1158602.html |title=Easterns Squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=12 September 2018}} He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, with 39 dismissals in nine matches.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=13197;type=tournament |title=3-Day Franchise Series, 2019/20: Most wickets |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=24 March 2020}} In April 2021, he was named in Easterns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38193/Division-Two-squads-named-for-next-season |title=Division Two squads named for next season |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428084036/https://cricket.co.za/news/38193/Division-Two-squads-named-for-next-season |url-status=dead }}