Deon Kruis

{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1974)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Deon Kruis

| image =

| country = South Africa

| fullname = Gideon Jacobus Kruis

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 3

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| club4 = Yorkshire

| year4 = 2005–2009

| clubnumber4 = 5

| club3 = Eagles

| year3 = 2003/04–2004/05

| club2 = Griqualand West

| year2 = 1997/98–2003/04

| club1 = Northern Transvaal

| year1 = {{Nowrap|1993/94–1996/97}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 24 November

| debutyear1 = 1993

| debutfor1 = Transvaal B

| debutagainst1 = Free State B

| lastdate1 = 23 September

| lastyear1 = 2009

| lastfor1 = Yorkshire

| lastagainst1 = Hampshire

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 31 October

| debutyear2 = 1997

| debutfor2 = Griqualand West

| debutagainst2 = Natal

| lastdate2 = 30 August

| lastyear2 = 2009

| lastfor2 = Yorkshire

| lastagainst2 = Sussex

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 130

| runs1 = 1,849

| bat avg1 = 15.15

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 59

| deliveries1 = 25,664

| wickets1 = 406

| bowl avg1 = 31.53

| fivefor1 = 19

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/58

| catches/stumpings1 = 45/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 131

| runs2 = 430

| bat avg2 = 11.31

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 31*

| deliveries2 = 6,062

| wickets2 = 161

| bowl avg2 = 28.90

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/17

| catches/stumpings2 = 29/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 24

| runs3 = 41

| bat avg3 = 20.50

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 22

| deliveries3 = 526

| wickets3 = 23

| bowl avg3 = 24.26

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 2/15

| catches/stumpings3 = 7/–

| date = 13 October

| year = 2009

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4034/4034.html CricketArchive

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Gideon Jacobus Kruis (born 9 May 1974), popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009.{{cite book |last=Warner |first=David |date=2011 |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=372}} His South African cricket has been for Northern Transvaal, Griqualand West and Eagles.{{cite web |title=Deon Kruis |publisher=www.cricketarchive.com |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4034/4034.html |accessdate=9 March 2010}}

He is a right-handed batsman, and bowls right-arm fast-medium. At the end of the 2006 season he was one of Yorkshire's more successful bowlers helping them stay in Division 1 of the County Championship.

Kruis retired at the end of the 2009 season.