Garnett John-Peter Kruger (born 5 January 1977) is a South African cricketer. Kruger started his first-class cricket career in 1997–98 for Eastern Province B, moving up to the A team in 1999–2000. In 2003–04 he played for Gauteng, before moving to the Lions on the reorganisation of South African first-class cricket in 2004–05. Although he was called to the Test side in 2003–04, he did not make the final team. In 2005–06 he made his debut as an international cricketer, in the one-off Twenty20 International against Australia, and he also played in three One Day Internationals on the same tour.

Garnett Kruger
Personal information
Full name
Garnett John-Peter Kruger
Born (1977-01-05) 5 January 1977 (age 47)
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 81)15 January 2006 v Australia
Last ODI20 January 2006 v Australia
Only T20I (cap 16)9 January 2006 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2002/03Eastern Province
2003/04Gauteng
2003/04–2008/09Highveld Lions
2007–2008Leicestershire
2009Glamorgan (squad no. 3)
2009/10–2011/12Warriors
2012/13–2013/14North West
2012/13Highveld Lions
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 3 1 137 145
Runs scored 0 3 1,224 187
Batting average 0.00 3.00 10.64 8.13
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 0* 3 58 24*
Balls bowled 138 24 23,766 6,129
Wickets 2 0 450 195
Bowling average 69.50 29.67 25.63
5 wickets in innings 0 19 4
10 wickets in match 0 2 0
Best bowling 1/43 8/112 6/23
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 32/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2023

Kruger represented English side Leicestershire in the 2007 and 2008 seasons as a Kolpak player and performed well in leading a young bowling attack. Kruger left the county at the end of the 2008 season claiming he was concerned about the workload of playing domestic cricket all year around.[1] However, in December 2008 he signed for Glamorgan, becoming the county's first Kolpak player.[2]

In the past Kruger has been heavily critical of SA Cricket.[3]

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