Kruger van Wyk

Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman. He has played professionally in South Africa, New Zealand and England and at club level in Scotland. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria. At 4 foot 9 inches, he is the shortest player to ever play international cricket.

Domestic career

Born and raised in South Africa, van Wyk started his first class career with Northerns in 2000/01 season. However, any hope of breaking into the South African team was diminished by Mark Boucher's long-term hold on the position. He moved to New Zealand on the encouragement of his coach, and started playing for the Canterbury Wizards from the 2006/07 season.
Van Wyk captained the Canterbury Wizards in the 2008 season in which they won the first class State Championship title. He was awarded the Canterbury Wizards player of the year for the 2007/8 season. He captained the Wizards until 2010, when he signed for the Central Districts Stags. In the New Zealand winter he has played professionally in Scotland for West Lothian County Cricket Association who have since been renamed Linlithgow Cricket Club.

On 16 January 2012, van Wyk was named in the New Zealand cricket squad to play Zimbabwe in a one-off test match commencing 26 January 2012. Kruger van Wyk was named to make his test debut later that summer against his former country after BJ Watling was ruled out with a hip injury.

In December 2015, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, to take up the role of Director of Cricket at the University of Pretoria's TuksCricket Academy.