Kyle Verreynne

thumb|Kyle Verreynne Kyle Verreynne (born 12 May 1997) is a South African professional cricket batter and wicket-keeper who represents the South Africa national team and Western Province. He also plays for Nottinghamshire in the County Championship. Making his senior international debut in 2020, he was a regular member of the South Africa team that won the 2023–2025 World Test Championship. Quotes I was a bit nervous as playing county cricket is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. With the result against Surrey, all-in-all it’s been a good first week-and-a-half for me personally. We don’t play much red-ball cricket back home but I love this format, so the opportunity to play it more is very attractive. It’s also a different game to back home; I see this as an opportunity to grow and develop my red-ball game There’s so much history here and everyone speaks to highly of it, it’s exciting to be here and even just chatting to the members every morning has been really nice. As a professional sportsman, you want to play games with meaning behind them, VERREYNNE REVELLING IN FIRST TASTE OF COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPSeptember 2024,TrentBridge Some guys, if I had to keep to them in Australia or South Africa, it would be a breeze. You could almost do the job with your eyes closed. But give them a Duke ball in English conditions and it's a nightmare. I don't think there's any style of pitch that I'd say I prefer batting on. There's a few that I don't. I mean, batting in the UK is impossible... I see myself as someone who's not great technically, but more of a mental problem-solver Someone who tries to figure out ways to go about things in different conditions. When I was probably under 10 I was opening the batting and the bowling. Parents want their kids to get an equal opportunity, so the coach told me I couldn't do that. We needed to give other guys a chance. I asked if I could I open the batting and try keeping' Because if I was just in the field I was going to be so bored I've grown up as an out-and-out batter. It's not that keeping is something I do on the side, but I don't see it as something that gets me into the team. I'd like to think I get into the team because of my batting. But I take my keeping seriously, and that does help. But then you have an honest look and you say 27 at Test level is not good enough, whether that makes you the best in the team or not. As much as I didn't expect to be dropped I completely understand why I was dropped While I was one of our top two or three batters the numbers weren't great. I think I was averaging 27 or something [28.60, in fact], which meant I was doing better than most. While I was one of our top two or three batters the numbers weren't great. I think I was averaging 27 or something [28.60, in fact], which meant I was doing better than most. I've been allowed to play my way. He trusts me to do what I do. He says, 'If you score runs and take your catches, I don't really care how you do it. So I break my career into two halves. In the first half I felt there was a specific style of play that I needed to conform to; a technical way I was expected to bat We've got a good relationship now. He's very straight and to the point. You're not going to agree with coaches all the time, but I've always appreciated his honesty. And his willingness to allow guys to be who they are. People have short memories sometimes. I'm always going to back our players for an extended period because they've served us really well. I want my best wicketkeeper in these conditions and that's definitely Scholesy It's not being arrogant or seeking the limelight. When there are things to be achieved or pressure situations need to be dealt with, I like to take that responsibility. I think it brings the best out of me, and I think it's a trait not a lot of people have. My teammates know that if the pressure's on or something needs to be done, I'll always put my hand up. So instead of wanting things to not happen, try and be the guy who always wants to be there . When the pressure's on a lot of guys don't want to be there. But Ashy P instilled a different mindset - it's really tough out there, so what happens if you do the job? How cooYou can't plan for things like that. No matter how good a player you are you've got to be in the right place at the right time. So it can't be a conscious thing. It must just kind of happen. It's like, 'I've got to do this now. So let me get on with it.'"l would that be? It doesn't always work out like that, but it's definitely something that I've been quite good at doing. But since the start of my time in Nottingham, people have slowly converted me to a [Nottingham] Forest man. I'm sort of in between the two at the moment. "Kyle Verreynne's mission to make the difficult doable", CricBuzz (Nov 2025) External links Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:People from Pretoria