Christiaan Jonker

Christiaan Jonker (born 24 September 1986) is a South African cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team. He was included in the Border cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. Quotes I can’t tell you the exact year I started playing the game, I think I was born with a cricket bat, That changed my life again. I basically changed my goals – I wanted to play cricket and enjoy it and only focus on that instead of focusing on politics. That was basically the best six months to a year of my life, playing for SWD. I broke the record of most first-class runs Eventually I got a run, they chose me to play a 4-Day game for the Warriors. I think I scored 64 on my debut smashing bowlers all over the Wanderers. That’s when I learned about being a family and playing for each other. That’s when I learned about being a family and playing for each other. I don’t think it settled in until two days later. That’s when it actually sank in. It’s more of that thing where it’s everything [that takes a toll on you]. It’s been 15 years of cricket nonstop, 15 years of competing, 15 years playing competitive pressure situations. Another thing that came out of this is that I can see in people’s [teammates] eyes that they don’t know how to handle this situation I always tell them: ‘Ask me the questions. Ask me what is depression. Ask me how it was because if you don’t you’ll never know about it. Doors opened for me because I have a diploma in Sport Psychology but now I want to get a degree. I can help other people. If I could help someone in his life I will be satisfied “I was born with a cricket bat” – Christiaan Jonker, May 2020, Cricket Fanatics Mag by the Reporter External links Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:1986 births Category:Living people