Wiaan Mulder


Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder, known as Wiaan Mulder, is a South African professional cricketer. He made his One Day International debut for the South Africa national cricket team in October 2017 before going on to make his Test cricket debut in March 2019. Domestically he plays for Highveld Lions and Gauteng.
Mulder was born at Johannesburg and educated at St Stithians College in the city. He played age-group cricket for Gauteng from under-13 level onwards.

Domestic career

Mulder made his first-class cricket debut at The Wanderers for Highveld Lions against Cape Cobras in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series in October 2016 whist still at school. He took seven wickets on debut, including 3/10 in the Cobras first innings. Prior to his debut, he was part of South Africa's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut for Highveld Lions in the 2016–17 CSA T20 Challenge in November 2016 and his List A debut in the 2016–17 Momentum One Day Cup in February 2017.
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In May 2019, Mulder signed with Kent County Cricket Club to play in the 2019 County Championship in England. He played in three matches for Kent before being recalled to the South African team, ahead of their international schedule.
In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.

International career

In October 2017, he was added to South Africa's ODI squad for their series against Bangladesh and made his international debut on 22 October aged 18.
In February 2018, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Australia, but did not play and in August 2018 was named in the Twenty20 International squad for the one-off match against Sri Lanka, but again did not play in the fixture. In January 2019, he was again named in South Africa's T20I squad, this time for their series against Pakistan, but did not play. In February, Mulder was once again named in South Africa's squad, this time for their Test series against Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on 21 February 2019.