Pite van Biljon

In this article, the surname is van Biljon, not Biljon.

Pite van Biljon (born 15 April 1986) is a South African cricketer who plays for Free State. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2020.^[1] His sister, Suzaan, competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics in the breaststroke swimming events.^[2]

Pite van Biljon

Personal information
Full name	Petrus Johannes van Biljon
Born	(1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 39) Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batter
Relations	Suzaan van Biljon (sister)
International information
National side	South Africa
T20I debut (cap 86)	21 February 2020 v Australia
Last T20I	14 April 2021 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–2008/09	Northerns
2008/09–2010/11	Eastern Province
2010/11–present	Free State
2011/12	Impi
2012/13–2020/21	Knights
2018	Jozi Stars
2019	Tshwane Spartans
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 10 117 115 101 Runs scored 125 7,464 3,360 1,826 Batting average 20.83 42.89 35.36 27.25 100s/50s 0/0 20/39 5/15 0/7 Top score 42 218 167* 75* Catches/stumpings 1/– 90/– 29/1 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 January 2023

Career

In August 2017, Van Biljon was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.^[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.^[4]

In July 2018, Van Biljon was named as the captain of the Knights team, ahead of the 2018/2019 season.^[5] In October 2018, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.^[6][7] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[8]

In February 2020, Van Biljon was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against England^[9] and against Australia.^[10] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against Australia, on 21 February 2020.^[11]

In November 2020, van Biljon was named in South Africa's squad for their limited overs series against England.^[12][13] In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.^[14]

In February 2022, van Biljon was named as the captain of the Knights for the 2021–22 CSA T20 Challenge.^[15]