Ryan Klein

Ryan Klein (born 15 June 1997) is a South African-born Dutch cricketer. He has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2021. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.^[1]

Ryan Klein

Personal information
Born	(1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 28) Cape Town, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 77)	23 January 2022 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	5 November 2024 v Oman
T20I debut (cap 56)	4 August 2022 v New Zealand
Last T20I	19 June 2025 v Nepal
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2019/20–2020/21	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 14 8 7 23 Runs scored 46 102 23 127 Batting average 5.75 20.40 3.83 10.58 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 8* 36* 8 31* Balls bowled 645 24 859 993 Wickets 12 1 28 19 Bowling average 44.66 45.00 11.42 43.31 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/31 1/18 5/60 2/15 Catches/stumpings 3/– 4/– 3/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 August 2025

Personal life

Klein was born in Cape Town, South Africa.^[2] He holds a Dutch passport through descent.^[3] His younger brother Kyle represented the Netherlands national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier.^[2]

Domestic career

Klein made his first-class debut on 17 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.^[4] He made his List A debut on 27 October 2019, for Western Province in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge.^[5]

In the Netherlands, Klein has played Topklasse cricket for HBS Craeyenhout and Voorburg Cricket Club.^[2]

International career

In May 2021, Klein was named in the Netherlands' A squad for their tour of Ireland.^[6] In January 2022, Klein was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan in Qatar.^[7] He made his ODI debut on 23 January 2022, for the Netherlands against Afghanistan.^[8] The following month, he was named in the Dutch Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their tour of New Zealand.^[9] In August 2022, Klein was again named in the Dutch T20I squad, this time for a home series also against New Zealand.^[10] He made his T20I debut on 4 August 2022 against New Zealand.^[11]