![]() That season he also scored 159* in a 40-over match against Griqualand West. He scored his maiden century for them against Natal in December 1990, and finished the season with another century and a total of 715 runs at 39.72. ĭespite having just turned 21, Cronje was made captain of Orange Free State for the 1990–91 season. During that season he scored his maiden century for South African Universities against Mike Gatting's rebels. In 1989–90, despite playing all the Currie Cup matches, he failed to make a century, and averaged only 19.76 however, in one-day games he averaged 60.12. In the following season, he was a regular, appearing in all eight Currie Cup matches plus being part of the Benson and Hedges Series winning team, scoring 73 as an opener in the final. His father Ewie had played for Orange Free State in the 1960s, and Frans had also played first-class cricket.Ĭronje made his first-class debut for Orange Free State against Transvaal at Johannesburg in January 1988 at the age of 18. He had an older brother, Frans Cronje, and a younger sister, Hester Parsons. Cronje earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Free State. ![]() He was the captain of his school's cricket and rugby teams. An excellent all round sportsman, he represented the then Orange Free State Province in cricket and rugby at schools level. He graduated in 1987 from Grey College in Bloemfontein, where he was the head boy. Cronje was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Ewie Cronje and San-Marie Cronje on 25 September 1969.
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