Wife: Anneke Linde, Sons: Georgie and Jean-Luc
George Linde is a versatile left-arm spinning allrounder from Cape Town who has built his career on adaptability, persistence, and the ability to deliver in crucial moments. The 34-year-old began as a seam-bowling schoolboy before switching to spin as a teenager, eventually developing into a bowler who can control the tempo in limited-overs cricket and a batter with a penchant for clearing the boundaries. After progressing through Western Province’s ranks, Linde made his Test debut for South Africa in 2019 in Ranchi as an injury replacement for Keshav Maharaj, and picked up a five-wicket haul in Pakistan two years later despite playing with a badly injured finger. He has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket, earning CSA’s four-day cricketer of the year award in 2020 and the men’s international newcomer of the year in 2021. Linde has also made his mark in franchise cricket, playing for MI Cape Town in the SA20 and being picked up by Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. With coach Shukri Conrad favouring allrounders in the shortest format, Linde earned a spot in South Africa’s 2026 T20 World Cup squad, a testament to his enduring value across all formats.
| Batting & Fielding | ||||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| Tests | 3 | 6 | 0 | 135 | 37 | 22.50 | 255 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 14.50 | 38 | 76.31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| T20Is | 37 | 26 | 5 | 403 | 48 | 19.19 | 273 | 147.61 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| FC | 83 | 120 | 11 | 3681 | 152 | 33.77 | 5717 | 64.38 | 6 | 20 | 426 | 71 | 42 | 0 |
| List A | 92 | 81 | 14 | 1882 | 93* | 28.08 | 1883 | 99.94 | 0 | 14 | 136 | 57 | 36 | 0 |
| T20s | 253 | 191 | 47 | 2777 | 66* | 19.28 | 2030 | 136.79 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 142 | 61 | 0 |
| Bowling | ||||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w | |
| Tests | 3 | 5 | 473 | 252 | 9 | 5/64 | 5/68 | 28.00 | 3.19 | 52.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 150 | 140 | 4 | 2/32 | 2/32 | 35.00 | 5.60 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20Is | 37 | 36 | 660 | 834 | 35 | 4/21 | 4/21 | 23.82 | 7.58 | 18.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC | 83 | 139 | 14384 | 7054 | 255 | 7/29 | 11/131 | 27.66 | 2.94 | 56.4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | |
| List A | 92 | 90 | 4195 | 3659 | 119 | 6/47 | 6/47 | 30.74 | 5.23 | 35.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| T20s | 253 | 240 | 4651 | 5766 | 219 | 4/19 | 4/19 | 26.32 | 7.43 | 21.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
He is a left-arm orthodox spinning allrounder who bats left-handed and contributes with both bat and ball, particularly effective in limited-overs cricket.
He represents the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League.
He made his Test debut in 2019 in Ranchi, India, as an injury replacement for Keshav Maharaj.
He picked up a five-wicket haul in Rawalpindi against Pakistan in 2021 despite a badly injured finger, and took 4 for 21 while striking at 200 with the bat in a T20I against Pakistan in December 2024.
He represents Western Province and the Cape Cobras in South African domestic cricket, and has also played for Kent in English county cricket.
He was named the South Africa Cricketers' Association's Most Valuable Player in 2020, won the four-day cricketer of the year title, and was adjudged the men's international newcomer of the year in 2021.
He was born on December 4, 1991, in Cape Town, making him 34 years old.
He played a key role, making crucial breakthroughs in MI Cape Town's first SA20 title victory in 2025.
He has featured in the IPL (Lucknow Super Giants), SA20 (MI Cape Town), MLC (MI New York), the Hundred (Trent Rockets), PSL, BPL, and CPL.
He took 30 wickets in six matches in the first-class competition in 2020 and scored a first-class century for Kent early in the 2022 season.
