Tristan Stubbs: A basher or batter - Who is he?

Tristan Stubbs delightfully shocked all and sundry with his belligerent batting displays at the Cricket South Africa T20 Challenge in Gqeberha earlier this year, but who is he?

Who is Tristan Stubbs?

Stubbs was born on 14 August 2000 and grew up in Knysna where he attended Knysna Primary School.

He then moved to Grey High School for Boys in Gqeberha where in his matric year in 2018, he captained a strong side that contained South Africa Under-19 World Cup cricketers Luke Beaufort and Tiaan van Vuuren.

Grey PE has also produced the highest number of SA School's cricketers. 

What did he do that was significant at school cricket?

Stubbs's Grey side only lost four out of 36 matches, but Stubbs then went on to become the top scorer at the 2018 Khaya Majola Week with 287 runs at an average of 71.8.

The SA Schools team he was part of that was coached by former Maritzburg College mentor and current Jeppe Boys' High cricket coach Mike Bechet, saw five players progress to the 2020 Under-19 World Cup squad, with all of them having featured in first-class cricket.

An interesting stat is that Marco Jansen, who represented North-West in 2018 and is now a capped Test player, was in the SA Colts team.

When did Stubbs feature in senior cricket?

Stubbs wasn't part of SA's Under-19 World Cup squad, but in that period, proceeded to make his first-class debut for Eastern Province against South-Western Districts in January 2020, where he made 47 off 93 in a drawn game.

He's gone on to play seven more first-class games and has two 100s and one 50, while he's played 11 List A games.

It's in the shortest format where he made his bow last, making a six-ball 10 against the Dolphins last year, but giving no notice of what was to come this year.

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