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- Updated: December 7, 2016
Hardus Viljoen, the bullish Highveld Lions fast-bowler who played one Test match for South Africa against England, has signed a Kolpak deal with Derbyshire for three-years.
Viljoen is the second South African who has recently played international cricket to agree to an offer from England this season, following Stiaan van Zyl’s commitment to Sussex last month. Viljoen can still play for the Lions but will not be able to represent South Africa for the duration of the deal.
Expectations are that others could follow before the start of the English season.
On the big stage, Viljoen is best known for taking the wicket of Alastair Cook with his first ball in Test cricket, in Johannesburg this January. The rest of the match did not bring any further success and Viljoen finished with 1 for 94 in a game that cost South Africa the series. He was not retained for the final fixture at Centurion and has not featured in any of the Test squads since.
Although Viljoen appeared to have lost ground, he remained part of South Africa’s plans and travelled with the South African A side that played in Zimbabwe and Australia ahead of the …
