Logan van Beek

Logan Verjus van Beek, born on September 7, 1990, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a New Zealand-Dutch cricketer who has represented the Netherlands national cricket team since 2012. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. Van Beek holds a Dutch passport through his paternal grandparents, who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s, and is also the grandson of former Test cricketer Sammy Guillen on his mother's side.

Van Beek's cricketing journey began in New Zealand, where he was in the squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2010. He also played high-level youth basketball, representing New Zealand at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

In June 2023, van Beek became an overnight sensation for his blitz in the super over against the West Indies at the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. He scored 30 runs with the bat and claimed both West Indies wickets with his bowling, showcasing his all-round abilities.

Van Beek first played for the Netherlands against English county Essex in the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40, and his first major international tournament for the Netherlands was the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. He has since achieved several milestones, including scoring his maiden first-class century in 2015, taking his maiden 10-wicket match haul in first-class cricket in 2017, and taking a hat-trick for Wellington against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield in 2018.

In 2019, van Beek was signed by the English side Derbyshire for the County Championship season. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Scotland in May 2021 and was named in the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In July 2022, he was selected for the Dutch squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe, where he became the first bowler for the Netherlands to take a hat-trick in a T20I match.