Tristan Stubbs

Tristan Stubbs
Personal information
Born 14 August 2000
Cape Town, South Africa
Nickname Big ET
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 359) 3 January 2024 v India
Only ODI (cap 148) 18 March 2023 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 95) 9 June 2022 v India
Last T20I 3 September 2023 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2019/20–present Eastern Province
2022 Mumbai Indians
2022–present Manchester Originals
2022 Jaffna Kings
2023-present Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 11 8 11 39
Runs scored 149 465 275 814
Batting average 24.83 46.50 27.50 28.06
100s/50s 0/1 2/1 0/1 0/4
Top score 72 132 82 80*
Balls bowled 6 120 12 147
Wickets 0 1 0 5
Bowling average 68.00 44.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/13 2/6
Catches/stumpings 6/– 12/– 9/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 November 2022

Tristan Stubbs (born 14 August 2000) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the 50 over South Africa cricket team in June 2022 and the Test team in January 2024.

Domestic and franchise career

Stubbs made his first-class debut on 16 January 2020, for Eastern Province in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup. He made his List A debut on 16 February 2020, for Eastern Province in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge. He made his Twenty20 debut on 21 February 2021, for Warriors in the 2020–21 CSA T20 Challenge. In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

Stubbs also holds a Dutch passport. In 2021 he signed with Excelsior '20 to play club cricket in the Dutch Topklasse.

In May 2022, the Mumbai Indians added Stubbs to their squad for the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL), replacing Tymal Mills who was ruled out due to an injury. Later the same month, Stubbs was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India, his maiden international call-up. He made his T20I debut on 9 June 2022, for South Africa against India.

In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.

In December 2023, Stubbs was signed by Delhi Capitals in the auction for the 2024 Indian Premier League.

International career

In March 2023, Stubbs was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against West Indies. He made his ODI debut in the second ODI of the series on 18 March 2023.

Stubbs made his Test debut against India in January 2024. He became the first player in 127 years to first player to be dismissed twice on the first day of his Test debut.