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Full name Sven Gaetan Koenig
Born December 9, 1973, Durban, Natal
Current age 39 years 191 days
Major teams Easterns, Gauteng, Middlesex, Western Province
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Education Hilton College; University of Cape Town
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 135 | 234 | 13 | 8820 | 171 | 39.90 | 16 | 50 | 63 | 0 |
| List A | 60 | 58 | 3 | 1175 | 116 | 21.36 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 135 | 182 | 102 | 2 | 1/0 | 51.00 | 3.36 | 91.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| List A | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | 1993/94 |
| Last First-class | Kent v Middlesex at Canterbury, Sep 16-18, 2004 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1994/95 |
| Last List A | Gauteng v Easterns at Johannesburg, Feb 29, 2004 scorecard |
A solid left-hand batsman and occasional offspinner, Sven Koenig played representative cricket for SA Schools in 1991 and went on to forge a career with Easterns, Gaetang and Western Province, and for three seasons from 2002 he played for Middlesex as a Kolpak player (he holds an Italian passport) with success, passing 1000 runs in all three summers. He retired in 2004 to concentrate on a career in banking in South Africa.
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