Logan Van Beek: Biography, Age, Career, Stats, Early Life And Relationship

Cricket is a sport of uncertainty, no one can predict the result of the match till the last bowl of the game. And this uncertainty of the sport also influences the life & career of the players. Like ‘Logan van Beek’ who started playing in New Zealand but became a star player of the Netherlands. Logan is known for his all-round performances and multi-talented personality. From being a basketball player to a cricketer. Let’s go through the cricketing journey of Logan, From New Zealand to Netherlands. We’ll cover all of the relevant information and questions about him.

Logan Van Beek Biography

Logan van Beek is a New Zealand-Dutch cricketer, he is a bowling all-rounder. Means he is the part of the teams from both of the nations. Logan is part of Netherland’s national cricket team. Whereas, he is part of New Zealand’s domestic team ‘Wellington Firebirds’. His role in the teams as all-rounder to provide balance as the third bowler and add crucial runs as middle-order batter. Logan’s one of the stand out performances comes from the match against West Indies in World Cup Qualifier. We’ll discuss his exceptional performances in the upcoming section of the post.

Personal Information

Social Media Handles Of Logan Van Beek

Logan has a decent fan following over social media. More than 28k people follow him on Instagram and he has 2,385 followers on his Twitter(X). He frequently keeps updating his fans about his achievement. He also frequently praises the new talents in cricket.

Logan Van Beek Age & Height

Logan was born in the month of September, 1990. So, as per his date of birth he is currently 34 years old. Logan has a quite decent height. He stands about 6 feet tall. His tall height gives him advantages as a batter & bowler.

Career

In 2012 Logan started his cricketing career with Netherlands against English county ‘Essex’ in Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament. In the tournament Beek had to play as an overseas player as per ICC regulations. He played ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014.

On 24 October, 2015, Logan scored his maiden first-class century in the ‘Plunket Shield’. In the Plunket Shield 2017-18, Logan took his first 10-wicket haul. In the 6th round of the season He took a hat-trick against Canterbury. And became the leading wicket taker of the season with 40 wickets in 7 matches.

Super Over Against West Indies In World Cup Qualifier Match

Logan van Beek got popularity from his ‘super over show’ form World Qualifier match against West Indies. In the high scoring match Netherlands was able to tie up the scores with the last wicket remaining. Logan came to bat in the super over and totally knocked the bowlers out of the ground. Logan hitted 30 runs with 3 fours and 3 sixes.

While bowling again Logan emerged as the savior for Netherlands and ended the match after picking 2 wickets. And by this enormous performance of Logan van Beek, Netherlands won a thrilling match in Super over by 22 runs. For his extraordinary performance, Logan won the player of the match award.

Logan Van Beek’s Stats

Bowling

Batting

Early Life

Logan’s have a great family background in the sports. His grandfather from mother’s side was one of the most popular cricketers of his era named ‘Sammy Guillen’. Sammy played in international cricket for West Indies & New Zealand. Following his grandfather Logan also showed his interest in sports. Logan started his career in sports as a basketball player, but later he started playing cricket for Wellington Firebirds. And that is how his cricketing journey started from New Zealand.

Family

There is no information about his parents, as per Logan’s statements in an interview. He got his Dutch citizenship from his paternal Grandparents, who migrated to New Zealand in 1950. He has 2 siblings including a brother named Courtney van Beek and a sister named Sachavee van Beek.

Relationships

Logan was in a relationship with ‘Elista’ who was working as a women health and wellness coach. And after dating for a long time, the couple decided to marry. On  30 April, 2022 they got married.

Some Interesting Facts About Logan Van Beek

• In 2009, Logan van Beek played for the New Zealand U19 basketball team in the U19 World Championship. His role was point guard in the basketball team.
• Logan was also part of the U19 New Zealand’s cricket team in U19 World Cup 2010.
• Logan van Beek has worked as a volunteer at numerous charitable organizations of New Zealand.
• New Zealand’s well known player, Henry Nicholls is Logan’s childhood friend.
• In an interview, Logan revealed that he used to live in Tom Latham’s house and Matt Henry was his third flatmate for four years.
• In March, 2020, Logan started his Podcast named ‘Follow Through with LVB’. In his podcasts Logan invited many athletes and talked about their sport journey.

FAQs

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