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Bjorn Fortuin

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Bjorn Fortuin

Bjorn Fortuin appears in 31 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (11 Oct 2025 to 1 Nov 2026). 103 runs in 12 innings. 36 wickets from 155.5 overs. 194 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
South Africa
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Slow left-arm orthodox
Born
21 Oct 1994 Age 32
Recorded matches
19470 internationals

Bjorn Fortuin is a bowler from South Africa with 194 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 70 internationals (38 ODIs, 32 T20Is).

Batting: 786 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (319) and the highest recorded score is 39.

Bowling: 210 wickets in recorded matches, 112 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Bjorn Fortuin: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
ODI38282703913.5080.10/05230.354.950
T20I32201293210.75112.20/03323.277.780
T20 (league and domestic)119453193511.39100.60/011225.156.570
First-class1217158.5047.20/057.801.980
List A42513925.5096.20/0819.504.330

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Bjorn Fortuin at a glance

FairPlay holds 31 complete scorecards featuring Bjorn Fortuin, most recently for South Africa (T20 and shorter, one-day).

In those matches Bjorn Fortuin batted 12 times for 103 runs at a strike rate of 106.19. The highest score was 35 not out off 24 balls against Durban's Super Giants.

With the ball: 36 wickets from 155.5 overs, an economy rate of 6.03. Best figures: 4 for 24 against Zimbabwe.

How the 8 dismissals happened: caught 3, bowled 2, LBW 2, run out 1.

These matches were played at 11 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
12410335*12.88106.190/0
Bowling
31155.52939364/246.03

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
1 Nov 2026Lions v TitansBat – · Bowl 1/27 (4)
28 Oct 2026Lions v Eastern StromBat – · Bowl 2/33 (4)
24 Oct 2026Lions v LimpopoBat – · Bowl 0/16 (2)
13 Oct 2026Lions v Eastern Cape Linyathi (Border)Bat 18* (15) · Bowl 0/19 (4)
7 Oct 2026South Western Districts v LionsBat – · Bowl 3/23 (4)
30 Sept 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat – · Bowl 1/50 (9)
27 Sept 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat 5 (5) · Bowl 2/70 (10)
24 Sept 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat 1* (1) · Bowl 2/34 (8)
13 Sept 2026Namibia v South AfricaBat – · Bowl 4/33 (10)
9 Sept 2026Namibia v South AfricaBat – · Bowl 0/46 (6)
6 Sept 2026South Africa v ZimbabweBat – · Bowl 3/24 (4)
4 Sept 2026Namibia v South AfricaBat – · Bowl 0/28 (3)
1 Sept 2026South Africa v ZimbabweBat 2 (4) · Bowl 4/24 (3.4)
29 Aug 2026South Africa v ZimbabweBat – · Bowl 1/25 (4)
28 Aug 2026Namibia v South AfricaBat 0 (2) · Bowl 2/17 (4)
23 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Sunrisers Eastern CapeBat 13 (12) · Bowl 2/26 (4)
22 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Joburg Super KingsBat – · Bowl 1/32 (4)
19 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Joburg Super KingsBat 6 (4) · Bowl 1/17 (3)
17 Jan 2026Durban's Super Giants v Paarl RoyalsBat 35* (24) · Bowl 1/30 (4)
15 Jan 2026Pretoria Capitals v Paarl RoyalsBat – · Bowl 1/25 (4)
13 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Durban's Super GiantsBat – · Bowl 1/32 (4)
10 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Pretoria CapitalsBat – · Bowl 0/22 (4)
8 Jan 2026Joburg Super Kings v Paarl RoyalsBat – · Bowl 0/35 (4)
4 Jan 2026MI Cape Town v Paarl RoyalsBat – · Bowl 0/33 (4)
2 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v MI Cape TownBat – · Bowl 0/24 (3)
31 Dec 2025Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Paarl RoyalsBat – · Bowl 0/16 (4)
27 Dec 2025Paarl Royals v Sunrisers Eastern CapeBat 1 (3) · Bowl 1/32 (4)
8 Nov 2025Pakistan v South AfricaBat 3 (5) · Bowl 1/34 (6.1)
6 Nov 2025Pakistan v South AfricaBat – · Bowl 0/46 (10)
4 Nov 2025Pakistan v South AfricaBat 0 (1) · Bowl 1/38 (10)
11 Oct 2025Namibia v South AfricaBat 19* (21) · Bowl 1/28 (4)

Lions's next match

Western Province v Lions, CSA T20 Challenge, 7 Nov 2026.

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Bjorn Fortuin has been selected.

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