Five things you might not know about Notts’ new overseas signing Quinton de Kock, who will play four Specsavers County Championship matches for the Green and Golds in August and September.
One
He shared the record for the most successive ODI centuries - three - before it was later bettered by Kumar Sangakkara. He shares the record of four ODI centuries before the age of 21 with Irish cricketer Paul Stirling.
Two
He grew up as a baseball player and even considered a move to the United States, but his father convinced him to pursue cricket instead.
Three
Hooked on fishing as a way of relaxing away from the game, de Kock had just returned from a day on the banks when he discovered he had been called up by South Africa.
Four
The Johannesburg-born left-handed batsman, once kept a pair of goldfish named Scramble and Egg.
Five
de Kock lists the cover drive as his favourite cricket shot and cites a match-winning performance for Highveld Lions against the Mumbai Innings in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 (51 not out off 33 balls) with five fours and two sixes) as the turning point in his career.
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