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born 1992 South Africa
Duanne Olivier (born 9 May 1992) is a South African cricketer who plays for the South Africa cricket team and for the Knights cricket team in domestic fixtures. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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Sometimes you need to just shut it out, but it’s difficult because today’s life is so social media-driven.
Sometimes it’s good to just take a step back from it – people say it won’t affect you, but, at the end of the day, it does. I learnt to shut it out and it made me feel better.
The UK helped me a lot in perfecting that fuller length that every bowler wants to bowl. For me, it was quite difficult because it can come across floaty and I wasn't that consistent.
It's massive series. They (India) haven't won here, so they want to come and win here and for us, we don't want that to happen.
I'll have different feeling this time. will be different feelings. Maybe it might be similar to a debut because I haven't played for three years.
There's no bad feelings about what's happened in the past. I want to win cricket matches for South Africa, I want to win series for South Africa, and I'm pretty sure I've got 100% backing when it comes to that in our change room. It's nice to have him back.
It will be interesting to see what the nerves will be like but I'm sure, if I am selected to play, I think my nerves will be shot through the roof.
I know people will have mixed feelings about it, but at the end of the day, it's okay. You handle that and you deal with those pressures or the criticism that comes with that
I am a nervous person when it comes to playing. Wherever I play I am always nervous. If it's my first over, I am very nervous
I accept that my Test career is over for South Africa but if I do well, hopefully in the future, I can play for England. You always need to put your mind to certain goals