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born 1993 South Africa
Lizaad Buyron Williams (born 1 October 1993) is a South African cricketer who plays for Northerns. He made his international debut for South Africa in April 2021.
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The supporters in Paarl are very loyal towards the home side
Sometimes your character pulls you through in tough situations and that has always been the case for me.
I was brought up by a single parent and I always needed to fight for what I wanted in life. It wasn’t easy.
I think if that aspect disappears I won’t be the same cricketer I am today. That is a big factor behind my success thus far.
So I set myself the challenge to perform so that they can pick a national player from Boland.
It’s not true! But that is just the difference from where we have come from to where we are now.
I’ve seen the transition of the union. I remember when I matriculated, Petrus and I stayed in the dormitory at Boland Park.
It’s special to end it where it all started as a Mini-Cricket player. I’m super excited that the union has given me the opportunity to finish my career here.
But guys are also being recognised here at Boland now, with Gavin Kaplan and Imran Manack recently playing for the SA A side.
We’ll see, but I’m sure they will see it somewhere during the season. The Paarl crowd is very good. You can see it in the SA20 as well.
It’s there in the back of my mind, “But my focus is purely to start the season well for Boland, trying to stay present in the now, and the future will look after itself.
For me to get back into the national side, it would have been ideal to stay at the Titans, but part of my decision was a family decision.
I’m at the back end of my career now, turning 33, so this will probably be my last few years on the field
My wife is an accountant and she sacrificed a lot for me to chase my dream. So this was also a decision to chase her dream, but also me still playing cricket here.
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