Did You Know...
Favourite Sports Person
Richie McCaw
Favourite Band
Vampire Weekend
Favourite Food
Chicken parmie
Favourite Car
Old school Land Rover Defender
Favourite Film
Happy Gilmore
Most Likely To
get Coffee
Education
Sacred Heart, Auckland; Otago Uni, Dunedin
Lookalike
Roddy from Flushed Away
Favourite Quote
'Do the Mahi, get the Treats'
Best Cricketing Moment
Qualifying for the T20 World Cup with the Netherlands
Proudest Moment
Kent debut
Fred Klaassen
| Date of Birth | 13th November 1992 | Debut | For Kent, all 2019: FC v Loughborough MCCU; CC v Yorkshire; List-A v Hampshire; T20 v Somerset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years of Service | 2019 - | Capped | - |
| Nickname(s) | - | Bat | Right-hand |
| Best Bat | For Kent: FC 14* v Loughborough MCCU (2019); List-A 10 v Pakistanis (2019); T20 4* v Essex (2019) | Bowl | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Best Bowl | For Kent: FC 4-44 v Sussex (2020); List-A 2-17 v Surrey (2019); T20 2-20 v Hampshire (2020) | Shirt Sponsor | - |
Player Biography
Kent signed Fred, a tall left arm seamer, ahead of the 2019 season. His First Class and Kent debut came against Loughborough MCCU, where he scored 14* and had match figures of 16-2-38-0 in a rain affected drawn match.
Since then, Fred has featured primarily in white ball cricket, finding a home in our T20 bowling attack as a consistent left arm threat. He played every game of our 2019 T20 campaign, taking 10-wickets with best figures of 2-24 coming against Gloucestershire at the Spitfire Ground.
Fred signed a contract extension in 2020, keeping him at the club until 2022.
Klaassen also plays international cricket for the Netherlands, and has done since 2018. Fred has featured in 4 ODIs and 21 T20Is, and was an important part of the Dutch side that qualified for the 2020 T20 World Cup.
Other Teams
Netherlands, MCC
Overseas Tours
MCC to Pakistan, 2019