team. He quickly cemented his place in the Canterbury side when he scored 148* off 154 balls with four sixes as his team moved on to 344/1, and followed this with another century in December, a fifty in January 2008, and a 98-ball 87 in February against England. England After three years with Canterbury, Myburgh was originally due to sign for Auckland for the 2010/11 season, but he declined his contract offer in order to pursue a career in England, to where he relocated, living with his English wife. If he had played one further season in New Zealand, he would have been eligible to play international cricket for New Zealand. In contrast, he would only become eligible for the England team after four seasons in England. Myburgh joined Hampshire as a Kolpak registration, making his debut for the county in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20, in which the county ended as runners-up. After one season with Hampshire, Myburgh was released by the county, having not played for the first team since May. He later signed for Durham for their 2012 Friends Life t20 campaign. Myburgh's contract with Durham was extended until the end of the season, following impressive performances during the FLt20. Myburgh spent much of the summer of 2013 playing club cricket as captain of Sutton CC, a team in the Surrey Premier League. He had previously played for the same side in three matches in 2003. Myburgh signed for Somerset, his third English county, for the 2014 season. He rejoined Director of Cricket Dave Nosworthy, who was previously coach for the Titans and Canterbury whilst Myburgh played for those teams. Myburgh scored a century on the opening day of the 2015 season at home to Middlesex and enjoyed success as an opener in the Natwest T20 Blast in the same season. He signed a white-ball contract for 2018, to play in the One-Day Cup and the T20 Blast. In August 2018, Myburgh announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. References External links 1980 births Living people South African cricketers New Zealand cricketers Northerns cricketers Titans cricketers Canterbury cricketers Hampshire cricketers Durham cricketers Somerset cricketers Cricketers from Pretoria South African emigrants to the United Kingdom English cricketers South African emigrants to New Zealand English people of South African descent