Logan Verjus van Beek is a cricket player from New Zealand and the Netherlands. He plays for Wellington Firebirds in New Zealand and the Netherlands national cricket team. Van Beek is a right-handed right-arm fast-medium bowler and all-rounder. His outstanding super over performance at the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier against the West Indies brought him international fame. This was when he scored 30 runs and took two wickets in the same match. |
Logan van Beek holds the Dutch passport due to his paternal grandparents moving to New Zealand in the 1950s. In 2009, he represented New Zealand in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship as a point guard in basketball. He previously worked at Window Wizards as a manager and cleaner from 2010 to 2011. |
In 2010, he played for the New Zealand team in the Under-19 World Cup and later coached at Canterbury Cricket from 2011 to 2016. Van Beek joined the Netherlands cricket team in 2012. He earned Level 1 Coaching certification from the New Zealand Cricket Association in January 2013. |
Van Beek participated in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh for the Netherlands. Since 2014, he has been involved with charitable organizations like Sponsor a Child World Vision and Camp Quality in New Zealand. He achieved his first century in first-class cricket during the Plunket Shield in October 2015. |
In August 2016, he worked as a Social Media Content Creator for Canterbury Kings. He also took a hat-trick in March 2018 for Wellington during a Plunket Shield match. In May 2018, he worked as a People and Culture Consultant at Humankind in New Zealand. |
Logan van Beek's childhood friend, Henry Michael Nicholls, is a New Zealand cricketer. In March 2020, he started a podcast in Wellington called Follow Through with LVB. He was included in the Dutch senior cricket team in April 2020 and received a contract from Wellington in June 2020 for the domestic season. |
Van Beek was selected for the Dutch ODI team in May 2021 and played in the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament. He achieved a hat-trick in a group match against Hong Kong. His maternal grandfather, Sammy Guillen, was a Test cricketer with citizenship in the West Indies and New Zealand. |
Logan van Beek played a significant role in Netherlands’ victory over the West Indies in a 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match, where they tied after chasing 375 runs. Netherlands set a new international run record in a super over against the West Indies on 27 June 2023. |
In his free time, Logan enjoys traveling and dancing, as seen from his social media. He also occasionally enjoys alcoholic beverages. |