# Gary Gilder

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{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Gary Gilder
| country = South Africa
| fullname = Gary Gilder
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|07|06}}
| birth_place = Salisbury, Rhodesia, South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium

| club1 = [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team)
| year1 = 1994–2002
| club2 = [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 2003

| columns = 2

| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 51
| runs1 = 408
| bat avg1 = 10.73
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 39
| deliveries1 = 8.251
| wickets1 = 151
| bowl avg1 = 26.70
| fivefor1 = 6
| tenfor1 = 2
| best bowling1 = 8/22
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–

| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 55
| runs2 = 123
| bat avg2 = 8.78
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 36
| deliveries2 = 2,267
| wickets2 = 64
| bowl avg2 = 26.57
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 6/25
| catches/stumpings2 = 13/–

| date = 29 December
| year = 2016
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4004/4004.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Gary Michael Gilder''' (born 6 July 1974) is a former [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)n cricketer who played [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) and [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) [cricket](/source/cricket) for [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_cricket_team) from 1994 to 2002 and for [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in 2003.

==Life and cricket career==
Gary Gilder was born on 6 July 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). He made his [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for Natal B in January 1995 against Western Transvaal, taking five wickets in the match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/60/60075.html |title=Western Transvaal v Natal B: UCB Bowl 1994/95 (Section Two) |website=CricketArchive |publisher=The Cricketer |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> The following season, he collected [ten wickets in a match](/source/ten_wickets_in_a_match) for the first time, taking five in each innings in a match against Free State B.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61817.html |title=Natal B v Free State B: UCB Bowl 1995/96 (Section Two) |website=CricketArchive |publisher=The Cricketer |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> He was selected as part of the South Africa A team to tour England in 1996, and during that tour he had his best bowling performance in first-class cricket, when he took eight wickets in one innings against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62648.html |title=Worcestershire v South Africa A: South Africa A in England 1996 |website=CricketArchive |publisher=The Cricketer |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> In the 1996–97 South African season, he made the step up to the Natal first-team, appearing in the SuperSport Series for the first time. He was a regular for Natal (KwaZulu Natal from 1998) until the 2001–02 season, when he appeared just once in the SuperSport Series. He ended his career in England, playing for [Somerset County Cricket Club](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club), though his appearances for the county were limited to six matches in July and August 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4004/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-class matches played by Gary Gilder (51) |website=CricketArchive |publisher=The Cricketer |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref>

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