South Africa Myburgh was born in Pretoria, along with his brother
Stephan, who has played international cricket for the
Netherlands. Myburgh made his first-class debut in 1997 for
Northerns B. including all six of the team's matches during the
1998 World Cup, which took place in South Africa. After two years playing for Northerns B, Myburgh was elevated to the full Northerns side for the 1999/00 season. On 7 January 2001, during a one-day game, he scored an opening partnership of 156 with
Jacques Rudolph before being dismissed for 95. On 15 October 2004 he scored 102 against
Easterns during a first-class match, and on 9 January 2005 he scored 100* against
Border. Myburgh first played for the
Titans, the franchise formed from the merger of the Northerns and Easterns, in the 2004/05 season. and he became the Titans' leading run scorer in the
Standard Bank Cup in 2005/06, hitting 237 runs in ten matches with a high score of 59*. In 2006, playing for Northerns, Myburgh scored a 50 as they faced
Western Province on 8 April, and then scored another 55-ball 50 against the
South African national cricket team in September.
New Zealand In 2007, Myburgh emigrated to New Zealand, in order to replace the retiring
Nathan Astle at
Canterbury. 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. In August 2018, Myburgh announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. ==References==