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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Scott Kuggeleijn
| image = Scott Kuggeleijn.jpg
| caption = Kuggeleijn playing for [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] in 2025.
| country = New Zealand
| full_name = Scott Christopher Kuggeleijn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = Bowling [[all-rounder]]
| family = [[Chris Kuggeleijn]] (father)

| international = true
| internationalspan = 2017-present
| testdebutdate = 16 February
| testdebutyear = 2023
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 284
| lasttestdate = 29 February
| lasttestyear = 2024
| lasttestagainst = Australia
| odidebutdate = 14 May
| odidebutyear = 2017
| odidebutagainst = Ireland
| odicap = 191
| lastodidate = 21 May
| lastodiyear = 2017
| lastodiagainst = Ireland

| T20Icap = 80
| T20Idebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| T20Idebutdate = 11 January
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| lastT20Idate = 10 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2021
| lastT20Iagainst = Bangladesh

| club1 = [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2012/13}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2013/14–present}}
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year3 = 2019
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[St Lucia Zouks]]
| year4 = 2020
| clubnumber4 =
| club5 = [[St Lucia Kings]]
| year5 = 2022
| clubnumber5 =

| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| column3 = [[Twenty 20 International|T20I]]
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 3
| matches2 = 2
| matches3 = 18
| matches4 = 110
| runs1 = 92
| runs2 = 11
| runs3 = 79
| runs4 = 3,918
| bat avg1 = 15.33
| bat avg2 = –
| bat avg3 = 19.75
| bat avg4 = 27.39
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| 100s/50s4 = 4/20
| top score1 = 44
| top score2 = 11[[not out|*]]
| top score3 = 35[[not out|*]]
| top score4 = 142[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 354
| deliveries2 = 84
| deliveries3 = 323
| deliveries4 = 18,002
| wickets1 = 6
| wickets2 = 5
| wickets3 = 16
| wickets4 = 362
| bowl avg1 = 49.00
| bowl avg2 = 11.60
| bowl avg3 = 29.43
| bowl avg4 = 30.11
| fivefor1 = 0
| fivefor2 = 0
| fivefor3 = 0
| fivefor4 = 14
| tenfor1 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/75
| best bowling2 = 3/41
| best bowling3 = 3/27
| best bowling4 = 7/45
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| catches/stumpings3 = 6/–
| catches/stumpings4 = 46/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/539548.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 31 December
| year = 2025
}}
'''Scott Christopher Kuggeleijn''' (born 3 January 1992) is a New Zealand international [[cricket]]er. He plays [[first-class cricket]] for [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/539548.html |title=Scott Kuggeleijn |access-date=30 October 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Domestic and T20 career==
In the [[2016–17 Ford Trophy]], Kuggeleijn took the most wickets in the tournament, with seventeen dismissals in nine matches.<ref name="Ford">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=11509;type=tournament |title= Records: The Ford Trophy, 2016/17: Most wickets |access-date=18 February 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Northern Districts for the 2018–19 season.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> In March 2019, he played for [[Chennai Super Kings]] as an injury replacement during the [[2019 Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26397235/scott-kuggeleijn-slots-injured-lungi-ngidi-super-kings |title=Scott Kuggeleijn slots in for injured Lungi Ngidi at Super Kings |date=30 March 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> In 2021, he signed for [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]], again as an injury replacement, but did not play a match for the side.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Kuggeleijn replaces Kane in RCB|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-rcb-recruit-scott-kuggeleijn-as-replacement-for-kane-richardson-1261382|access-date=27 April 2020|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> In 2024, he played inaugural season of [[Nepal Premier League]] for Sudurpaschim Royals and finished the season as highest wicket taker of tournament.

==International career==
In April 2017, he was named in New Zealand's [[One Day International]] (ODI) squad for the [[2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series]].<ref name="NZsquad">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/1090282.html |title=Latham to lead NZ in Ireland, uncapped Rance in squad |access-date=6 April 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 14 May 2017. He scored 11 runs in the match and dismissed [[William Porterfield]] for his first ODI wicket.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1033363.html |title=Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2nd Match: Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 14, 2017 |access-date=14 May 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In January 2019, he was named in New Zealand's [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for the one-off T20I [[Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19|against Sri Lanka]].<ref name="NZT20I">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/967810 |title=Tim Southee to captain in one-off T20I, Santner returns |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> He made his T20I debut in that match against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] on 11 January 2019.<ref name="T20I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153843.html |title=Only T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Jan 11 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In February 2023, he was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their series [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23|against England]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/jamieson-henry-withdrawn-from-test-squad-duffy-kuggeleijn-called-in/ |title=Jamieson & Henry withdrawn from Test squad, Duffy & Kuggeleijn called in |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214053218/https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/jamieson-henry-withdrawn-from-test-squad-duffy-kuggeleijn-called-in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his Test debut on 16 February 2023, for New Zealand against England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1322355.html |title=1st Test (D/N), Mount Maunganui, February 16 - 19, 2023, England tour of New Zealand |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>

==Sexual assault accusation==
Kuggeleijn went on trial for rape in 2016, and again in 2017 after a [[hung jury]] in the first trial. He was not convicted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/what-did-the-juries-hear-in-the-scott-kuggeleijn-case/XC33KFH5YCPTXSMZIYIBJFPTEI|title= What did the juries hear in the Scott Kuggeleijn case?|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=11 February 2019}}</ref> When Kuggeleijn was nearly selected for the national team just after the second trial in 2017, [[New Zealand Cricket]] chief executive [[David White (New Zealand cricketer)|David White]] said they "respected the court process and were not in the business of relitigating past events".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25951277/wake-nzc-metoo-posters-appear-eden-park|title='Wake up, NZC' - #MeToo posters appear at Eden Park|date=8 February 2019|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> That, he said, "would be manifestly unfair on all parties involved. The court is the most appropriate forum for judging matters as serious as this".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11825129|title=Cricket: Kuggeleijn gets call-up due to injury|first=David |last=Leggat |date=24 March 2017|access-date=19 January 2019|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}}</ref> The position New Zealand Cricket took was criticised publicly and in the media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/109964652/nz-cricket-should-end-its-shameful-silence-on-scott-kuggeleijn|title= NZ Cricket should end its shameful silence on Scott Kuggeleijn|work=Stuff|date=18 January 2019}}</ref> Kuggeleijn avoided talking about the subject in a rare press conference in December 2020 stating "I'm just trying to focus on my cricket."<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 December 2020|title=Black Caps coach praises Scott Kuggeleijn as social media criticism continues|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/123765399/black-caps-coach-praises-scott-kuggeleijn-as-social-media-criticism-continues|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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