Ryan McLaren is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his first-class debut for Free State in October 2003, taking two wickets and scoring 25 runs. He had also appeared eight times for South Africa Under-19's, during the 2001?02 Under-19 World Cup. He agreed to join Kent on a Kolpak deal for the 2007 season. In the 2007 Twenty20 Cup Final against Gloucestershire, McLaren took a hat-trick to help Kent win the Twenty20 Cup for the first time. He had been called up for the South African One-day side for the Kenya and Bangladesh series, but had to withdraw, because Kent did not release him from his Kolpak contract. After renouncing his Kolpak status, he was called up by South Africa to play against Zimbabwe and England in the 2009?10 season. 

February 9th, 1983 in Kimberley, Northern Cape (Age 41)