Louis Klazinga

Namibian cricketer (born 1985)

Louis Klazinga

Personal information

Full name

Louis Klazinga

Born

(1985-12-04) 4 December 1985 (age 38)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province,
South Africa

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm fast-medium

International information

National side

Namibia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006/07–

Namibia

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	57	66	12
Runs scored	896	326	85
Batting average	16.29	12.53	28.33
100s/50s	–/1	–/1	–/–
Top score	51	64	25*
Balls bowled	7,398	2,850	205
Wickets	171	106	13
Bowling average	24.26	24.20	18.23
5 wickets in innings	8	1	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–
Best bowling	6/70	5/50	4/18
Catches/stumpings	26/–	19/–	6/–

Source: CricketArchive, 16 October 2011

Louis Klazinga (born 4 December 1985) is a Namibian cricketer.

After playing for Eldoraigne High School in Centurion, Gauteng, he first played for Namibia in October 2006 as a pace bowler and tail-end batsman, in the South African Airways Three-Day Challenge, making his debut against Limpopo. He took the wickets of Sammy Letsoalo, Jacques Pretorius and Sipho Mashele, but did not bat during the match, following captain Louis Burger's declaration after scoring a century. In his second match for Namibia, he took four wickets. Since then, he has been Namibia's regular opening bowler. After failing to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2016, at the age of 29, Klazinga announced his retirement from cricket, leaving a big hole in the weak and inexperienced Namibia Cricket Team.^[1]

He was named in the team of the tournament after the ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2007-08.^[2]

References

^ "Namibia: A New Era Dawns for Namibian Cricket". All Africa. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
^ Ireland and Namibia dominate Associate dream team. Retrieved 26 January 2013