Stephan Swanepoel

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Stephan Swanepoel
Personal information
Full name
Stephan Jacobus Swanepoel
Born (1981-12-02) 2 December 1981 (age 42)
Kathu, Namibia, South West Africa[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 10)10 February 2003 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI27 February 2003 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 5 8 25
Runs scored 43 372 312
Batting average 8.60 24.80 13.56
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 23 72 39
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 June 2017

Stephan Jacobus Swanepoel (also commonly known as Stefan Swanepoel; born 2 December 1981) is a Namibian cricketer who has represented the Namibian national team at international level.[2] He played as a frontline right-handed batsman and specialist wicketkeeper.[3] He has also played for Welwitschia Invitation XI, Blumfelde XI and Namibia A sides.

He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever ODI team and also of Namibia's first ever World Cup team.

He holds the Namibian record of having played the most number of matches for Namibia at Under-19 World Cups with 19 matches coming in 3 different U-19 World Cup tournaments in 1998, 2000 and in 2002.[4] He also holds the record for second joint most appearances by any player in the history of ICC U-19 Cricket World Cups along with Greg Thompson of Ireland.[5] He also holds the record for being the all-time leading run-scorer for Namibia in Youth One-Day Internationals as well as in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournaments with a tally of 435 runs in 19 matches with all 19 off them at the U-19 World Cups.[6]

  1. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  2. ^ "Stefan Swanepoel Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ "Stefan Swanepoel profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  4. ^ "Under-19s World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  5. ^ "U19 World Cup teams and players eye tournament records". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  6. ^ Records / Namibia Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Most runs – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-12-25.