Louis Klazinga

Louis Klazinga
Personal information
Full name
Louis Klazinga
Born (1985-12-04) 4 December 1985 (age 38)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province,
South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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]

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