Louis van der Westhuizen

Namibia

Full name Louis Petrus van der Westhuizen

Born March 31, 1988, Windhoek

Current age 31 years 207 days

Major teams Namibia, Namibia Under-19s

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	39	70	4	1555	85*	23.56	2151	72.29	0	10	195	36	13
List A	88	83	8	1400	97	18.66	1393	100.50	0	8	129	50	37
T20s	45	44	1	917	145	21.32	637	143.95	2	4	81	53	7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	39	40	2578	1372	36	5/90	5/90	38.11	3.19	71.6	2	1
List A	88	59	2174	1787	65	4/14	4/14	27.49	4.93	33.4	3	0
T20s	45	41	791	887	47	3/11	3/11	18.87	6.72	16.8	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	Scotland v Namibia at Aberdeen, May 11-13, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	Namibia v South Western Districts at Windhoek, Feb 1-3, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Griqualand West v Namibia at Kimberley, Nov 25, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Namibia v Canada at Windhoek, Feb 15, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Namibia v Uganda at Windhoek, Sep 26, 2010 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Namibia at Dubai (DSC), Jan 19, 2017 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
53	Namibia	v Canada	Windhoek	15 Feb 2018	LA
1	Namibia	v Nepal	Windhoek	8 Feb 2018	LA
18	Namibia	v S West D	Windhoek	4 Feb 2018	LA
0, 10	Namibia	v S West D	Windhoek	1 Feb 2018	FC
54	Namibia	v Netherlands	ICCA 2 Dubai	6 Dec 2017	LA
1, 52	Namibia	v Netherlands	ICCA Dubai	29 Nov 2017	FC
12	Namibia	v Gauteng	Windhoek	12 Nov 2017	LA
11, 14	Namibia	v Gauteng	Windhoek	9 Nov 2017	FC
24	Namibia	v U.A.E.	Windhoek	23 Sep 2017	LA
41	Namibia	v U.A.E.	Windhoek	21 Sep 2017	LA

Profile

Louis van der Westhuizen is another of the young breed of Namibian players who returned from the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka with his reputation enhanced. He is a slow left-arm spinner who topped the team's bowling averages in the competition, taking six wickets at 25.16, including a haul of 3 for 34 against the hosts. He also opened the batting throughout the tournament. He was one of the outstanding players in the qualifiers for that competition: his 113 against Papua New Guinea ensured qualification, while he also collected nine wickets in the five matches. He has played only a handful of matches so far but is expected to push for a regular place in the coming years.
Alan Curr February 2008

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