Louis Vorster

South Africa

Full name Louis Phillippus Vorster

Born November 2, 1966, Potchefstroom, Transvaal

Died April 17, 2012, Pretoria, Transvaal (aged 45 years 167 days)

Major teams Namibia, Matabeleland, North West, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Worcestershire

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
First-class	95	165	21	4786	188	33.23	7	26	59	0
List A	96	88	16	2186	93*	30.36	0	15	25	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	95	69	41	1	1/10		41.00	3.56	69.0		0	0
List A	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	1985/86
Last First-class	Namibia v Easterns at Windhoek, Oct 22-24, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1986/87
Last List A	Namibia v Boland at Windhoek, Oct 31, 2009 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
10	Namibia	v Boland	Windhoek	31 Oct 2009	LA
17	Namibia	v Easterns	Windhoek	25 Oct 2009	LA
12, 17	Namibia	v Easterns	Windhoek	22 Oct 2009	FC
22, 30	Namibia	v Free State	Bloemfontein	8 Oct 2009	FC
9	Namibia	v Zimbabwe A	Windhoek	12 Mar 2009	Other OD
24, 43	Namibia	v KZN-Inland	Pietermaritzburg	5 Mar 2009	FC
58*, 11	Namibia	v Border	East London	26 Feb 2009	FC
-	Namibia	v North West	Potchefstroom	26 Oct 2008	LA
41, 20	Namibia	v North West	Potchefstroom	23 Oct 2008	FC
21	Namibia	v North West	Windhoek	18 Oct 2007	FC

Profile

A left-hand batsman, Louis Vorster was born in Potchefstroom and plied his trade on the South African domestic circuit before moving to and representing Namibia. Vorster was involved in the coaching and development of young players in Namibia before he was killed in an armed robbery while in South Africa. ESPNcricinfo staff

Louis Vorster

South Africa

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