Louis van der Westhuizen
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Louis van der Westhuizen (born March 31, 1988) is a Namibia
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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-hand bowler. He has played first-class cricket for the senior Namibian cricket team since 2006, having previously lined up for the Under-19s.
van der Westhuizen played for the Namibians in the Under-19s World Cup in 2006. Generally speaking, van der Westhuizen occupies the position of opening batsman for the Namibian side. van der Westhuizen was part of the Namibian Under-19 team which won the Under-19 African Championship in 2007.
Playing against Kenya in a Twenty20
match in November 2011, van der Westhuizen scored 145 runs from 54 balls. This is the third highest score ever made in a Twenty20 match, behind Graham Napier
's 152 not out
and Brendon McCullum
's 158 not out.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-hand bowler. He has played first-class cricket for the senior Namibian cricket team since 2006, having previously lined up for the Under-19s.
van der Westhuizen played for the Namibians in the Under-19s World Cup in 2006. Generally speaking, van der Westhuizen occupies the position of opening batsman for the Namibian side. van der Westhuizen was part of the Namibian Under-19 team which won the Under-19 African Championship in 2007.
Playing against Kenya in a Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
match in November 2011, van der Westhuizen scored 145 runs from 54 balls. This is the third highest score ever made in a Twenty20 match, behind Graham Napier
Graham Napier
Graham Richard Napier is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler....
's 152 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
and Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum
Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...
's 158 not out.
External links
- Louis van der Westhuizen at Cricket Archive