Michiel du Preez

Michiel du Preez
Personal information
Full name
Michiel Daniel du Preez
Born (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)
South Africa, Cape Town
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 30)26 November 2021 v Oman
Last ODI27 November 2021 v Oman
T20I debut (cap 17)3 April 2021 v Uganda
Last T20I5 April 2021 v Uganda
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 25 14 12
Runs scored 623 251 250
Batting average 13.54 17.92 41.66
100s/50s 0/4 0/1 0/2
Top score 62 51 72
Balls bowled 192 48 –
Wickets 1 0 –
Bowling average 143.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/18 – –
Catches/stumpings 19/1 7/0 2/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 November 2021

Michiel du Preez (born 3 January 1996) is a Namibian cricketer.[1] He selected as part of Namibia's squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament replacing Zhivago Groenewald.[2]

Career

In August 2018, he was included in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup,[3] and was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 164 runs in four matches.[4]

In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[5] In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.[6][7]

In March 2021, he was named in Namibia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Uganda.[8] He made his T20I debut on 3 April 2021, against Uganda.[9] In September 2021, du Preez was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10] In November 2021, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series.[11] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for Namibia against Oman.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Michiel du Preez". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Namibia: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Namibian squad for World T20 Qualifier". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Eagles Squad in Castle Series v Uganda". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. ^ "1st T20I, Windhoek, Apr 3 2021, Uganda tour of Namibia". ESPN Cricninfo. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Namibia name T20 World Cup squad, include David Wiese". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Namibia Hosting Oman and UAE in Castle Lite Series". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  12. ^ "49th Match, Windhoek, Nov 26 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2021.