Johannes van der Merwe
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Johannes van der Merwe was a Namibia
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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.
Born in Windhoek, the young batsman played in several youth one-day internationals during the Under-19 World Cups of 1997/98 and 1999/2000, his first match coming against Bangladesh Under-19s
on January 12, 1998, where he was bowled out by a duck by Shabbir Khan
.
Two years later, in the 1999/2000 Under-19 World Cup, he watched Australia Under-19s
beat his team by 266 runs in a match dominated by Australian attack. He took part in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup where the Namibians lost by five wickets to Uganda
.
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 was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.
Born in Windhoek, the young batsman played in several youth one-day internationals during the Under-19 World Cups of 1997/98 and 1999/2000, his first match coming against Bangladesh Under-19s
Bangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...
on January 12, 1998, where he was bowled out by a duck by Shabbir Khan
Shabbir Khan
Shabbir Khan Shafin is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Chittagong Division. He is a right-arm offbreak bowler and handy lower-order batsman. Shabbir has made two first-class centuries to date and has taken over 200 wickets.-External links:*...
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Two years later, in the 1999/2000 Under-19 World Cup, he watched Australia Under-19s
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
beat his team by 266 runs in a match dominated by Australian attack. He took part in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup where the Namibians lost by five wickets to Uganda
Ugandan cricket team
The Uganda national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Uganda in international cricket matches. Having previously been part of the combined East African and East and Central African teams, they became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in their own right...
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External links
- Johannes van der Merwe at Cricket Archive