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| Full name | Colin Niel Ackermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1991 George, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 75) | 26 November 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 March 2025 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 50) | 5 October 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 16 November 2024 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010/11–2016/17 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2018/19 | Warriors (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Leicestershire (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sylhet Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Pretoria Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Niel Ackermann (born 4 April 1991) is a Dutch-South African cricketer who plays for Durham County Cricket Club in England and the Netherlands national cricket team. [1] He made his international debut for the Netherlands in October 2019. [2] [3]
He served as the Leicestershire club captain (2020–2022).
Ackermann was born on 4 April 1991 in George,Cape Province,South Africa. He studied at Outeniqua Primary School in George and Grey High School in Port Elizabeth. [4] [5] [6] He was the vice-captain of South Africa at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [7]
In 2014,Ackermann represented the North Holland Hurricanes in the North Sea Pro Series. [8] He won a Topklasse title with Dosti Amsterdam in 2015. [9]
In the 2016 season,he scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series,with a total of 883 from ten matches and seventeen innings. [10]
Ahead of the 2017 season,Ackermann signed for English county side Leicestershire on a two-year contract. [11] In May 2017,he was named Domestic Players' Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards. [12] In August 2017,he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [13] However,in October 2017,Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018,with it being cancelled soon after. [14]
On 7 August 2019,in the 2019 t20 Blast in England,Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs for Leicestershire against the Birmingham Bears. [15] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match. [16] In April 2022,he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred. [17] In July 2022,in the County Championship,Ackermann scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 277 not out. [18]
In June 2019,Ackermann became available to play for the Netherlands cricket team,ahead of the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [19] In September 2019,he was named in the Dutch squads for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. [20] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Netherlands,against Ireland,on 5 October 2019. [21]
In September 2021,Ackermann was named as the vice-captain of the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [22] In November 2021,Ackermann was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa. [23] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021,for the Netherlands against South Africa. [24] In September 2023,he was included in Netherlands' squad for the World Cup to be played in India. [25]
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