Lo-handre Louwrens

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Lo-handre Louwrens
Personal information
Born (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)
Keetmanshoop, Namibia
BattingRight-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  35)14 March 2022 v  Oman
Last ODI15 February 2023 v  Scotland
Only T20I(cap  16)23 August 2019 v  Botswana
Source: Cricinfo, 29 November 2022

Lo-handre Louwrens (born 24 April 1999) is a Namibian cricketer who made his international debut for the Namibia cricket team in August 2019. [1]

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Career

He made his first-class debut on 8 October 2015 in the Sunfoil 3-Day Cup tournament. [2]

In January 2016, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [3] He was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 163 runs. [4] In November 2017, he was named as captain of Namibia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [5] He was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 258 runs. [6]

He was a member of Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. [7] In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [8]

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. [9] On 29 October 2018, in the match against Mozambique, he became the first batsman to score a century in the group, scoring 100 from 48 balls. [10] [11] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 243 runs in six matches. [12]

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. [13] [14]

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Namibia against Botswana on 23 August 2019 during Botswana's tour of Namibia. [15] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 14 March 2022, for Namibia against Oman. [16]

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