Sarel Burger

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Sarel Burger
Personal information
Full name
Sarel Francois Burger
Born (1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 40)
Windhoek, South West Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  14)19 February 2003 v  England
Last ODI3 March 2003 v  Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches26711563
Runs scored112,8472,2851,019
Batting average 5.5024.9723.3122.64
100s/50s0/02/190/140/4
Top score61359156
Balls bowled668,7354,6021,149
Wickets 014411746
Bowling average 25.4526.8626.78
5 wickets in innings 520
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling6/605/234/29
Catches/stumpings 1/–51/–45/–24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 June 2017

Sarel Francois Burger (born 13 February 1983) is a Namibian former cricketer, who has played for Namibia's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

He played in two One Day Internationals in the Cricket World Cup in 2003. He also participated in List A cricket between 2001 and 2004 and participated in the ICC Trophy in July 2005. His brother Louis Burger played for Namibia in the World Cup, while Bernie Burger has played in the ICC Trophy.

In January 2018, he was named as captain of Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. [1]

In February 2018, he retired from cricket, after playing for Namibia against Free State in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "Media Release -Veteran players retire". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "Burger and Williams retire as Namibia draw". The Namibian. Retrieved 25 March 2018.