Xander Pitchers

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Xander Pitchers
Personal information
Full nameRussell Alexander Hugh Pitchers IV
Born (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 26)
Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches2616
Runs scored1,047284
Batting average 21.8117.75
100s/50s3/20/1
Top score11857
Balls bowled53012
Wickets 70
Bowling average 42.14n/a
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match0n/a
Best bowling1/100/8
Catches/stumpings 9/–6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 May 2015

Russell Alexander Hugh Pitchers (born 20 February 1994) is a Namibian cricketer who made his senior debut for the Namibian national side in March 2013, aged 19.

Born in Kimberley, South Africa, Pitchers attended the city's Hoërskool Noord-Kaap (Northern Cape High School), playing cricket for the school team. [1] He played several seasons for underage Griqualand West teams, and made his debut for the Griqualand West under-19s in October 2010, at the age of 16. Pitchers, a right-handed batsman, later moved to Namibia, going on to qualify for the Namibian national under-19 side. He was named in the Namibian squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup, but played in only two warm-up matches, against the West Indies and Zimbabwe. [2]

Pitchers' final matches for a South African domestic side came in December 2012, when he played in a third consecutive national under-19 championships for Griqualand West. [2] In March 2013, he made his first-class debut for the Namibian senior side in the South African Three-Day Provincial Competition. [3] On debut against KwaZulu-Natal, he opened the batting with Pikky Ya France, scoring a duck in the first innings and six runs in the second innings as Namibia lost by an innings and 114 runs within two days. [4] In the following match, against South Western Districts, Pitchers scored a maiden first-class century, 114 runs from 228 balls. [5]

For the Namibian under-19s, Pitchers was the leading runscorer at the 2013 Africa Under-19 Championship in Uganda, with 228 runs from three innings. [6] Against Zambia, he was the top scorer with 161 from 143 balls, helping Namibia to a 244-run win. [7] Namibia won the final against Kenya to qualify for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Pitchers made his under-19 One Day International (ODI) debut at the World Cup, [8] and scored 131 runs from four matches, behind only Gerhard Erasmus for Namibia. [9] His highest score came against Zimbabwe, 78 runs from 116 balls. [10]

Outside of his under-19 appearances, Smit has become a regular for the Namibian senior side in both South African domestic tournaments and international competitions, featuring at the 2013 Intercontinental Cup, the 2013 WCL Championship, and the 2014 World Cup Qualifier. [3] [11] A second first-class century, 118 from 266 balls, came against KwaZulu-Natal Inland in the 2013–14 South African season. [12] In May 2015, against Hong Kong in Namibia's first Intercontinental Cup fixture of the 2015–17 cycle, Pitchers scored a maiden international century in the second innings, 105* opening with Stephan Baard. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Players / Namibia / Xander Pitchers – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 Miscellaneous Matches played by Xander Pitchers (45) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 First-Class Matches played by Xander Pitchers (23) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal v Namibia, CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ South Western Districts v Namibia, CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Batting and Fielding in ICC Africa Under-19 Division One Championship 2013 (Ordered by Runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Namibia Under-19s v Zambia Under-19s, ICC Africa Under-19 Division One Championship 2013 (Pool A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Under-19 ODI Matches played by Xander Pitchers (4) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Batting and Fielding for Namibia Under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Namibia Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2013/14 (9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. ↑ List A matches played by Xander Pitchers (16) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Inland v Namibia, CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. ↑ (13 May 2015). "Namibia run away with 114-run victory" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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