Bernard Scholtz

Bernard Scholtz
Personal information
Full name Bernard Martinus Scholtz
Born (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990
Keetmanshoop, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations Nicolaas Scholtz (brother)
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09– Namibia
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 69 59 48
Runs scored 908 212 78
Batting average 11.79 10.09 8.66
100s/50s –/3 –/– –/–
Top score 63 30 25*
Balls bowled 8437 2052 805
Wickets 140 52 43
Bowling average 35.81 31.17 19.83
5 wickets in innings 8 – –
10 wickets in match 1 – –
Best bowling 8/116 3/16 4/13
Catches/stumpings 10/– 6/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 February 2015

Bernard Martinus Scholtz (born 10 March 1990) is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. He was born in Keetmanshoop.

Scholtz made his cricketing debut for the Namibian Under-19s team at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, in the warm-up match against South Africa. He made five appearances during the competition proper, taking six wickets. He scored just two runs, but remained not out on every occasion.

Scholtz made his first-class debut in October 2008 against North West, scoring a second-ball duck in his debut innings. Playing against Boland in 2014-15 he took 8 for 116 and 5 for 66.[1] In November 2016, he was named Player of the Year by Cricket Namibia at their annual awards ceremony.[2] In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Namibia, with 35 dismissals in nine matches.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[5]

His brother, Nicolaas, four years his senior, has played first-class cricket since 2004.

References

  1. ↑ "Boland v Namibia 2014-15". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Namibia Awards 2016". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 Namibia: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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