Full name Bjorn Leo Kotze
Born December 11, 1978, Windhoek
Current age 30 years 346 days
Major teams Namibia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relation Brother - DB Kotze
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 24* | 9.00 | 51 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 20 | 32 | 4 | 746 | 163* | 26.64 | 1752 | 42.57 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| List A | 58 | 49 | 10 | 568 | 54* | 14.56 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 5 | 5 | 258 | 276 | 3 | 2/51 | 2/51 | 92.00 | 6.41 | 86.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 20 | 1816 | 850 | 44 | 5/41 | 19.31 | 2.80 | 41.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| List A | 58 | 1763 | 1583 | 55 | 4/40 | 4/40 | 28.78 | 5.38 | 32.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Zimbabwe v Namibia at Harare, Feb 10, 2003 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v Namibia at Potchefstroom, Feb 27, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2005 |
| Last First-class | Namibia v Free State at Windhoek, Feb 5-7, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2001/02 |
| Last List A | Afghanistan v Namibia at Krugersdorp, Apr 17, 2009 scorecard |
Bjorn Kotze, the younger brother of former captain Deon, has been playing for Namibia since he was 19. He made an inauspicious start to his international career when he registered a three-ball duck on debut against the Netherlands. He usually bats in the middle-order and bowls useful medium-pace.
During the 2003 World Cup in South Africa he collected the wickets of Damien
Martyn, Saeed Anwar and Mohammed Yousuf and batted down the order at nine or
ten, where he scored 24 of his 27 tournament runs against Pakistan. He
continues to impress and in July 2007 won Namibia's Player of the Year
award.
Alan Curr July 2007
- UAE left hoping for a captain's innings (Jan 25, 2008)
- UAE confident ahead of Namibia clash (Jan 22, 2008)
- Kotze praises 'marvellous' bowlers (Oct 29, 2007)
- Feeble Canada struggle in follow-on (Oct 27, 2007)
- Kotze century puts Namibia in charge (Oct 26, 2007)
Apr 3, 2009
Bjorn Kotze, player portrait
© International Cricket Council
Nov 27, 2007
Namibian captain Bjorn Kotze cuts the ball
© International Cricket Council
Oct 26, 2007
Bjorn Kotze defends during his innings of 163 not out
© Wiets Coetzee
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