Colin Niel Ackermann (born 4 April 1991) is a Dutch-South African cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England and the Netherlands national cricket team.[1] He made his international debut for the Netherlands in October 2019.[2][3]
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Full name | Colin Niel Ackermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 31) George, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 75) | 26 November 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 January 2022 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 50) | 5 October 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 November 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2017 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Warriors (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Leicestershire (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2022 |
He served as the Leicestershire club captain (2020-2022).
Ackermann was born on 4 April 1991 in George, Cape Province, South Africa. He studied at Outeniqua Primary School in George and Grey High School in Port Elizabeth.[4][5][6] He was the vice-captain of South Africa at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]
In the 2016 season, he scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series, with a total of 883 from ten matches and seventeen innings.[8]
Ahead of the 2017 season, Ackermann signed for English county side Leicestershire on a two-year contract.[9] In May 2017, he was named Domestic Players' Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[10] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[11] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[12]
On 7 August 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast in England, Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs for Leicestershire against the Birmingham Bears.[13] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[14] In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[15] In July 2022, in the County Championship, Ackermann scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 277 not out.[16]
In June 2019, Ackermann became available to play for the Netherlands cricket team, ahead of the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[17] In September 2019, he was named in the Dutch squads for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[18] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Netherlands, against Ireland, on 5 October 2019.[19]
In September 2021, Ackermann was named as the vice-captain of the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[20] In November 2021, Ackermann was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[21] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for the Netherlands against South Africa.[22] Following his Man of the Match performance against South Africa at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, he was drafted into the PSL 2023 season.
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