Louis Vorster

Louis Vorster (2 November 1966 – 17 April 2012) was a South African-Namibian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was born in Potchefstroom.

Louis Vorster
Personal information
Full nameLouis Phillippus Vorster
Born(1966-11-02)2 November 1966
Potchefstroom, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Died17 April 2012(2012-04-17) (aged 45)
Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2009/10Namibia
1996/97–1997/98North West
1993/94–1995/96Northern Transvaal B
1990/91–1995/96Northern Transvaal
1988Worcestershire
1986/87–1989/90Transvaal
1985/86–1989/90Transvaal B
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 95 96
Runs scored 4,786 2,186
Batting average 33.23 30.36
100s/50s 7/26 –/15
Top score 188 93*
Balls bowled 69 –
Wickets 1 –
Bowling average 41.00 –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 1/10 –
Catches/stumpings 59/– 25/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 October 2011

Vorster made his cricketing debut for Albatross cricket club on 1 July 1983, in a victory against the Sussex Second XI at Glynde. Vorster scored a duck in this first innings though the team were to create a victory with just one over to spare.

Vorster's first-class debut came in the 1985/86 Castle Bowl tournament, playing for Transvaal B against Eastern Province, and played in the Castle Currie Cup in the 1986/87 season. He became part of a South African invitation XI who played against an Australian XI in a South African tour of 1986/87, and, during the 1987 and 1988 English cricket seasons, played occasional games for the Warwickshire Second XI.

Playing for Transvaal until 1990, Vorster played for Northern Transvaal from this season onwards, in the B&H Series and the Castle Currie Cup, in its various guises.

Vorster continued to play for Northern Transvaal until the 1995/96 B&H Series, following which he moved to North West. Vorster played in the competition for North West until the 1998/99 season.

Nine years later, Vorster made a return to the first-class game, playing for the Namibian cricket team, for whom he made his debut in October 2007 against North West at the age of nearly 41.

Vorster was shot and killed during an armed robbery outside Pretoria on 17 April 2012. He was 45.[1]

References
  1. "Namibia's Louis Vorster dies in armed robbery". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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