Dutch-South African cricketer
Colin Niel Ackermann (born 4 April 1991) is a Dutch-South African cricketer who plays for Durham 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]
He served as the Leicestershire club captain (2020–2022).
Early life
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]
Domestic career
In 2014, Ackermann represented the North Holland Hurricanes in the North Sea Pro Series .[ 8] He won a Topklasse title with Dosti Amsterdam in 2015.[ 9]
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.[ 10]
Ahead of the 2017 season, Ackermann signed for English county side Leicestershire on a two-year contract.[ 11] In May 2017, he was named Domestic Players' Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa 's annual awards.[ 12] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars ' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League .[ 13] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[ 14]
On 7 August 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast in England, Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs for Leicestershire against the Birmingham Bears .[ 15] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[ 16] In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred .[ 17] In July 2022, in the County Championship , Ackermann scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 277 not out .[ 18]
International career
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.[ 19] 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.[ 20] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Netherlands, against Ireland , on 5 October 2019.[ 21]
In September 2021, Ackermann was named as the vice-captain of the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup .[ 22] In November 2021, Ackermann was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa .[ 23] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for the Netherlands against South Africa .[ 24] In September 2023, he was included in Netherlands' squad for the World Cup to be played in India.[ 25]
References
^ "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy" . Emerging Cricket . Retrieved 12 August 2020 .
^ "Colin Ackermann" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 November 2015 .
^ "Colin Ackermann gets Netherlands call-up for T20 World Cup Qualifier" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 9 September 2019 .
^ "South African rising star Ackermann to become new professional at Netherfield Cricket Club" . The Westmorland Gazette . Retrieved 26 September 2021 .
^ "Former Outeniqua Primary School learner takes record 7/18" . Retrieved 26 September 2021 – via PressReader.
^ "The Home of CricketArchive" . cricketarchive.com . Retrieved 26 September 2021 .
^ "South Africa Under-19s Squad - S Africa U19 Squad - ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2010 Squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 September 2021 .
^ "Teams Colin Ackermann played for" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 October 2023 .
^ "Colin Ackermann" . Cricbuzz. Retrieved 6 October 2023 .
^ "Records: Sunfoil Series, 2016/17: Most runs" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 February 2017 .
^ "Leicestershire turn to Ackermann" . ESPNcricinfo. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016 .
^ "De Kock dominates South Africa's awards" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 May 2017 .
^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads" . T20 Global League . Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017 .
^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 October 2017 .
^ "Part-timer Colin Ackermann takes first-ever T20 seven-for on astounding night" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 8 August 2019 .
^ "Colin Ackermann sets T20 record with 7/18" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 8 August 2019 .
^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 5 April 2022 .
^ "Colin Ackermann, Wiaan Mulder score unbeaten double-tons on landmark day for Leicestershire" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 July 2022 .
^ "Experienced Colin Ackermann added to Dutch Men's Squad" . Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) . Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019 .
^ "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier" . Royal Dutch Cricket Association . Retrieved 8 September 2019 .
^ "2nd Match, Oman Pentangular T20I Series at Al Amerat, Oct 5 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 5 October 2019 .
^ "Dutch ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad announced" . Royal Dutch Cricket Association . Retrieved 10 September 2021 .
^ "Six changes in Netherlands squad for Centurion" . Emerging Cricket . Retrieved 4 November 2021 .
^ "1st ODI, Centurion, Nov 26 2021, Netherlands tour of South Africa" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 26 November 2021 .
^ "Ackermann, van Meekeren, van der Merwe return to Netherlands squad for World Cup" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 12 November 2023 .
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