Louis Vorster
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| Full name | Louis Phillippus Vorster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1966 off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008/09–2009/10 | Transvaal B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
Playing for
Vorster continued to play for Northern Transvaal until the 1995/96 B&H Series, following which he moved to
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
- ^ "Namibia's Louis Vorster dies in armed robbery". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
External links
- Louis Vorster at Cricinfo
- Louis Vorster at Cricket Archive