Colin Ackermann

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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]

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Colin Ackermann
Personal information
Full name
Colin Niel Ackermann
Born (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)
George, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 75)26 November 2021 v South Africa
Last ODI7 March 2025 v Namibia
ODI shirt no.48
T20I debut (cap 50)5 October 2019 v Ireland
Last T20I16 November 2024 v Oman
T20I shirt no.48
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2016/17Eastern Province
2011/12–2018/19Warriors (squad no. 48)
2017–2023Leicestershire (squad no. 48)
2021–2022Manchester Originals
2023Sylhet Strikers
2023Southern Brave
2023/24Pretoria Capitals
2024Durham
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 20 25 177 118
Runs scored 451 515 11,404 3,333
Batting average 25.05 24.52 41.46 36.22
100s/50s 0/3 0/1 26/65 4/22
Top score 81 62 277* 152*
Balls bowled 680 282 7,538 3,291
Wickets 15 11 87 70
Bowling average 34.66 25.81 47.49 37.72
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/22 3/15 5/69 4/22
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/– 192/– 76/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2025
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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

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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]

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