Stephan Baard

Stephan Julian Baard (born 29 April 1992) is a Namibian cricketer, who has played for the national cricket team.^[1]

Stephan Baard

Personal information
Full name	Stephan Julian Baard
Born	(1992-04-29) 29 April 1992 (age 33) Namibia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Namibia (2010–present)
ODI debut (cap 16)	27 April 2019 v Oman
Last ODI	21 September 2022 v PNG
T20I debut (cap 1)	20 May 2019 v Ghana
Last T20I	20 October 2022 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 19 28 66 112 Runs scored 348 714 3,260 2,994 Batting average 18.31 28.56 25.66 27.21 100s/50s 0/2 0/5 2/17 3/19 Top score 73 92 114 132 Balls bowled – – 1,179 509 Wickets – – 14 10 Bowling average – – 52.00 43.70 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 2/19 2/27 Catches/stumpings 5/– 13/– 37/– 41/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2022

Career

In November 2016, he won the Player's Player of the Year award at Cricket Namibia's annual awards ceremony.^[2] In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.^[3] In August 2018, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.^[4]

In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.^[5] He was named among the six players to watch during the tournament.^[6] Namibia finished among the top four teams in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.^[7] Baard made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against Oman, in the tournament's final.^[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 264 runs in six matches.^[9]

In May 2019, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.^[10][11] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ghana on 20 May 2019.^[12]

In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season.^[13][14] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[15] In September 2021, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[16]