Bernard Scholtz
Personal information
Full name
Bernard Martinus Scholtz
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 33)
Keetmanshoop, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsNicolaas Scholtz (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 22)27 April 2019 v Oman
Last ODI26 November 2022 v USA
T20I debut (cap 9)20 May 2019 v Ghana
Last T20I30 October 2023 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 22 38 102 138
Runs scored 89 23 1,363 469
Batting average 17.80 11.50 11.75 9.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 30 6* 63 30
Balls bowled 1037 760 13,396 5727
Wickets 31 43 235 144
Bowling average 18.93 17.13 33.17 27.47
5 wickets in innings 1 0 15 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 5/22 4/12 8/33 5/22
Catches/stumpings 4/0 6/0 23/0 16/0
Source: Cricinfo, 29 November 2022

Bernard Martinus Scholtz (born 3 October 1990) is a Namibian cricketer. Born in Keetmanshoop, he is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. His brother, Nicolaas, four years his senior, has played first-class cricket since 2004.

Biography

Scholtz played for the Namibia under-19 national team at the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. He made five appearances during the competition proper, taking six wickets. He scored just two runs, but remained not out on every occasion. He is married to Lara Scholtz which is an Afrikaans second language teacher at Windhoek gymnasium.[citation needed]

Scholtz made his first-class debut in October 2008 against North West, scoring a second-ball duck in his debut innings. He was Namibia's youngest player at the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in South Africa. Playing against Boland in 2014-15 he took 8 for 116 and 5 for 66.[1] In November 2016, he was named Player of the Year by Cricket Namibia at their 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]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Namibia, with 35 dismissals in nine matches.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[5] In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana.[6]

In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[7] Namibia finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[8] Scholtz made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against Oman, in the tournament's final.[9]

In May 2019, he 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 for Namibia 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, Scholtz was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[16] In July 2022, in round 14 of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament, Scholtz took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Boland v Namibia 2014-15". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Cricket Namibia Awards 2016". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 Namibia: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Namibian squad for World T20 Qualifier". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ "The Squad Participating In The ICC World League 2 Tournament". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Papua New Guinea secure top-four finish on dramatic final day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Final, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Namibia squad revealed for ICC T20 World Cup Africa finals". Xinhua News (Africa). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  11. ^ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  12. ^ "5th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  15. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier Send Off". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Namibia name T20 World Cup squad, include David Wiese". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Scholtz 5 wicket haul leads to Namibia win". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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