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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| Full name | Colin Niel Ackermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1991 George, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 75) | 26 November 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 November 2024 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 50) | 5 October 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 16 November 2024 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010/11–2016/17 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2018/19 | Warriors (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Leicestershire (squad no. 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sylhet Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Pretoria Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He served as the Leicestershire club captain (2020–2022).
Early life
editAckermann 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ "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.