Vernon Ricardo Cloete (born 20 September 1985) is a Namibian former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Vernon Ricardo Cloete | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1985 Rehoboth, Hardap, Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | verney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011/12–2014/15 | Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career in sport
editCloete was born at Rehoboth in September 1985 and was educated at Windhoek High School. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Namibian against Griqualand West in the 2013–14 CSA 3-Day Cup, with Cloete making four first-class appearances in that edition of the competition and a fifth in the 2014–15 edition.[1] In five first-class appearances, Cloete scored 30 runs with a highest score of 25.[2] With his off break bowling he took 5 wickets at an average of 61.00, with best figures of 3 for 76.[3] In November 2011, he played three Twenty20 matches against Kenya, before making a further three appearances in the 2013–14 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[4] In six Twenty20 appearances, he scored 35 runs with a highest score of 28.[5] With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 17.40; his best figures in this format were 2 for 23.[6] He plays his club cricket in Namibia for Windhoek High School Old Boys Cricket Club.[7]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Vernon Cloete". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "WHS Old Boys take the lead". The Namibian. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.