Christi Viljoen
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| Full name | Christoffel Viljoen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1987 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–present | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christoffel "Christi" Viljoen (born 28 September 1987) is a cricketer who plays for the Namibia national team. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast.
Career
Viljoen made his first-class debut for Namibia in the CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge competition held in South Africa on 21 January 2010 against KwaZulu-Natal.[1] He also made his T20 debut (along with 9 other players in Namibia) against Zimbabwe on 13 February 2010. Opening the bowling with Louis Klazinga, Viljoen took a single wicket (that of Sikandar Raza) for seven runs.[2] He played six matches in the tournament, scoring 61 runs from three innings with a highest of 41,[3] and took six wickets at an average of 16.83.[4]
After experimenting with a two-division format the International Cricket Council decided that the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup would feature eight teams, including Namibia who were previously in the Shield competition, playing first-class cricket.[5] Namibia played their opening fixture of the Cup in September. Batting at number three Viljoen scored a four-ball duck in the first innings but in the second managed 87 from 136 balls, in the process passing 500 first-class runs in his career and beating his previous highest score in the format.[6]
A side made up of some of the leading players from Associate and Affiliate teams was put together to face England in Dubai in January 2012. The three-day match was part of England's preparation for a series against Pakistan later that month. Along with Craig Williams, Viljoen was one of two Namibia players included in the 12-man squad.[7] Coming in to bat at 90/6, Viljoen top-scored with 98 runs from 189 balls against a bowling line-up including James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, and Graeme Swann.[8]
The UAE hosted the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier in March. Namibia progressed to the preliminary finals where they lost to Ireland.[9] With 14 wickets from 9 matches, Viljoen was Namibia's leading wicket-taker in the tournament (equal fourth overall),[10] and scored 48 runs from 5 innings.[11] Shortly after the tournament concluded, Namibia hosted Canada in the Intercontinental Cup. Namibia won by eight wickets and in the second innings Viljoen finished with career-best bowling figures of 7/61.[12]
In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[13]
See also
References
- ^ f52226 KwaZulu-Natal v Namibia: CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition 2009/10, CricketArchive, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ tt1525 Southern Rocks v Namibia: Stanbic Bank Twenty20 2009/10, CricketArchive, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ Batting and fielding in Stanbic Bank Twenty20 2009/10 (ordered by runs), CricketArchive, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ Bowling in Stanbic Bank Twenty20 2009/10 (ordered by wickets), CricketArchive, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ UAE and Namibia join Intercontinental Cup, ESPNcricinfo, 17 May 2011, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ f53346 Ireland v Namibia: ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2011 to 2013, Cricket Archive, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ Porterfield leads ICC side against England, Cricinfo, 16 December 2011, retrieved 18 December 2011
- ^ England frustrated by lower-order rally, ESPNcricinfo, 7 January 2012, retrieved 7 January 2012
- ^ Siggins, Gerard (24 March 2012), Ireland demolish Namibia to qualify for World T20, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2 May 2012
- ^ ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, archived from the original on 24 April 2012, retrieved 2 May 2012
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Batting and fielding in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2011/12 (ordered by runs), Cricket Archive, retrieved 2 May 2012
- ^ Burger, Viljoen star in Namibia win, ESPNcricinfo, 8 April 2012, retrieved 2 May 2012
- ^ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
External links
- Christi Viljoen at ESPNcricinfo
- Christi Viljoen at CricketArchive (subscription required)