Andrew Louw (born August 18, 1987) is a

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n cricket umpire and former player. As a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, he represented the Namibian under-19 side at the 2006 Under-19 World Cup, and subsequently played a single first-class match for the senior Namibian national team, against KwaZulu-Natal Inland in 2009. After qualifying as an umpire, Louw made his first-class umpiring debut in April 2013, and has since officiated in limited-overs and

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matches. His father, Wynand Louw, is also an umpire, and has sat on the

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since 2013. The pair officiated a 12-a-side game between Namibia A and

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in November 2014, and also stood together in a 20-over match between Namibia and

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in May 2015, which had full Twenty20 status. On 20 May 2019, he stood in his first

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(T20I) match, between

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and

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of the

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tournament in Uganda.

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at Cricket Archive 1987 births Namibian cricketers Living people Namibian cricket umpires Namibian One Day International cricket umpires Namibian Twenty20 International cricket umpires Cricketers from Windhoek {{Namibia-cricket-bio-stub

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