Andries Johannes Burger (born 25 August 1981), known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a former Namibian

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er. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever ODI team and was part of Namibia's first ever World Cup team.

Biography

He was born in

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in South Africa. He was raised up in

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and later moved to Namibia along with his father at the age of 16. However, he returned to South Africa and joined the Free State Cricket Academy in 2000. He also pursued his higher education at the

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Domestic career

He also played in the

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representing

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. He also played for

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in the

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International career

He captained

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at the

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which was held in Sri Lanka. He was part of the Namibian side which emerged as runners-up to

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in the

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and as a result, Namibia qualified for the 2003 World Cup. He was called to the Namibia team at the age of 21 for the

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at a time when he was pursuing a degree in

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at the Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He was allowed by the university to play in the 2003 Cricket World Cup which also marked Namibia's first ever

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appearance. He made his ODI debut during the same year's World Cup tournament against hosts and neighbouring

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which also marked Namibia's first ever ODI match as well as Namibia's first ever World Cup match. Incidentally, he received Namibia's first cap in ODI cricket. During a group stage match against

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, he scored 85 in as many as 86 balls including 10 fours and one six while opening the batting in a massive run chase of 273. He also became the first Namibian batsman to score an ODI fifty as well as the first Namibian batsman to score a half-century in a World Cup match. Despite his valiant efforts, Namibia fell short by 55 runs but was able to put up a spirited fight against England in the match. Despite his innings ended in a losing cause for Namibia, he was awarded the man-of-the-match and became the first Namibian to receive player-of-the-match award in ODI cricket. He also added a crucial 97 run partnership with

Danie Keulder Danie Keulder (born 2 August 1973) is a former Namibian cricketer. He played for Namibia between 1994, when he first appeared for the team in the ICC Trophy, against Canada which his team lost by eight wickets, having put a mere 51 runs on the boa ...

in the match for the third wicket off 108 balls to give Namibia a glimmer of hope in the run chase. He held the highest individual score by a Namibian batsman in ODI cricket for 16 years until it was surpassed by

Jean-Pierre Kotze Jean-Pierre Kotze (born 23 April 1994) is a Namibian cricketer. In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Wor ...

in 2019. He made his first-class debut for Namibia against

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on 1 October 2004 at the

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. He captained Namibia at the

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and also played in the

2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served a ...

. He was also a member of the Namibian which emerged as runners-up to

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at the

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket tournament that took place between 8–15 April 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The United Arab Emirates hosted the e ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burger, Jan-Berry Namibian cricket captains Namibia One Day International cricketers 1981 births White Namibian people Namibian Afrikaner people Living people People from Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Namibian people of South African descent Namibian cricketers Sportspeople from KwaZulu-Natal Free State cricketers Stellenbosch University alumni