Kola Bernie Burger (born 5 May 1981) is a South African-born Namibian

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler.Bernie Burger
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-04-30. He played with the

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during the 2005 ICC Trophy in

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in which they finished seventh. Generally speaking, Burger occupies the position of lower-middle-order batsman, contributing along with

Ian van Zyl Matheus Christiaan van Zyl, known as Ian van Zyl (born April 6, 1980 in Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region) , is a Namibian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for the Namibian team against Uganda in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In th ...

to a solid bowling attack. In January 2008, Burger hit a career-best 74 in the ICC Inter-Continental Cup competition against the United Arab Emirates, and the following month, he hit his debut century, an innings of 100 in 57 balls, including seven fours and six sixes.

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1981 births White Namibian people Afrikaner people Namibian cricketers Living people Cricketers from Cape Town South African emigrants to Namibia Namibian people of South African descent {{Namibia-cricket-bio-stub