Jacobus "Kosie" Francois Venter (born 1 October 1969) is a former South African

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er. Venter was a left-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...

. In a professional career that lasted from the 1989/90 to the 2003/04 South African cricket seasons, Venter played both the first-class and

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formats of the game with no fewer than six different sides. Debuting in the 1989/90 season for

, he proceeded to play first-class and List A cricket for

, Transvaal B and Free State. He later played List A cricket in

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for the

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in 1996 and the

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in the

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. Venter also played Second XI cricket in England for the Leicestershire Second XI in 1994.Second Eleven Championship Matches played by Kosie Venter
/ref> In his first-class career, he played 108 times scoring 5,066 runs at a

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of 30.15, with five

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and thirty-two half centuries and making a high score of 193. An

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, Venter took 241 wickets at a

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of 33.00, with eight

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s and best figures of 7/83. An able fielder, he took 60

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. Venter played nearly an equal amount of List A matches, playing exactly 100. In these he scored 2,459 runs at an average of 29.27, with a single century score of 118 * and thirteen half centuries. With the ball he took 71 wickets at an average 29.70, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/21. In the field he took 36 catches. His older brother, Everhardus, represented Orange Free State at first-class and List A level.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Venter, Kosie 1969 births Living people Cricketers from Bloemfontein South African cricketers Free State cricketers Gauteng cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Worcestershire Cricket Board cricketers