Michiel du Preez (born 3 January 1996) is a Namibian

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er. He selected as part of Namibia's squad for the

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tournament replacing

Zhivago Groenewald Zhivago Groenewald (born 8 June 1993) is a Namibian former cricketer. He was initially selected as part of Namibia's squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament, but was replaced by Michau du Preez. Career In October 2018, Groe ...

. In August 2018, he was included in Namibia's squad for the

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, and was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 164 runs in four matches. In October 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad in the Southern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament in Botswana. In June 2019, he was one of twenty-five cricketers to be named in Cricket Namibia's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season. In March 2021, he was named in Namibia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Uganda. He made his T20I debut on 3 April 2021, against Uganda. In September 2021, du Preez was named in Namibia's squad for the

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. In November 2021, he was named in Namibia's

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(ODI) squad for the

2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series The 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series was the 8th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that took place in Namibia in November and December 2021. It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Oman and the United Ar ...

. He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for Namibia against Oman.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Du Preez, Michiel 1996 births Living people Namibian cricketers Namibia One Day International cricketers Namibia Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)