Morné Karg (born 12 July 1977 in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

) is a

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.History - Cricket Namibia
"The first match was scheduled for Windhoek, against the Zimbabwe B team. The Namibian team for this historic match was Ian Stevenson (captain), Deon Kotzé, Danie Keulder, Gavin Murgatroyd, Morné Karg, Melt van Schoor, Mark Barnard, Wayne Ackerman, Ian van Schoor, Björn Kotzé and Jackie Thirion (to be replaced by David Coetzee for the one-day match) with Francois Erasmus as manager. " He has appeared in the

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since 1994 and in

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between 2001 and 2003. He also played three

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s in the

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in 2003. Karg's usual position in the batting line-up is as opener along with team-mate

Jan-Berrie Burger Andries Johannes Burger (born 25 August 1981), known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a Namibian former cricketer, who played for Namibia's national cricket team. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever ODI ...

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* * 1977 births Living people Cricketers from Windhoek Namibian cricketers Namibia One Day International cricketers 21st-century Namibian sportsmen Wicket-keepers {{Namibia-cricket-bio-stub