Craig Williams (cricketer)

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Craig Williams
Personal information
Full nameCraig George Williams
Born (1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 37)
Oshakati, Oshana Region, Namibia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop order batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 25)27 April 2019 v Oman
Last ODI9 January 2020 v UAE
T20I debut (cap 13)19 August 2019 v Botswana
Last T20I5 April 2021 v Uganda
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 8 13 93 155
Runs scored 267 249 6,484 4,772
Batting average 42.50 27.66 40.52 36.70
100s/50s 1/0 0/1 15/34 8/32
Top score 129* 68* 184 129*
Balls bowled 246 138 6,561 3,626
Wickets 3 9 117 102
Bowling average 65.66 15.77 32.99 29.48
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/37 3/9 5/22 6/37
Catches/stumpings 5/– 2/– 76/0 62/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2021

Craig George Williams (born 25 February 1984 in Oshakati, Oshana Region) is a Namibian cricketer.

Career[]

Williams made his first-class debut for the Namibian cricket team in 2007, in a Three-Day South African Provincial Challenge match against North West. Williams bowled four overs in the first innings of the match, conceding 23 runs. He scored a half-century in his debut first-class innings.[1]

Williams has since played for the Namibia A team, scoring a century against Canada in his first appearance in this side. In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[2]

In February 2018, he retired from cricket, after playing for Namibia against Free State in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge.[3][4] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Namibia, with 687 runs in eight matches.[5]

In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[6] Namibia finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[7] Williams made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against Oman, in the tournament's final.[8]

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.[9][10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Namibia against Botswana on 19 August 2019 during Botswana's tour of Namibia.[11] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[12]

On 8 January 2020, in the 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series match against Oman, Williams scored his first century in an ODI, with an unbeaten 129.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Namibia vs. North West
  2. ^ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Media Release -Veteran players retire". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Burger and Williams retire as Namibia draw". The Namibian. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 Namibia: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ "The Squad Participating In The ICC World League 2 Tournament". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 19 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Papua New Guinea secure top-four finish on dramatic final day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Final, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Breaking News – Announcement of the 2019–2020 National Elite Training Squad". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Elite cricket training squad announced". Erongo. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. ^ "1st T20I, Botswana tour of Namibia at Windhoek, Aug 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  12. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier Send Off". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Craig Williams century powers Namibia to victory over Oman in World Cup League Two". The National. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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