Colin Niel Ackermann (born 4 April 1991) is a Dutch-South African cricketer who plays for Durham County Cricket Club in England and the Netherlands national cricket team.[1] He made his international debut for the Netherlands in October 2019.[2][3]
He served as the Leicestershire club captain (2020–2022).
Ackermann was born on 4 April 1991 in George, Cape Province, South Africa. He studied at Outeniqua Primary School in George and Grey High School in Port Elizabeth.[4][5][6] He was the vice-captain of South Africa at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]
In 2014, Ackermann represented the North Holland Hurricanes in the North Sea Pro Series.[8] He won a Topklasse title with Dosti Amsterdam in 2015.[9]
In the 2016 season, he scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Sunfoil Series, with a total of 883 from ten matches and seventeen innings.[10]
Ahead of the 2017 season, Ackermann signed for English county side Leicestershire on a two-year contract.[11] In May 2017, he was named Domestic Players' Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[12] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[13] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[14]
On 7 August 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast in England, Ackermann took seven wickets for eighteen runs for Leicestershire against the Birmingham Bears.[15] These were the best bowling figures in a Twenty20 cricket match.[16] In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[17] In July 2022, in the County Championship, Ackermann scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 277 not out.[18]
In June 2019, Ackermann became available to play for the Netherlands cricket team, ahead of the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[19] In September 2019, he was named in the Dutch squads for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[20] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Netherlands, against Ireland, on 5 October 2019.[21]
In September 2021, Ackermann was named as the vice-captain of the Dutch squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[22] In November 2021, Ackermann was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[23] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for the Netherlands against South Africa.[24] In September 2023, he was included in Netherlands' squad for the World Cup to be played in India.[25]
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