Bernard Martinus Scholtz (born 3 October 1990) is a Namibian

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er. Born in

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, he is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. His brother,

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, four years his senior, has played first-class cricket since 2004.

Biography

Scholtz played for the Namibia under-19 national team at the

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. He made five appearances during the competition proper, taking six wickets. He scored just two runs, but remained not out on every occasion. Scholtz made his first-class debut in October 2008 against North West, scoring a second-ball duck in his debut innings. He was Namibia's youngest player at the

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in South Africa. Playing against Boland in 2014-15 he took 8 for 116 and 5 for 66. In November 2016, he was named Player of the Year by Cricket Namibia at their annual awards ceremony. In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the

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tournament. He was the leading wicket-taker in the

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for Namibia, with 35 dismissals in nine matches. In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the

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. 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 March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the

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tournament. Namibia finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining

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(ODI) status. Scholtz made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against

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, in the tournament's final. In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Namibia against

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on 20 May 2019. 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 September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In September 2021, Scholtz was named in Namibia's squad for the

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. In July 2022, in round 14 of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament, Scholtz took his first

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in ODIs. In May 2024, he was named in Namibia’s squad for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scholtz, Bernard 1990 births Namibian people of German descent White Namibian people Living people People from Keetmanshoop Sportspeople from ǁKaras Region Namibian cricketers Namibia One Day International cricketers Namibia Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Namibian sportsmen