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Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (born 15 March 2001) is a Namibian
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er. He made his first-class debut for
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in the
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on 8 February 2018. He was previously named in Namibia's squad for the
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. He made his
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debut for Namibia in the
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on 11 February 2018. In August 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the
2018 Africa T20 Cup The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season. Provincial side Kw ...
. He made his
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debut for Namibia in the
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on 14 September 2018. 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 among the 25 cricketers named in
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's Elite Men's Squad ahead of the 2019–20 international season. In December 2019, he was one of three rookie players to be awarded a national contract with the Namibia cricket team. Later the same month, he was named in Namibia's
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(ODI) squad for the 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series. In March 2021, he was named in Namibia's
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(T20I) squad for their series against Uganda. He made his T20I debut on 3 April 2021, for Namibia against
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. In September 2021, he 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 A ...
. He made his ODI debut on 27 November 2021, for Namibia against
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. On 27 February 2024, he scored the 2nd fastest century in men's T20Is, in terms of number of deliveries faced (33).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loftie-Eaton, Jan Nicol 2000 births Living people Namibian cricketers Namibia One Day International cricketers Namibia Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Cricketers at the 2023 African Games African Games silver medalists in cricket African Games silver medalists for Namibia 21st-century Namibian sportsmen Medalists at the 2023 African Games