Jacobus "Kosie" Francois Venter (born 1 October 1969) is a former South African

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er. Venter was a left-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( ; ) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Em ...

. In a professional career that lasted from the 1989/90 to the 2003/04 South African cricket seasons, Venter played both the first-class and

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formats of the game with no fewer than six different sides. Debuting in the 1989/90 season for

, he proceeded to play first-class and List A cricket for

, Transvaal B and Free State. He later played List A cricket in

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for the

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in 1996 and the

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in the

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. Venter also played Second XI cricket in England for the Leicestershire Second XI in 1994.Second Eleven Championship Matches played by Kosie Venter
/ref> In his first-class career, he played 108 times scoring 5,066 runs at a

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of 30.15, with five

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and thirty-two half centuries and making a high score of 193. An

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, Venter took 241 wickets at a

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of 33.00, with eight

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s and best figures of 7/83. An able fielder, he took 60 catches. Venter played nearly an equal amount of List A matches, playing exactly 100. In these he scored 2,459 runs at an average of 29.27, with a single century score of 118 * and thirteen half centuries. With the ball he took 71 wickets at an average 29.70, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/21. In the field he took 36 catches. His older brother, Everhardus, represented Orange Free State at first-class and List A level.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Venter, Kosie 1969 births Living people Cricketers from Bloemfontein South African cricketers Free State cricketers Gauteng cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Worcestershire Cricket Board cricketers