Raymond van Schoor (23 May 1990 – 20 November 2015) was a Namibian

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. He was Namibia's most capped cricketer, making more than 200 appearances. Van Schoor made his first-class and

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debut for Namibia in October 2007, aged seventeen. As an international, he represented Namibia in the

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, the

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, and the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. He also played with the Namibian teams that participated in the

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and the Stanbic Bank 20 Series in

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. He appeared five times for Namibia Under-19s in the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Van Schoor captained Namibia 40 times, and he was named Cricket Namibia's cricketer of the year in 2012. He also led the team at Under-15 international level. He was the son of former Namibia international wicket-keeper

Melt van Schoor Melt van Schoor (born 8 December 1967) is a South Africa-born Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played in the ICC Trophy between 1994 and 2001, and has played List A cricket since then. He also played five O ...

. Van Schoor collapsed while batting in a CSA Provincial 50 Over Challenge match against Free State at

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on 15 November 2015; he was admitted to hospital having suffered a

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. He died on 20 November 2015 at the age of 25.

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