Rudi Scholtz (born 23 February 1979) is a former

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

er. Born in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

, he was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Playing for the Namibia Under-19s, he performed in five matches in the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. It was in this world cup he managed to bowl one of the best Namibian bowling performance of 5/29 (10 Overs) against England who went on to win the U/19 World Cup. Three years later, he would play at senior level for the first time when representing his adopted country in the 2001 ICC Trophy, held in Canada.

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1979 births Namibian cricketers Living people South African emigrants to Namibia {{Namibia-cricket-bio-stub