Zane Edward Green (born 11 October 1996) is a

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n cricketer who made his senior debut for the Namibian national side in September 2013, aged 16.

Under-19 career

A left-handed

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, Green attended Windhoek High School, and made his senior club debut during the 2012–13 season, aged 15.Miscellaneous matches played by Zane Green
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2015. He made his debut for the Namibian national under-19 side in December 2012, at the annual

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provincial under-19 tournament, and scored 50 runs from four innings. Green's next matches for the side came at the 2013 Africa Under-19 Championship tournament. He played only two games, against

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and

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, and in the latter match opened the batting with

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, who went on to score 161 from 143 balls. Green was a member of Namibia's squad for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup, where he played in three matches. He scored a

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against

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and four runs against

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, but against

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scored 57 runs from 77 balls, featuring in a 93-run second-wicket stand with

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. At the 2015 Africa Under-19 Championship, played in

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, he was appointed the captain of the national under-19 side, and went on to lead the tournament in runs, with 271 from five innings. Against

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, he scored 155* from 129 balls, with Namibia to win the match by 265 runs, and later also the tournament, consequently qualifying directly for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup. In January 2016 he was named as the captain of Namibia's squad for the

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International career

Green made his senior limited-overs debut for Namibia in September 2013, in a

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against the

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as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. Coming in fifth in the batting order, he finished with nine

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from 45 balls, as Namibia were bowled out for 80. Green's next matches for the Namibian senior side came early the following month, in the

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. He made his first-class debut in a three-day fixture against KwaZulu-Natal Inland, and then played in the corresponding one-day fixture. Green is one of the few

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to represent Namibia. In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the

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tournament. 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. Green 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, Green was named in Namibia's squad for the

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

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tournament.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Zane 1996 births Living people Namibian cricketers Namibia One Day International cricketers Namibia Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Windhoek People educated at Windhoek High School Wicket-keepers 21st-century Namibian sportsmen