Louis Klazinga

Louis Klazinga (born 4 December 1985) is a Namibian former cricketer.

Louis Klazinga

Personal information
Born	(1985-12-04) 4 December 1985 (age 39) Pretoria, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–2015	Namibia
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 73 94 40 Runs scored 1,123 456 142 Batting average 15.81 11.69 23.66 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/0 Top score 51 64 25* Balls bowled 9,486 4,016 695 Wickets 226 148 39 Bowling average 24.07 24.01 21.61 5 wickets in innings 11 2 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/70 5/36 4/9 Catches/stumpings 45/– 24/– 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 January 2025

After playing for Eldoraigne High School in Centurion, Gauteng, he first played for Namibia in October 2006 as a pace bowler and tail-end batsman, in the South African Airways Three-Day Challenge, making his debut against Limpopo. He took the wickets of Sammy Letsoalo, Jacques Pretorius and Sipho Mashele, but did not bat during the match, following captain Louis Burger's declaration after scoring a century. In his second match for Namibia, he took four wickets. Since then, he has been Namibia's regular opening bowler. After failing to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2016, at the age of 29, Klazinga announced his retirement from cricket, leaving a big hole in the weak and inexperienced Namibia Cricket Team.^[1]

He was named in the team of the tournament after the ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2007-08.^[2]