Rudie van Vuuren

Rudie van Vuuren

Rudie van Vuuren, wife Marlice and son, Zacheo
Cricket information
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut 16 February 2003 v  
Last ODI 3 March 2003 v  
Career statistics
Competition ODIs First-class
Matches 5 –
Runs scored 26 –
Batting average 8.66 –
100s/50s 0/0 –
Top score 14 –
Balls bowled 300 –
Wickets 8 –
Bowling average 37.25 –
5 wickets in innings 1 –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 5/43 –
Catches/stumpings 0/0 –
Source:

Rudolph Jansen van Vuuren (born 20 September 1972 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a Physician by trade, former Namibian sportsman and committed conservationist.

Rudie van Vuuren married Namibian conservationist Marlice van Vuuren in December 2000. Together, they run N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sport

He is best known for representing his country in both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup; as a result he became the first man to compete in the final stages of world-cup competitions in cricket and rugby union in the same year.[1] He is the only Namibian to have taken five wickets in a One Day International, which he did against England.[2]

In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Australian Darren Lehmann hit van Vuuren for 28 runs in a single over. At the time, this was more runs than any other bowler had conceded in an over in a World Cup, though this was surpassed when Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one Daan van Bunge over during the 2007 World Cup.

Conservation achievements

In 2004, Marlice and Rudie bought the farm Ovuuyo, 42 km outside of Windhoek to establish their own animal reserve and gave it the name N/a’an ku sê (Naankuse) which means God will protect us. N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary opened in 2007.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The ten greatest sporting all-rounders – Guardian Unlimited
  2. ↑ "Records / Namibia / One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Brangelina cash to help sanctuary". Daily Express. 2 January 2011.
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