Stephan Julian Baard (born 29 April 1992) is a Namibian cricketer, who has played for the national cricket team.[1] In November 2016, he won the Player's Player of the Year award at Cricket Namibia's annual awards ceremony.[2] In January 2018, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3] In August 2018, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[4]
In March 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[5] He was named among the six players to watch during the tournament.[6] Namibia finished among the top four teams in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[7] Baard made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against Oman, in the tournament's final.[8] He was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 264 runs in six matches.[9]
In May 2019, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[10][11] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ghana on 20 May 2019.[12]
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.[13][14] In September 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[15] In September 2021, Baard was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[16]
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Stephan Julian Baard (born 29 April 1992) is a Namibian cricketer, who has played for the national cricket team. In November 2016, he won the Player's...
time, until at least 2022. Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. StephanBaard, Karl Birkenstock, Gerhard Erasmus, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Jean-Pierre...
international teams in ODIs. Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. StephanBaard, Karl Birkenstock, Gerhard Erasmus, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Jean-Pierre...
Participants 14 Matches 51 Player of the series Bernard Scholtz Most runs StephanBaard (309) Most wickets John Mooney (14) Bernard Scholtz (14) Alasdair Evans...
Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Steve Tikolo Hiren Varaiya Sarel Burger (c) StephanBaard Jason Davidson Gerhard Erasmus Shalako Groenewald Louis Klazinga Jaen...
Namibian T20I Captains Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result 1 StephanBaard 2019 1 1 0 0 0 2 Gerhard Erasmus 2019 40 26 0 14 0 3 JJ Smit 2024 4...
Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015. "StephanBaard". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved...
International series Results Namibia won the 4-match series 4–0 Most runs StephanBaard (166) Karabo Motlhanka (87) Most wickets Gerhard Erasmus (7) Dhruv Maisuria...
Participants 6 Matches 18 Player of the series Paras Khadka Most runs StephanBaard (249) Most wickets Ahsan Malik (17) Official website ICC World Cricket...