In a tragic incident Raymond van Schoor, a Namibian cricketer, has died at the age of 25 years after suffering a stroke during Namibia’s game against Orange Free State in the Cricket South Africa Provincial One-Day challenge . During the game, van Schoor had moved to 15 but complained of dizziness. He asked for water but collapsed immediately. He was helped out by his team-mates and was taken to hospital. He was announced dead on Friday night.
Cricket Namibia released a statement which was read by the president Richard Frankle, “It is with deep regret and sorrow that I announce the passing of Raymond van Schoor on Friday. On behalf of Cricket Namibia, I express my most sincere condolences to the entire Van Schoor and La Cock families. Raymond was a tremendous asset to Cricket Namibia and the National Cricket Team.”
Van Schoor played 92 First-class matches and 103 List-A games for Namibia. He scored 4303 runs at first-class level with 20 fifties and five hundreds and scored 2618 runs in one-day games with 18 fifties. He was also a useful utility medium-fast bowler, with 28 wickets in the longer version of the game.
He was also the youngest player to represent Namibia and he was also the captain of the U-15 team. His prime moment came in the 2009/10 ICC Intercontinental Shield tournament when he smashed 317 runs at an average of 52.83 with a high of 152. The ICC also tweeted their condolences .