Raymond van Schoor

Raymond Van Schoor

Question: Name the player of Namibian cricket team who died on the field after he suffered a stroke while playing?

(a) Melt Van Schoor
(b) Raymond Van Schoor
(c) Daniel Keulder
(d) Jan Berrie Burger

Ans (b)

Related facts:

  • On November 20, 2015 the 25-year-old Namibian wicketkeeper-batsman Raymond Van Schoor died.
  • On 15 November 2015 Van Schoor while batting during CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge cricket tournament, when he collapsed on field and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
  • Van Schoor was batting on 15 runs before he collapsed on the field during Namibia’s five-wicket win over Free State.
  • Van Schoor made his national team debut aged 17 in 2007.
  • He had played 92 first-class matches at a strike rate of 45.73 in 170 innings had scored a total of 4303.
  • While in the Twenty20 he scored total 1550 runs at strike rate of 103.60 in 67 innings of 70 matches.

Reference:

http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90656/raymond-van-schoor-passes-away-aged-25

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/308405.html

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/34889149

http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/942675.html