Melt van Schoor

Melt van Schoor (born 8 December 1967 in Cape Town) is a South Africa-born Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played in the ICC Trophy between 1994 and 2001, and has played List A cricket since then. He also played five One Day Internationals in the World Cup in 2003. Van Schoor generally occupies the lower order, but performs well in this position.

Melt van Schoor
Personal information
Full nameMelt van Schoor
Born (1967-04-07) 7 April 1967
Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsI van Schoor (brother)
D van Schoor (son)
R van Schoor (son)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 12)16 February 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI3 March 2003 v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 5 2 18
Runs scored 58 0 148
Batting average 14.50 0.00 11.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 24 0 24
Catches/stumpings 4/0 3/0 20/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 June 2017

Melt van Schoor is the brother of fellow cricketer Ian van Schoor.

In February 2020, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[1][2] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3] His son died due to stroke at the age of 25 was also a great cricket player.

References
  1. "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - Namibia Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.


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