Allrounder · ZA

Colin Ackermann

Born: Apr 04, 1991
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm offbreak
From: George, South Africa

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Test	7	240	24	43.8	65*
ODI	26	506	26.63	76.55	81
T20I	52	1,113	21.82	124.22	83
First-class	109	6,354	38.05	50.42	277*
List A	82	2,772	43.31	89.94	152*
T20	171	3,733	26.86	126.03	85
Hundred	3	28	14	107.69	17
list a	10	296	42.29	91.36	80*

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
Test	7	0	3.67	36.0	—
ODI	26	15	4.43	120.2	2-39
T20I	52	12	7.10	67.0	1-6
First-class	109	61	3.52	908.5	5/69
List A	82	42	5.18	336.5	4/48
T20	171	72	7.66	272.3	7/18
Hundred	3	0	7.8	1.4	—
list a	10	0	4.67	30.0	—

Recent performances

T20 match form

18 Feb 2026vs IND, T20 WC 2026, #36T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/36 (3.0o)

18 Feb 2026vs IND, T20 WC 2026, #36T20I

Batting: 23 (15b)
Bowling: —

13 Feb 2026vs USA, T20 WC 2026, #21T20I

Batting: 0 (1b)
Bowling: —

10 Feb 2026vs NAM, T20 WC 2026, #10T20I

Batting: 32 (28b)
Bowling: —

10 Feb 2026vs NAM, T20 WC 2026, #10T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/33 (3.0o)

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7 Feb 2026vs PAK, T20 WC 2026, #1T20I

Batting: 20 (14b)
Bowling: —

16 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #3T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/26 (4.0o)

16 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #3T20I

Batting: 1 (3b)
Bowling: —

14 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #2T20I

Batting: 15 (13b)
Bowling: —

14 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #2T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 3/15 (4.0o)

13 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #1T20I

Batting: 34 (31b)
Bowling: —

13 Nov 2024vs OMA, NED vs OMA 2024, #1T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/27 (4.0o)

About Colin Ackermann

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An alumnus of the renowned Grey High School, famous for producing sportsmen of all codes for South Africa, batting all-rounder Colin Ackermann excelled even his peers as a schoolboy, and was marked for higher honours when he topped the run aggregates in the South African under-19s red ball competition in 2009. A call up for South Africa under 19s followed, but a senior debut never came and like many of his generation Ackermann would eventually find his way into County cricket. As a dual Dutch-South African national however, he would first take a detour to the Netherlands where he helped Dosti Amsterdam to the Topklasse title in 2015 before being snapped up by Leicestershire ahead of the 2017 season. Staying with the county for the next six years Ackermann proved a reliable performed for the side, averaging over 40 in first class cricket including a top score of 277* against Sussex in 2022, while his unassuming offspin memorably netted him a world record return of 7-18 against the Birmingham Bears in the 2019 T20 Blast. Ackermann took on the Leicestershire captaincy from 2020 until his departure for Durham after the 2022 season, where he will join former Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell and Dutch team-mates Base de Leede and Brandon Glover.