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]
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| Full name | Stephan Julian Baard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1992 Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 16) | 27 April 2019 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 September 2022 v PNG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 1) | 20 May 2019 v Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 October 2022 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]