Michael van Lingen
Michael van Lingen — career overview
Michael van Lingen is a cricketer who represents Namibia in international cricket as a bowling allrounder (Left Handed Bat, Left-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Michael van Lingen has appeared in 40 ODIs (1,316 runs at 38.71, with 5 hundreds and 5 fiftys); 30 T20Is (518 runs at 19.19, with 2 fiftys). With the ball, Michael van Lingen has taken 2 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Michael van Lingen with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Namibia rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 40 | 39 | 5 | 1316 | 133 | 38.71 | 1429 | 92.10 | 5 | 5 | 152 | 30 |
| T20I | 30 | 27 | - | 518 | 67 | 19.19 | 447 | 115.88 | - | 2 | 61 | 13 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 40 | 10 | 98 | 79 | 2 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 39.50 | 4.84 | 49.0 | - | - |
| T20I | 30 | 3 | 20 | 35 | - | 0/10 | 0/10 | - | 10.50 | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Michael van Lingen — Career Overview
Michael van Lingen is a bowling allrounder from Namibia. Michael bats left handed bat and bowls left-arm medium. Genuine all-rounders are the most valued cricketers in the white-ball era — players who can shift the balance with both bat and ball and free their captain to pick an extra specialist. Workload management and form across both disciplines decide how often they make the eleven. Namibia is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 40 ODIs: 1,316 runs at an average of 38.71, strike rate 92.10 (5 hundreds, 5 fiftys); 30 T20Is: 518 runs at an average of 19.19, strike rate 115.88 (2 fiftys). International bowling — 2 wickets in ODI at 39.50, economy 4.84. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Michael van Lingen's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Michael van Lingen's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.