Danzel Becker

{{Short description|South African cricketer and umpire (1948–2017)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Danzel Becker

| image =

| country = South Africa

| fullname = Danzel Frank Becker

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|1|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|21|1948|1|21|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 7

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace

| role =

| club1 = North-Eastern Transvaal

| year1 = 1968/69–1970/71

| club2 = Transvaal

| year2 = 1971/72–1974/75

| columns = 2

| column1 = First class

| matches1 = 35

| runs1 = 770

| bat avg1 = 18.78

| 100s/50s1 = 0/4

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 5,856

| wickets1 = 112

| bowl avg1 = 23.10

| fivefor1 = 4

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/23

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 5

| runs2 = 67

| bat avg2 = 16.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 35

| deliveries2 = 221

| wickets2 = 8

| bowl avg2 = 20.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/18

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| umpire = true

| odisumpired = 16

| umpodidebutyr = 1997

| umpodilastyr = 2001

| twenty20sumpired =

| umptwenty20debutyr =

| umptwenty20lastyr =

| date = 7 August 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44060.html Cricinfo

}}

Danzel Becker (21 January 1948 – 21 April 2017) was a South African cricketer and umpire.{{Cite web|url=http://cricket.co.za/news/18549/CSA-pays-tribute-to-Danny-Becker |title=CSA pays tribute to Danny Becker |date=21 April 2017 |publisher=Cricket South Africa |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422123013/http://cricket.co.za/news/18549/CSA-pays-tribute-to-Danny-Becker |archivedate=22 April 2017 |accessdate=7 November 2023}} He played first-class cricket from 1969 to 1975, and umpired in sixteen ODI games from 1997 to 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44060.html |title=Danzel Becker |accessdate=16 May 2014 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}
- {{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketer's Almanack |first=Lawrence |last=Booth |year= 2018 |isbn=978-1472953544 |page=185}}