Jan-Izak de Villiers

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| odidebutdate = 8 January

| odidebutyear = 2020

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| lastodidate = 9 January

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| T20Idebutdate = 29 September

| T20Idebutyear = 2024

| T20Idebutagainst = United Arab Emirates

| T20Icap = 32

| lastT20Idate = 1 October

| lastT20Iyear = 2024

| lastT20Iagainst = United States

| date = 29 September 2024

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Jan-Izak de Villiers (born 6 May 2001) is a Namibian cricketer{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/948659.html |title=Jan-Izak de Villiers |access-date=20 May 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} and field hockey player.{{Cite news|last=Schütz|first=Helge|date=18 December 2021|title=Namibia: Young Hockey Squads Selected for AFCON 2022|work=All|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202111180415.html|publisher=allafrica.com}} In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/14/c_138057695.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514101353/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/14/c_138057695.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2019 |title=Namibia squad revealed for ICC T20 World Cup Africa finals |work=Xinhua News (Africa) |access-date=14 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1222616 |title=African men in Uganda for T20 showdown |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 May 2019}} Prior to his selection in the T20I team, he was named in Namibia's squads for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/589477 |title=Namibia Under 19s |access-date=6 February 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}{{cite web |url=http://cricketnamibia.com/the-squad-participating-in-the-icc-world-league-2-tournament/ |title=The Squad Participating In The ICC World League 2 Tournament |work=Cricket Namibia |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095958/https://www.cricketnamibia.com/the-squad-participating-in-the-icc-world-league-2-tournament/ |url-status=dead }}

In December 2019, he was one of three rookie players to be awarded a national contract with the Namibia cricket team.{{cite web |url=http://cricketnamibia.com/newly-contracted-national-players/ |title=Newly Contracted National Players |work=Cricket Namibia |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114005459/http://cricketnamibia.com/newly-contracted-national-players/ |url-status=dead }} Later the same month, he was named in Namibia's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series.{{cite tweet |user=CricketNamibia1|author-link=Cricket Namibia|number=1211887221407649792 |date=31 December 2019 |title=Cricket Namibia is pleased to announce the squad touring to Oman for the ICC CWC League2}} He made his ODI debut for Namibia, against Oman, on 8 January 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1211171.html |title=3rd Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Al Amerat, Jan 8 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=8 January 2020}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Namibia, against Ireland Wolves, on 21 February 2020, during their tour to South Africa.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1218220.html |title=3rd unofficial T20I, Ireland A tour of South Africa at Pretoria, Feb 21 2020 |access-date=7 March 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}