Wynand Louw

{{short description|Namibian cricket umpire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| country = Namibia

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| family = Andrew Louw (son)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Windhoek, South West Africa

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| fcumpired = 39

| umpfcdebutyr = 2006

| umpfclastyr = 2017

| listaumpired = 29

| umplistadebutyr = 2005

| umplistalastyr = 2017

| t20umpired = 23

| umpt20debutyr = 2010

| umpt20lastyr = 2014

| date = 1 October

| year = 2024

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/137/137582/137582.html CricketArchive

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Andrew Wynand Louw (born 18 May 1961) is a Namibian cricket umpire who is on the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpire Panel. He made his first-class umpiring debut in 2006, and regularly umpires in International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments and other competitions in which the Namibian national side participates.

Born in Windhoek, before taking up umpiring Louw was the head groundsman for Cricket Namibia, responsible for the upkeep of most major pitches in the country.Andreas Kathindi (6 April 2015). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150518112224/http://www.lelamobile.com/content/49960/Staying-grounded-with-Tangeni-Lungameni/ "Staying grounded with Tangeni Lungameni"]}} – Lela Mobile. Retrieved 12 May 2015. His first international tournament as an umpire was a Central and Southern Africa under-15 tournament in September 2005.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/137/137582/Umpire_in_Miscellaneous_Matches.html Wynand Louw as umpire in miscellaneous matches] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2015. Louw stood in at first-class and list-A level for the first time during the 2006–07 season, when Namibia played in the CSA Provincial Competitions against South African sides.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/137/137582/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html Wynand Louw as umpire in first-class matches] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2015.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/137/137582/Umpire_in_List_A_Matches.html Wynand Louw as umpire in List A matches] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2015. Louw has since umpired almost of Namibia's home fixtures in South African tournaments, as well as home ICC Intercontinental Cup games and matches against touring international sides. His duties have also included roles at ICC Africa and World Cricket League tournaments, including competitions played in South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Uganda, Malaysia, and Tanzania.

Louw has served on the 11-member ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpire Panel since 2013 and was re-appointed in January 2015 as one of two representatives from the Africa region (alongside Kenyan David Odhiambo).(7 January 2015). [http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/84081/icc-announces-associate-and-affiliate-panel-of-umpires-for-2015 "ICC announces Associate and Affiliate Panel of Umpires for 2015"] – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 May 2015. His son, Andrew Louw, played a single first-class match for Namibia in 2009 and later qualified as an umpire himself, making his first-class umpiring debut in April 2013.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97739/97739.html Andrew Louw] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2015. The pair officiated a 12-a-side game between Namibia A and Kenya in November 2014,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/755/755351.html Namibia A v Kenya], Kenya in Namibia 2014/15 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2015. and they also stood together in a 20-over match between Namibia and Hong Kong in May 2015, which had full Twenty20 status.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/877517.html |title=Hong Kong tour of Namibia, Namibia v Hong Kong at Windhoek, May 19, 2015 |accessdate=19 May 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}