Maurits van Nierop

Maurits William Albert van Nierop (11 May 1983 – 24 September 2008) was a Dutch international cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played for the Netherlands national cricket team from 2002 until 2006, and had been named in the Dutch winter squad shortly before his death, at age 25.

Biography Born in Cape Town in 1983,

He played for the Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers from 2001 until 2003 and was the first Dutch player to play for the team.

He played twice for the Netherlands against Denmark in July 2003, and for the Dutch A side again the following month. He played in the 2004 European Championship Division One tournament, He also played a match against Pakistan that year. his highest score in List A cricket. He played his final first-class match, also against Canada, four days later in Pretoria,

Van Nierop stayed out when Maron went home, indicating that he would follow him home later. Reports suggested that friends he had expected to meet with did not turn up, so he headed home. At 4:45 am, a security guard witnessed him jump down from a wall in the Woodstock area of Cape Town and land on his head, suffering fatal injuries. and was thought to be in line for a comeback to the national side. He had planned to return to playing cricket in the Netherlands in the 2009 season.