| Kosie Venter | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Jacobus Francois Venter |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Family: | Everhardus Venter (brother) |
| Club3: | Worcestershire Cricket Board |
| Year3: | 1999 |
| Club2: | Transvaal B |
| Year2: | 1990/91 |
| Club1: | Orange Free State/Free State |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First class |
| Matches1: | 108 |
| Runs1: | 5,066 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.15 |
| 100S/50S1: | 5/32 |
| Top Score1: | 193 |
| Deliveries1: | 15,769 |
| Wickets1: | 241 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 33.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/83 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 60/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 100 |
| Runs2: | 2,459 |
| Bat Avg2: | 29.27 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/13 |
| Top Score2: | 118 |
| Deliveries2: | 2,752 |
| Wickets2: | 71 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 29.70 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/21 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 36/– |
| Date: | 5 February |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/47724.html Cricinfo |
Jacobus "Kosie" Francois Venter (born 1 October 1969) is a former South African cricketer. Venter was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
In a professional career that lasted from the 1989/90 to the 2003/04 South African cricket seasons, Venter played both the first-class and List A formats of the game with no fewer than six different sides. Debuting in the 1989/90 season for Orange Free State, he proceeded to play first-class and List A cricket for Orange Free State, Transvaal B and Free State.[1] He later played List A cricket in England for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1996[2] and the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[3] Venter also played Second XI cricket in England for the Leicestershire Second XI in 1994.[4]
In his first-class career, he played 108 times scoring 5,066 runs at a batting average of 30.15, with five centuries and thirty-two half centuries and making a high score of 193. An all rounder, Venter took 241 wickets at a bowling average of 33.00, with eight five wicket hauls and best figures of 7/83. An able fielder, he took 60 catches. Venter played nearly an equal amount of List A matches, playing exactly 100. In these he scored 2,459 runs at an average of 29.27, with a single century score of 118 and thirteen half centuries. With the ball he took 71 wickets at an average 29.70, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/21. In the field he took 36 catches.
His older brother, Everhardus, represented Orange Free State at first-class and List A level.