He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
He was born in Windhoek and has played one-day cricket for the Namibian youth team since 2005.
Ackermann is generally used as a lower-middle order batsman, but has not been much used by his team in their bowling attack.
Ackermann made his first-class debut in October 2008, against North West.
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