He was named in the Namibian squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup, but played in only two warm-up matches, against the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
[2] Pitchers' final matches for a South African domestic side came in December 2012, when he played in a third consecutive national under-19 championships for Griqualand West.
[2] In March 2013, he made his first-class debut for the Namibian senior side in the South African Three-Day Provincial Competition.
Pitchers made his under-19 One Day International (ODI) debut at the World Cup,[8] and scored 131 runs from four matches, behind only Gerhard Erasmus for Namibia.
[12] In May 2015, against Hong Kong in Namibia's first Intercontinental Cup fixture of the 2015–17 cycle, Pitchers scored a maiden international century in the second innings, 105* opening with Stephan Baard.