Rifaiz Bakas

M. Rifaiz R. Bakas is a Dutch former first-class cricketer.
Bakas was born in Surinam in May 1982. He was a member of the Netherlands national [under-19 cricket team|Netherlands under-19 team] for the 2000 [Under-19 Cricket World Cup], making five appearances in the tournament. He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Netherlands national [cricket team|Netherlands] senior team against Kenya in August 2008 at VRA [Cricket Ground|Amstelveen] in the 2007–08 [ICC Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]. Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for an 11–ball duck in the Dutch first innings by Thomas Odoyo, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 16 runs by Peter Ongondo. Bakas played his club cricket in the Netherlands for Rood en Wit, Excelsior '20, United Haarlem, and Dosti.