Namibia national cricket team

The Namibia national cricket team is the team that represents the Republic of Namibia and is governed by Cricket Namibia, an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992,[7] and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007.[8] They took part in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, though they lost all their games.[9] They have played in each edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Namibia
Cricket Namibia logo
Nickname(s)Eagles[1]
AssociationCricket Namibia
Personnel
CaptainMerwe Gerhard Erasmus
CoachPierre de Bruyn
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate Member with ODI status (1992)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
ODI 18th 15th (9-Jan-2020)
T20I 19th 19th (10-Oct-2019)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, Harare; 10 February 2003
Last ODIv.  United Arab Emirates at Oman Cricket Academy, Al Amarat; 9 January 2020
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 14 5/9
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
World Cup appearances1 (first in 2003)
Best resultFirst round (2003)
World Cup Qualifier appearances6 (first in 1994)
Best resultRunner-up (2001)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Ghana at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Last T20Iv.  Ireland at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 2 November 2019
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 16 12/4
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[6] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 (first in 2012)
Best result3rd (2012)

ODI and T20I kit

As of 8 January 2021

History

South West Africa, at the time administered by South Africa, began playing in the South African Country Cricket Association's annual competition in the 1961-62 season.[10] Post independence in 1990, Namibia joined the International Cricket Council as an associate member in 1992.

2003 World Cup

The road to the 2003 Cricket World Cup started with the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada. Namibia reached the final at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, losing to the Netherlands, but still qualifying for their first World Cup.[11] Namibia then hosted the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in April 2002, finishing fourth.[12] They had a disappointing Africa Cup campaign that September, finishing fourth in their group and beating only Tanzania,[13] and lost four matches against Zimbabwe A a few weeks later.[14] A tour of Kenya subsequent to the Zimbabwean tour was more successful, as Namibia beat Kenya in a four match one-day series.[15] Following this, Namibia took part in the top level of South African domestic one-day cricket, the Standard Bank Cup, but lost all five of their games.[16] Bangladesh toured in January 2003, winning the five match one-day series 4–1.[17]

The World Cup itself started on 10 February 2003 in Harare with Zimbabwe beating Namibia by 86 runs.[18]

10 February 2003
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
340/2 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia
104/5 (25.1 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L)
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • First ever ODI match for Namibia

Back in South Africa, they lost to Pakistan by 171 runs,[19] before a 55 run defeat at the hands of England in which Namibia performed with some credit, Jan-Berrie Burger winning the man of the match award for his innings of 85 that almost helped Namibia pull off an unlikely upset.[20] They then lost by 181 runs to India[21] and a 256 run defeat against Australia,[22] the eventual winners of the tournament,[9] in what at the time was the biggest winning margin in One Day Internationals, since surpassed by an Indian 257 run win over Bermuda.[23] The tournament finished with a 64 run loss to fellow qualifiers the Netherlands.[24]

After the World Cup

In August 2003, Zimbabwe A toured Namibia. Namibia won the one-day series 2–1, but lost both three-day games.[25] A return visit to Zimbabwe the following January saw Namibia win a five match one-day series against Zimbabwe A 4–1, also winning a match against Zimbabwe Under-19s.[26] Bangladesh toured Namibia in February, winning all three one-day games and drawing the three-day game.[27] Following this, Namibia travelled to the United Arab Emirates for the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge. They finished third on run rate after beating Canada, the Netherlands and the UAE and losing to Scotland and the USA.[28] Namibia played two ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Kenya and Uganda in 2004, losing them both.[29] In between the two matches, they won an African nations tournament in Zambia.[30] Later in the year, they took part in Zimbabwe's national one-day domestic competition, in which they finished as runners-up.[31] Whilst in Zimbabwe, they won two matches against the national side.[32] This was followed by a visit to Namibia by England, who won both matches.[33]

Zimbabwe A again visited Namibia in early 2005, losing both one-day matches that finished.[34] Pakistan A were the next visitors in April, winning all three one-day matches and drawing in the three-day game.[35] This was followed by their two regional group games in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. Whilst they were unbeaten, winning against Uganda and drawing against Kenya, this was not enough to qualify for the semi-finals.[36] They then visited Ireland to take part in the 2005 ICC Trophy. They finished 7th after beating Denmark in their final play-off game.[37] Back at home, they hosted New Zealand at the end of July, losing both games,[38] losing by only 29 runs after conceding 330/6.[39] In October of that year, they hosted the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup, despite failing to qualify. While the final was being played, they played a two match one-day series against Bermuda after they had been knocked out of the tournament, winning both games, but the games were tarnished by controversial incidents, with the Bermuda team accusing the Namibian team of racist insults, and walking off in the second game when a flurry of bouncers were unleashed at the lower order Bermuda batsmen.[40] The Namibian Cricket Board denied the allegations of racism.[41]

In March 2006, Namibia met Nepal in a challenge match to decide who got the eighth and final spot in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup. The match was drawn, with Namibia getting a first innings lead, thus qualifying them for the main tournament. The main tournament itself started with an innings defeat by Scotland in Aberdeen before a five wicket defeat by Ireland in Dublin, both matches in May.[42] In the 2006-07 South African cricket season, Namibia took part in the second tier of first-class and List A cricket, the South African Airways Challenge. They finished second in their group in the three-day tournament[43] and third in their group in the one-day tournament, missing out on reaching the semi-finals by one win.[44] In the midst of the matches in those tournaments, they played their third and final 2006 Intercontinental Cup match, beating the UAE by an innings.[42] On 1 April 2007, they became part of the ICC's High Performance Program.[8]

In November/December 2007, Namibia hosted Division Two of the World Cricket League where they played against Argentina, Denmark, Oman, the UAE and Uganda. Although Namibia won three of their five group matches, it was not enough for them to progress to the final. Namibia beat Denmark in the third place playoff. On the basis of their top four finish in this tournament, Namibia qualified for the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009, the final tournament in qualification for the 2011 World Cup.

Namibia again took part in the second tier of South African domestic cricket between October 2007 and February 2008.[45] They played a 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in October 2007, playing the remaining games against Bermuda, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, Scotland and the UAE in 2008.[46]

Namibia won the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Shield defeating the United Arab Emirates by six wickets in Dubai.[47] In 2011 Namibia participated in Division Two and finished as runners-up, on this occasion behind the UAE.[48]

In July 2011, the country competed in the ICC Twenty20 World Cricket League Africa Division One competition in Uganda, winning all eight group matches before succumbing to the hosts in the Final by six wickets.[49] During this tournament, all-rounder Louis van der Westhuizen struck 16 sixes in an innings of 159* against Kenya, as part of a team total of 262/1 from 20 overs.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Namibia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[50] Namibia's first T20I match was against Ghana on 20 May 2019 in Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.

20 May 2019
13:50
Scorecard
Ghana 
91/7 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
92/1 (10.5 overs)
Simon Ateak 26 (22)
Zhivago Groenewald 3/20 (4 overs)
Stephan Baard 52* (34)
Vincent Ateak 1/27 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 9 wickets
Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Kehinde Olanbiwonnu (Nga)
Player of the match: Stephan Baard (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Namibia.

In July 2020, the Namibia Men's team won the ICC Associate Member Men's Performance of the Year award, after gaining One Day International (ODI) status, in the ICC's Annual Development Awards to recognise developing cricketing nations.[51][52]

International grounds

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Namibia

Records

International match summary – Namibia[53][54]

Last updated 9 January 2020

Playing record
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
One-Day Internationals14590010 February 2003
Twenty20 Internationals161240020 May 2019

One-Day Internationals

ODI record versus other nations[53]

Records complete to ODI #4227. Last updated 9 January 2020.

OpponentMWLDFirst matchFirst win
v. Test nations
 Australia101027 February 2003
 England101019 February 2003
 India101023 February 2003
 Pakistan101016 February 2003
 Zimbabwe101010 February 2003
v. Associate Members
 Netherlands10103 March 2003
 Oman220027 April 201927 April 2019
 Papua New Guinea220022 September 201922 September 2019
 United Arab Emirates20206 January 2020
 United States211017 September 201920 September 2019

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I record versus other nations[54]

Records complete to T20I #996. Last updated 2 November 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
v. Full members
 Ireland101002 November 2019
v. Associate Members
 Bermuda1100023 October 201923 October 2019
 Botswana5500022 May 201922 May 2019
 Ghana1100020 May 201920 May 2019
 Kenya1100025 October 201925 October 2019
 Netherlands1010019 October 2019
 Oman1100029 October 201929 October 2019
 Papua New Guinea2020020 October 2019
 Scotland1100022 October 201922 October 2019
 Singapore1100026 October 201926 October 2019
 Uganda1100021 May 201921 May 2019

Tournament history

ICC Cricket World Cup

ODI World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
1975Not eligible[7]
1979
1983
1987
1992
1996Did not qualify
1999
2003Group stage14/1460600
2007Did not qualify
2011
2015
2019
2023Yet to qualify
TotalGroup Stage1/1260600

ICC T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2007Did not qualify
2009Did not qualify
2010Did not qualify
2012Did not qualify
2014Did not qualify
2016Did not qualify
2021Qualified
2022TBD
Total0 Titles0/1600000

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Namibia did not play in the ICC Trophy between 1979 and 1990 as they were not a member of the ICC at the time.[7]

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Intercontinental Cup

  • 2004: First round[29]
  • 2005: First round[36]
  • 2006: First round[42]
  • 2007–08: Losing finalist
  • 2009–10 (Shield): Winners
  • 2011–13: 5th place
  • 2015–17: 8th place

ICC World Cricket League

ICC 6 Nations Challenge

Personnel

Playing staff

This lists all the active players who have played for the Namibia in the past year (since 12 January 2019) and the forms in which they have played, or any players (in italics) outside this criteria who have been selected in the team's most recent squad.

Key

  • S/N = Shirt number
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms S/N Last FC Last ODI Last T20I
Batsmen
Stephan Baard28Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastODI, T20I14 2020 2019
Karl Birkenstock24Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumODI, T20I92 2020 2019
Niko Davin23Right-handedRight-arm leg breakT20I64 2019
Merwe Gerhard Erasmus25Right-handedRight-arm off breakODI (C), T20I (C)7 2020 2019
Wicket-keepers
Zane Green24Left-handedODI, T20I48 2020 2019
Jean-Pierre Kotze26Left-handedODI, T20I32 2020 2019
All-rounders
Jan Frylinck26Left-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumODI (VC), T20I (VC)49 2020 2019
Nicol Loftie-Eaton20Left-handedRight-arm fastODI79
JJ Smit25Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fastODI, T20I12 2020 2019
Christi Viljoen33Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI, T20I4 2019 2019
Craig Williams36Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI, T20I46 2020 2019
Pikky Ya France30Left-handedRight-arm off breakODI, T20I23 2020 2019
Pace bowlers
Jan-Izak de Villiers19Right-handedRight-arm mediumODI 2020
Tangeni Lungameni28Left-handedLeft-arm mediumT20I9 2019
Ben Shikongo20Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastODI, T20I47 2020 2019
Spin bowlers
Zhivago Groenewald27Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxODI, T20I45 2019 2019
Mauritius Ngupita20Right-handedRight-arm off breakODI
Bernard Scholtz30Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxODI, T20I1 2020 2019

Coaching staff

Position Name
National Coach Pierre de Bruyn
Specialist coaching consultant Albie Morkel
National Team Manager Dayanand Thakur

Players

Namibia's squad for 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two from 20–27 April 2019.[70]

Former players

NO Name Date of birth Date of death Batting style Bowling style Nationality Duration
Wicket-Keeper Batsman †
† 27Raymond van Schoor23 May 199020 November 2015(2015-11-20) (aged 25)RHBRight arm fast-medium Namibia2007–2015

Overseas/foreign players

NO Name Age Batting style Bowling style Nationality Duration MAJOR TEAMS
Wicketkeeper
44Tatenda Taibu (1983-05-14) 14 May 1983RHBRight-arm off-break Zimbabwe2006–2007Zimbabwe
All Rounders
23Dougie Brown (1969-10-29) 29 October 1969RHBRight arm medium pace Scotland2002–2003Warwickshire CCC
77Dwaine Pretorius (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989RHBRight arm medium pace South Africa2009–2010Lions
Qasim Sheikh (1984-10-30) 30 October 1984LHBLeft arm medium pace Scotland2007–2008Scotland
Bowlers
28Tony Palladino (1983-06-29) 29 June 1983RHBRight arm medium-fast England2009–2010Derbyshire CCC

Namibians playing overseas

NO Name Age Batting style Bowling style Nationality Duration CURRENT TEAM
All-Rounder
4Christi Viljoen (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987RHBRight arm fast-medium Namibia  New Zealand2010–2014Otago
  • A complete list of Namibian cricketers with articles can be found at: Category:Namibian cricketers


See also

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Further reading

  • South African Cricket Annual – various editions
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
  • Cricket Namibia official site
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