Opinion: Lets not discount Namibia U19….

After reading up on their squad, I realized that they have 4 players in their side who have played first class cricket, and 2 were even in the recent game against UAE, with David Botha making a century.
The other 2, Sean Silver and van der Westhuzen, have played the first class games against SA provincial [...]

News: Whats up with Synman?

80% of Namibia’s total!!
This is the 3rd game in the last one month when Namibia folded meekly in their first innings, then fouhgt back with the ball, and the second innings total was commendable. However, this time around it was a one man show, as after Snyman, who is 194*, the next highest score in [...]

News: Namibia come from behind to beat UAE…

The result is a little odd given that UAE beat Namibia in Namibia a month ago, and also given that Namibia were dismissed so cheaply on Day 1. But it has been probably the best intercontinental game for a while.
For, UAE, despite the fact that they back their born and bred players these days, what [...]

News: Zim to play as SA’s 7th Franchise…

I am not all too well aware of SA’s franchise system, but I think that this essentially means that Zim, who were playing at the SAA provincial level, will now be playing at a higher level, at least for the one day league.
Btw…. if the Franchise has 6 franchise players, then are only 5 Zimbabweans [...]

News: Ireland do the expected…. thrash Bermuda…..

After Netherlands beat Bermuda by an innings, I dont think anyone was expecting any improvements from Bermuda……
I think Bermuda v Namibia, and Bermuda v UAE will be the ones to watch. I am expecting that if the current state of affairs persists, Bermuda is likely to end up at the bottom end of the pile. [...]

News: Denmark and Namibia get HPP spots…..

Both Denmark and Namibia have been added to the High Performance Program by the ICC. 2 more teams will be added, but they will NOT be from Asia, and will be chosen from the WCQS Div 5 next year. It seems at the momment that Uganda and PNG might be the forerunners to get those [...]

News: Namibia thrash UAE in 2 days

Namibia’s recent routing of UAE by an innings and 149 runs, from memory being the most one sided 4 day Intercontinental cup match between 2 teams of consecutive ‘rank’, opens up a number of questions.
For one thing, the UAE team was a full team. All their expats were playing, including Shadeep Silva who I forgot [...]

News: Namibia sensing victory on first day!

Well well….. what is happenning here?
Nambia have been quite impressive in the South African provincial championships as well, but I thought that UAE would be able to put up a better fight. Being dismissed for a under 100 and then conceding a 150 runs lead on day 1 is pretty bad, and I would be [...]

Opinion: On Namibia

Most of the time on this blog, I have given little attention to Namibia……. this is basically because I was biased against them…… my thinking was that they are another Zimbabwe in the making, because only the whites play the game over there. I wasnt sure whether they were doing anything to take the game [...]

News: Ireland beat Namibia by 5 wickets

Namibia managed to score only 95 runs in their first innings as Ireland thmuped them by 5 wickets in their intercontinental cup match. Though, eventually Namibia did get back into the game, but their batting performance even in the second innings was pathetic.
Some of these associates that lose so badly to other associates like Scotland, [...]