Batting Strategy

Coaching implications of the lateral batting back lift technique in men’s cricket: A discussion and food for thought Abstract Cricket coaching manuals published after 2009 accept as a norm for batsmen to lift the bat in the direction of the slips. A mixed-methods study conducted among 161 coaches around the world showed that most cricket […]

The Female Pace Race: Who Will be the Fastest of Them All?

Sharon Tredrea, inducted into the Australian cricket hall of fame earlier this month, played in an era well before ubiquitous speed guns in women’s cricket. However, the all-rounder, whose international career spanned 15 years in the 1970s and 80s, used to train with men at North Melbourne, claiming she was once clocked at around 83 […]

Cricket Namibia Introduces the Over 40s League

Over 40s Cricket

Cricket is a sport for life with the goal of providing maximum opportunities for people to participate in the game of cricket for as long as they wish. The Over 40s League is a platform initiated by Cricket Namibia to accommodate 40 years and older cricket lovers to keep playing the game. The Over 40s League aims to develop veterans cricket and […]

Cricket Namibia Launches New Schools Tournament

With great excitement and pleasure, Cricket Namibia introduces the annual XCO & APS Junior Cricket tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Namibia is uncertain about the possibility of hosting the Walvis Bay Salt Refiners tournament this year. Although the Salt refiners may not take place this year, it will still be ongoing next year […]

New Executive Selected at Cricket Namibia AGM

Cricket Namibia hosted a Club Forum and its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 13th June at Windhoek Country Club. The club forum was attended by Cricket Namibia Board members, office staff, and club representatives of which the Coastal Club representatives joined via Zoom, due to COVID-19 regulations in the Erongo Region. Cricket Namibia recently announced […]

ICC Board update on T20 World Cup

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board agreed yesterday to continue exploring a number of contingency plans regarding the future of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 and the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 until next month whilst planning for delivery of the events in the scheduled window is ongoing. The Board expressed its […]

Business principles must apply to Sport Federations

Cricket Namibia, like most Sports Federations, has seen tough times on the financial front. Through the implementation of strong leadership, clear strategic vision and ethical business decisions, Cricket Namibia has shown that Sports Federations can deliver community programs, perform on International level and manage to achieve a positive financial bottom line. Johan Muller (CEO Cricket […]

We stand for diversity, We stand against racism

Cricket Namibia strives to produce the best cricketers to represent Namibia regardless of race and ethnicity. We invite all interested individuals that would like to join the Namibian cricket fraternity to send us an email at highperformance@cricketnamibia.com or call us on 061 223 818 and we will assist accordingly. Cricket Namibia promotes diversity in the […]