Baard led Namibia to victory

A GREAT century by Stephen Baard led Namibia to a three-wicket victory against Free State in their CSA One Day Challenge on Sunday. After restricting Free State to 222 for six wickets off their 50 overs, Namibia reached 224 for seven wickets with five balls to spare. Baard led the way with a fine century, […]

Media Release -Veteran players retire

Cricket Namibia would like to announce the retirement of two of our most prominent cricketers, our Captain Sarel Burger and our Vice-Captain Craig Williams. Both Sarel and Craig have decided that the 3 Day and ODI matches against Free State at the Wanderers stadium from 22 to 25 February 2018 will be their final representational […]

Outjo Girls Cricket Development Festival

A Success: The year 2018 came with new development initiatives especially when it comes to the development of cricket in the township of Outjo, over the past few years Cricket Namibia in partnerships with First National Bank of Namibia initiated the FNB Kwata Cricket development program with high hopes to take the sport of cricket […]

The Namibian Senior second team faced defeat in CSA competition.

A second-string Namibian side slumped to a 123-run defeat against Kwazulu Natal Inland in their CSA Provincial One Day Challenge in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. With Namibia’s first team involved in the World Cricket League Division 2 tournament which was concluded in Windhoek last Thursday, Namibia had to field a second team which failed to provide […]

U.A.E crowned Champions

THE United Arab Emirates have been crowned the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions in Windhoek after beating Nepal by seven runs. The UAE will now join the Windies, Ireland, the Netherlands and PNG in Group A at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, whilst Nepal will take the remaining spot in […]

Hope is lost.

NAMIBIA’s hopes of reaching the 2019 Cricket World Cup came to an end when they lost by 19 runs to the UAE in their final group match at the World Cricket League Division 2 tournament in Windhoek on Wednesday. UAE booked their ticket to the final World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe next month and will […]

Namibia beat Kenya

NAMIBIA beat Kenya to join Canada and Nepal on the same points at the top of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 table, with only one round of matches left before the two qualifications spots for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier are confirmed. On the reserve day in Windhoek, Namibia, the round two […]

“Make or Break” for Namibia

Imagine this scenario. You’re on strike with six runs to win off the final six balls of the match, with two wickets in hand. You’ve already been batting for just under two and a half hours trying to salvage a near hopeless situation. After the batting partner who was with you for much of that […]

Namibia claim another win – ICC WCL Div.2

Namibia played against Canada in yet another thrilling match. Canada won the toss and elected to field hoping to restrict the Namibian side. Namibia showed them differently, posting the chase at 268 in (50 overs) setting the target at 269. Canada despite all efforts did not reach this target. Namibia won by 17 runs. Nepal […]

Day 3 – ICC WCL Div.2

NAMIBIA got their first win, while Canada made it three wins out of three in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 on Sunday. Canada remained in pole position to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier by beating Kenya by 59 runs, while Namibia beat Oman by two wickets in a last over […]