Cricket

When Namibian cricket started 2010 on the back of a comprehensive defeat to the United Arab Emirates in the ICC Intercontinental Shield competition, the outlook was glum and few people could have foreseen the success that would lie in store. But the national team turned their performance around with commanding victories against Bermuda and Uganda, before going on to beat UAE on their home turf in Dubai to win the ICC Intercontinental Shield final in December.

Besides that, Namibian ...

Junior cricket

Cricket Namibia has announced the names of 6 cricket teams that will participate in various cricket festivals and tournaments in South Africa and Namibia in December 2010.

Through the High Performance Program, regional visits, training camps and national trials held throughout the year the final teams were selected and finalised.

The Under 15 boys team will go to Benoni to participate at the ICC Africa Cricket Association U15 Cricket Festival ...

Cricket Namibia will host the Bank Windhoek Ladies Cricket Development Festival in Windhoek from 15 to 17 October 2010.

At the festival the Namibia ladies team and the Under 13 boys and girls teams will play against Botswana at the Union and CCD fields in Windhoek.

The teams will all play 35 and 20 over matches.

During the festival Cricket Namibia development officers will present the Healthy Lifestyles games to the Under 13 teams on 15 October at CCD. ...

Centuries by Craig Williams and Raymond van Schoor put Namibia in a strong position at the end of the first day of their CSA Challenge match against Easterns on Thursday. Namibia reached 367 all out in their first innings while Easterns were at 55/0 at stumps.

Namibia got off to a bad start after Ewald Steenkamp (4) and Gerhard Rudolph (0) were dismissed early, but Williams joined Van Schoor to put Namibia in charge.

Both batsmen batted cautiously at the beginning, ...

Craig Williams

The most important event for Associate cricket gets underway in South Africa tomorrow as the 12 top teams below Test level fight it out in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier. With four places on offer at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the competition is going to be fierce in what is a hugely significant tournament for cricket.

“For our top Associate and Affiliate Members this is probably the most important 19 days in any four-year cycle and it will ...