Cricket Namibia have announced the 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup qualifiers, to be held in UAE from Oct 18th – Nov 02nd, 2019.
Namibia are grouped alongside Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Bermuda, Singapore and Kenya in Group A in the Qualifiers. The top team from each group will advance to the semi-final of the tournament whilst securing direct qualification to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020, with three more teams from each group featuring in qualification play-offs to determine the other four qualifiers.
Namibia national squad have had a busy few weeks now in the past 2-3 months, hosting South African franchise Multiply Titans and Botswana at home, before taking part in CWC League 2 tournament in USA. They will face Hong Kong and Nigeria in the official warm-up games on Oct 14th & 15th, before the start of tournament proper from Oct 18th.
Namibia squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup qualifiers
Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Pikky Ya France, Zhivago Groenewald, Christi Viljoen, Stephen Baard, Craig Williams, JP Kotze, Niko Davin, Karl Birkenstock, Ben Shikongo & JJ Smit
