Cricket Namibia (CN) will be hosting back-to-back CWC League 2 Championship ODI Tri-series events at home in the months of November and December 2022, as part of the schedule for the pathway program towards qualification for 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India. The CWC League 2 pathway program will see 126 ODI’s played across 21 set of Tri-series, with the first series having taken place in Scotland on 14th August 2019 in Aberdeen. Each Tri-series will see teams play a total of six ODI’s, with teams competing for the top three spots of the League 2 table which will confirm their direct entry in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2022.
CN will be hosting Men’s teams from Papua New Guinea and United States of America from November 17th – 27th, while Men’s teams from Scotland and Nepal will visit Namibia for their Tri-series from November 30th – December 09th, 2022.
Squads
Papua New Guinea: Assadollah Vala (Captain), Charles Jordan Amini, Tony Ura, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sese Bau, Chad Soper, Kiplin Doriga, Kabua Vagi Morea, Hiri Hiri, Sema Kamea, Alei Nao, Riley Hekure and Gaudi Toka
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), JJ Smit, Lohan Louwrens, Michael van Lingen, Divan la Cock, Zane Green, Jan Frylinck, Tangeni Lungameni, Karl Birkenstock, Helao Ya France, Ben Shikongo, Ruben Trumpelmann, Nicol Loftie-Eaton and Bernard Scholtz
United States of America: Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones, Cameron Stevenson, Gajanand Singh, Ian Holland, Jasdeep Singh, Nisarg Patel, Noshtush Kenjige, Saideep Ganesh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani and Usman Rafiq
Scotland: Richie Berrington (Captain), Matthew Cross, Chris McBride, Kyle Coetzer, George Munsey, Brandon McMullen, Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Adrian Neill, Tom Mackintosh and Chris Greaves
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Aasif Sheikh, Arjun Saud, Gyanendra Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Bhurtel, Aarif Sheikh, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Harishankar Sah, Sagar Dhakal and Nandan Yadav
CWC League 2 Schedule (Namibia-Scotland-Nepal)
01st December 2022: Namibia vs Scotland (Scorecard) @9:30am
02nd December 2022: Namibia vs Nepal (Scorecard) @9:30am
04th December 2022: Scotland vs Nepal (Scorecard) @9:30am
05th December 2022: Namibia vs Scotland (Scorecard) @9:30am
07th December 2022: Nepal vs Namibia (Scorecard) @9:30am
08th December 2022: Scotland vs Nepal (Scorecard) @9:30am
CWC League 2 Schedule (Namibia-Papua New Guinea-United States of America)
19th November 2022: Namibia vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) @9:30am
20th November 2022: Namibia vs United States of America (Scorecard) @9:30am
22nd November 2022: Papua New Guinea vs United States of America (Scorecard) @9:30am
23rd November 2022: Papua New Guinea vs Namibia (Scorecard) @9:30am
25th November 2022: United States of America vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) @9:30am
26th November 2022: Namibia vs United States of America (Scorecard) @9:30am