Cricket Namibia (CN) have announced the 14-member senior Women’s squad for the upcoming 6-nation Women’s T20I tournament being held in Rwanda from June 06th – 12th, which is an annual tournament intended to pay homage to the victims of the Kwibuka genocide against the Tutsi community in Rwanda in 1994.
Namibia Women will be competing against team’s from Botswana, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and the host’s in a double round-robin group stage competition with two groups consisting of three teams each, followed by the semifinals and the finals/third place play-off. Hence, four teams out of the six in the competition will get to play maximum of five T20Is, that will carry ranking points towards ICC Women’s T20I team rankings table. The matches are very crucial for all the countries, as they will again meet each other during the ICC Africa regional qualifiers for 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Botswana.
Namibia Women squad members have been playing inter-squad matches to prepare for the tournament, which will be their first International tournament since the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers held in Scotland in 2019. Namibia Women were scheduled to host Zimbabwe Women between 24th January and 2nd February 2021 to play a five-match WT20I series and two 50-over games, which got postponed due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations in the country.
Namibia Women Squad
Irené van Zyl (Captain), Yasmeen Khan, Kayleen Green, Didi Foerster, Sylvia Shihepo, Reehana Khan, Arrasta Diergardt, Suné Wittmann, Victoria Hamunyela, Adri van der Merwe, Namusha Shiwomwenyo, Wilka Mwatile, Mezerly Gorases and Edelle van Zyl
