After a convincing series win over Zimbabwe Men’s emerging squad a week ago, Cricket Namibia (CN) have announced the fixtures and squads for the upcoming home series against South Africa’s prominent franchise team, Momentum Multiply Titans from August 28th – September 02nd, 2021.
Titans will play a one-off fixture against the Namibian men’s squad on 28th August, followed by four (4) games in the T20 format on 29th and 31st August, 01st and 02nd September. The series continues Namibia’s preparations towards 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman.
The series is part of Cricket Namibia’s #Pledge4Pink campaign in support of cancer awareness, for which various events and fundraising activities have been taking place in the past couple of weeks.
“It’s a great pre-season trip for the team, and a good opportunity for us to prepare for the CSA Provincial T20 Knock Out,” Titans team manager Karen Smithies said ahead of the trip.
“It also gives our hosts a chance to prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup, so it is a trip that we have really been looking forward to,” Smithies added in the official press release.
Albie Morkel, who is part of Namibia men’s coaching staff, was part of the Titans squad, when they previously met Namibia in June 2019 (Scorecard).
Squads
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Mauritius Ngupita, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Karl Birkenstock, Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Craig Williams, Michael van Lingen, Stephen Baard, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Shaun Fouche and Picky Ya France
Momentum Multiply Titans: Dean Elgar, Corbin Bosch, Junior Dala, Dayyaan Galiem, Aya Gqamane, Okuhle Cele, Neil Brand, Jiveshen Pillay, Theunis de Bruyn, Grant Mokoena, Aaron Phangiso, Gihahn Cloete, Sibonelo Makhanya and Jan-Hendrik Pretorius
Momentum Multiply Titans tour of Namibia Schedule
28th August 2021: One-off 50-overs (Scorecard)
29th August 2021: 1st T20 (Scorecard)
31st August 2021: 2nd T20 (Scorecard)
01st September 2021: 3rd T20 (Scorecard)
02nd September 2021: 4th T20 (Scorecard)
