Cricket Namibia (CN) have announced their 14-member Women’s national squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa regional qualifiers in Botswana from September 07th – 20th, 2021. Namibia Women will be part of the 11-nation tournament, from which the winner will advance directly to the global qualifiers, but the 2nd place finish in the tournament will have equal importance, as the best 2nd placed finish among all the regional qualifiers (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and East Asia-Pacific) will take the final spot in the 10-nation global qualifiers.
Namibia Women have already played with some of the countries who are going to play in the Africa regional qualifiers, when they took part in the 5-nation Kwibuka Women’s Memorial T20I tournament in Rwanda in July 2021. Namibia Women lost out on the opportunity to win the title in the final having remained unbeaten through the group stages, where they were beaten by Kenya Women.
Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) will be hosting Women’s teams from Zimbabwe, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria and Malawi during the tournament, which will be live streamed by ICC, in collaboration with IMG Media on their digital channels. Group A includes host’s Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, while Group B includes Cameroon, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Namibia Women Squad
Irene van Zyl (Captain), Yasmeen Khan, Arrasta Diergaardt, Sylvia Shihepo, Sune Wittmann, Wilka Mwatile, Shiwomwenyo Namusha, Adri van der Merwe, Kayleen Green, Edelle van Zyl, Mezerly Gorases, Mekelaye Mwatile, Kaylee van Wyk and Victoria Hamunyela
