Namibia Men’s Tour of India Schedule

Namibia: JP Kotze, Jack Brassell, G.Janse van Rensburg, Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ben Shikongo, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Shaun Fauche, PD Blignaut, JC Balt, Malan Kruger, Jan Izak de Villiers, Zacheo van Vuuren, Handre Klazinga, Junior Kariata, Addo Itta, Tangeni Lumgameni and Simon Shikongo

18th February 2025: Namibia vs Karnataka – 1st One-day (Scorecard)

Castle Lite T20 Franchise Schedule

15th November 2024: Green Windhoek Jets vs Naankuse Lions (Scorecard) ; Fish River Eagles vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard)

16th – 17th November 2024: Naankuse Lions vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard) ; Green Windhoek Jets vs Fish River Eagles (Scorecard) ; Green Windhoek Jets vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard) ; Naanksue Lions vs Fish River Eagles (Scorecard)

22nd – 23rd November 2024: Fish River Eagles vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard) ; Green Windhoek Jets vs Naankuse Lions (Scorecard) ; Green Windhoek Jets vs Fish River Eagles (Scorecard) ; Naankuse Lions vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard)

24th November 2024: Naankuse Lions vs Fish River Eagles (Scorecard) ; Green Windhoek Jets vs Etosha Wildcats (Scorecard)

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

Albie Morkel, who joined the Namibian set-up in 2019, has had a distinguished International and domestic career for South Africa and is one of the finest all-rounders of the 2000 era, having played in various T20 franchise leagues around the globe as well. Albie has also represented four franchises in the Indian Premier League and also played for three counties in the English domestic season. Back in South Africa, he has been a long-serving member of The Titans franchise in the domestic circuit, and the club and Namibia Cricket Board have engaged to form a close relationship in the past couple of years, which saw their senior squad tour Namibia in August 2021 for their pre-season camp.

Earlier towards the end of 2018, South Africa’s Pierre de Bruyn was appointed as the Head Coach for Namibia’s men’s National squad, effective from 01st Jan 2019. Pierre also has playing experience in South Africa’s domestic tournaments before becoming a full-time coach at the end of his playing career in 2010. Pierre joined English County Club Leicestershire at the start of 2016 season as the assistant coach of the 2nd XI squad before getting promoted to Head Coach position for the senior side. He left the role in 2017. Pierre has previous experience in the Namibian set-up, having being an consultant to Namibia’s U19 squad in 2016. One of his high points was to see Namibia U19 beat South Africa U19 in the 2016 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.

Namibia enter the T20 World Cup on the back of very impressive season in 2021 so far, which saw the senior squad win multiple series in both 50-overs and T20 formats against Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe Emerging squads, Multiply Titans and ITEC Knights (Free State).

Hindi Release

17 अक्टूबर 2021 से ओमान और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात में आगामी 2021 ICC मेन्स T20 विश्व कप में अपनी संभावनाओं को रोशन करने के लिए एक और हाई प्रोफाइल साइनिंग में, क्रिकेट नामीबिया (CN) ने दक्षिण अफ्रीका की घरेलू फ्रेंचाइजी मल्टीप्ली टाइटन्स के हाई-परफॉर्मेंस कोच रिचर्ड दास नेव्स को सहायक के रूप में नियुक्त किया है। टूर्नामेंट के लिए पियरे डी ब्रुइन और एल्बी मोर्कल को कोच।

एल्बी मोर्कल, जो 2019 में नामीबियाई सेट-अप में शामिल हुए, का दक्षिण अफ्रीका के लिए एक विशिष्ट अंतर्राष्ट्रीय और घरेलू करियर रहा है और 2000 के युग के बेहतरीन ऑलराउंडरों में से एक हैं, जिन्होंने दुनिया भर में विभिन्न टी 20 फ्रैंचाइज़ी लीग में भी खेला है। . एल्बी ने इंडियन प्रीमियर लीग में चार फ्रेंचाइजी का भी प्रतिनिधित्व किया है और अंग्रेजी घरेलू सत्र में तीन काउंटियों के लिए भी खेला है। दक्षिण अफ्रीका में वापस, वह घरेलू सर्किट में द टाइटन्स फ्रैंचाइज़ी के लंबे समय तक सदस्य रहे हैं, और क्लब और नामीबिया क्रिकेट बोर्ड ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में एक करीबी रिश्ता बनाने के लिए सगाई की है, जिसने उनके वरिष्ठ दस्ते के दौरे को नामीबिया में देखा। अगस्त 2021 में उनके प्री-सीज़न कैंप के लिए।

इससे पहले 2018 के अंत में, दक्षिण अफ्रीका के पियरे डी ब्रुइन को नामीबिया के पुरुषों की राष्ट्रीय टीम के लिए मुख्य कोच के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया था, जो 01 जनवरी 2019 से प्रभावी था। पियरे को अंत में पूर्णकालिक कोच बनने से पहले दक्षिण अफ्रीका के घरेलू टूर्नामेंट में खेलने का अनुभव भी है। 2010 में अपने खेल करियर का। पियरे सीनियर टीम के लिए हेड कोच पद पर पदोन्नत होने से पहले 2016 सीज़न की शुरुआत में दूसरी XI टीम के सहायक कोच के रूप में इंग्लिश काउंटी क्लब लीसेस्टरशायर में शामिल हुए। उन्होंने 2017 में भूमिका छोड़ दी। पियरे को नामीबिया के सेट-अप में पिछला अनुभव है, 2016 में नामीबिया के U19 दस्ते के सलाहकार होने के नाते। उनके उच्च बिंदुओं में से एक नामीबिया U19 को 2016 ICC U19 क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड में दक्षिण अफ्रीका U19 को हराते हुए देखना था। बांग्लादेश में कप

नामीबिया ने अब तक 2021 में बहुत प्रभावशाली सीज़न के पीछे टी 20 विश्व कप में प्रवेश किया, जिसमें सीनियर टीम ने युगांडा, दक्षिण अफ्रीका और ज़िम्बाब्वे के उभरते हुए दस्तों, मल्टीप्ली टाइटन्स और आईटीईसी नाइट्स के खिलाफ 50 ओवरों और टी 20 प्रारूपों में कई श्रृंखलाएं जीतीं।

The following were the winners for the calendar year 2019:

1. Gray-Nicolls Participation Programme of the Year: The winner of this award is a high performing national cricket body with an excellent national cricket pathway that caters for senior and junior players, both male and female who has excelled in the previous 12 months.

Winner: Papua New Guinea – Entry-level programmes

Over 50% of the national men’s team (Barramundis) and women’s team (Lewas) started their cricket in Cricket PNG’s BSP School Kriket programme. It had over 235,000 schoolchildren participating in 2019, taking the number to 1.45 million since inception. The programme is run in a safe, gender equal, educational and fun environment with a gender ratio of 50/50 (boys and girls).

Another program launched in 2019 was the Cricket for Good with ChildFund Australia pilot project, which was targeted at the age-group levels above 18+ and conducted between Aug – Dec 2019 in Tubusereia and Pari villages. The initiative included creating an integrated cricket and life-skills curriculum with an intensive, in-country training program for facilitators in programme delivery. Facilitators were then transitioned into cricket development officers for Cricket PNG.

Botswana, Brazil, Malaysia and the Netherlands were adjudged the regional winners in the category for their work in 2019.

2. Female Participation Programme of the Year: The winner of this award is a high          performing national cricket body with initiatives/activities such as competitions, school        programs, training courses, clinics or awareness programs, that has enhanced the              development of women’s cricket within the community or country in the previous 12            months.

Winner: Rwanda Cricket Association – Cricket Builds Hope

Since the start of the cricket builds hope programme in 2018, around 300 women aged between 15 and 25 have participated in workshops on business and leadership skills, with cricket sessions held afterwards to reinforce the learning. Participants are trained in scoring courses and also provided support in nurturing their ambitions of running small businesses. Rwanda Cricket Association also held community matches at Gahanga International Stadium in Kigali in Nov 2019, as part of the programme.

Bhutan, Chile, Indonesia and Scotland were adjudged the regional winners in the category for their work in 2019.

3. Associate Member Men’s Performance of the Year

Winner: Namibia – vs Hong Kong, Match 14, ICC World Cricket League Division 2, Windhoek

Victory in the must-win game against Hong Kong in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in April 2019 ensured that Namibia were back in the ODI status league after a long gap of 16 years, after their appearance in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Namibia thus booked their place in Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 (CWC League 2), which is the qualification pathway for Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

Namibia continued their good run as they became one of the six teams at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE to cement their place in the T20 World Cup in Australia, which is now postponed for next year amid COVID-19 pandemic.

4. Associate Member Women’s Performance of the Year

Winner: Cricket Association of Thailand – vs Cricket Ireland, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, Scotland

A narrow 2-run win margin against Cricket Ireland’s women’s team meant that the women’s team of Thailand booked their place at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia in Feb 2020.

5. Cricket for Change Innovation of the Year

Winner: Japan – Typoon Hagibis Recovery Project

Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in the second week of October 2019, causing widespread destruction. With 98 deaths nationwide and an estimated JPY 102 billion (USD 15 billion) worth of damage, it is one of the worst natural disasters in the country in recent times. More than 300 volunteers from the cricket community across Japan participated in the relief efforts, which included the Japan U19 squad, who helped with cleaning and the rebuilding efforts instead of practice sessions towards their preparation for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.

All cricket at the four Sano River Grounds, including the Japan Cup Finals, the single-day Champions Trophy, Women’s J-Bash and the Women’s League Grand Final were cancelled due to the damage caused by the typhoon across Sano City, which is the headquarters for Cricket Japan. The U19 World Cup squad had their training sessions also cancelled due to the damages and it was a setback for the young players, who were going to take part in a global tournament for the first time.

6. Digital Engagement of the Year: The winner of this award has made innovative use of digital platforms, campaigns or technology to drive engagement with fans and the wider community.

Winner: Cricket Finland

Cricket Finland made the necessary arrangements for live streaming their national squad’s T20I home series against Spain at Kerava ground and also provided commentary in both english and finnish languages. The result saw cricket reaching finnish households for the first time and also worldwide, as due to the matches being featured in Indian fantasy leagues generated a big viewership for the games in India on YouTube.

Finland’s T20Is and Finnish Premier League matches are now being live streamed mostly on the European Cricket Network’s platform (website and YouTube) and reaches a global audience. With co-ordination with the national broadcaster, Cricket Finland also have plans to include coverage of their women’s national squad as well for future engagements.

ICC General Manager – Development, William Glenwright said: “We are committed to partnering with our Members to continue the sustainable growth of cricket and we are extremely proud of what all of our Members achieved in 2019. The ICC Development Awards are a recognition of the work undertaken by the 92 Associate Members, with 14 especially brilliant programmes, performances and initiatives celebrated across six different categories.

“In 2019, participation in Associate Members grew by 14% whilst the growth in the number of women and girls playing has risen by 13% – recognition of the innovative ways that our Members continue to grow the game of cricket. Cricket is being played by more people around the world than ever before; our Associate Members are playing more international cricket than ever before and Associate Cricket is being watched by more people than ever – with 128 million digital views for ICC Global Qualifying events in 2019. At a very difficult time for the game and the world more broadly, it is wonderful to showcase the outstanding work of our Members in 2019 and reflect on some of the stories of their success.”

The series provided Namibia players the opportunity to get back to action in the middle in white-ball cricket, as they prepare themselves to host the visiting Netherlands squad in Mar/Apr 2020. The likes of Niko Davin, Nicole Loftie-Eaton, Karl Birkenstock, Jan-Izak de Villiers and Ruben Trumpelmann got the chance to impress the coaching staff ahead of the big home season. Captain Gerhard Erasmus and Criag Williams were the standout performers throughout the T20 and 50-overs matches.

Namibia came back to playing in South Africa after sometime as they pulled out of playing in the CSA provincial season due to financial constraints. Ireland Wolves squad will play a T20 game against Northerns Academy to conclude their tour on 29th Feb 2020. The Wolves support staff were forced to play Academy players James Cameron Dow and Mike Frost as some of the squad members were taken ill during the tour.

Ireland Wolves/Namibia tour of South Africa Match Results (T20s)

1st T20: Ireland Wolves 177/6 in 20 overs (Harry Tector 75 n.o, Gareth Delany 24, Shane Getkate 18 n.o, Stuart Thompson 18, Ruben Trumpelmann 2/21, Bernard Scholtz 1/18, Jan Frylinck 1/23) lost to Namibia 178/7 in 19.4 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 63, Nicole Loftie-Eaton 40, Craig Williams 20, Criag Young 2/20, Tyrone Kane 2/22, Josh Little 1/27) by 3 wickets

2nd T20: Ireland Wolves 170/7 in 20 overs (Gareth Delany 69, Stephen Doheny 63 n.o, Ruben Trumpelmann 2/25, Criag Williams 2/25, Gerhard Erasmus 1/23, Jan Frylinck 1/24) beat Namibia 147/9 in 20 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 43, Criag Williams 28, Nicole Loftie-Eaton 19, Tyrone Kane 2/23, Shane Getkate 2/31, Jacob Mulder 1/29) by 23 runs

3rd T20: Ireland Wolves 196/5 in 20 overs (Stephen Doheny 58, Curtis Campher 45, Gareth Delany 38, Harry Tector 17 n.o, Criag Williams 3/29, Ruben Trumpelmann 1/38) beat Namibia 147/8 in 20 overs (Criag Williams 59 n.o, Nicole Loftie-Eaton 22, Jacob Mulder 3/23, Shane Getkate 2/33, Josh Little 1/18, Gareth Delany 1/11) by 49 runs

4th T20: Namibia 206/5 in 20 overs (Niko Davin 73, Karl Birkenstock 69, Gerhard Erasmus 19 n.o, Jacob Mulder 1/32, Gareth Delany 1/34) lost to Ireland Wolves 207/3 in 19 overs (Curtis Campher 62 n.o, Neil Rock 58 n.o, Stephen Doheny 37, Tyrone Kane 36, Craig Williams 2/49, Jan-Izak de Villiers 1/32) by 7 wickets

5th T20: Namibia 182/5 in 20 overs (Criag Williams 60 n.o, Zane Green 44, Niko Davin 38) lost to Ireland Wolves 185/3 in 18.1 overs (Harry Tector 91, Gareth Delany 58 n.o, Lorcan Tucker 18 n.o, Bernard Scholtz 1/13, Ben Shikongo 1/18) by 7 wickets

Ireland Wolves/Namibia tour of South Africa Match Results (50-overs)

1st Match: Ireland Wolves 228/8 in 50 overs (George Dockrell 55, Curtis Campher 54, Harry Tector 31, James McCollum 27, Craig Williams 2/15, Ben Shikongo 2/36, Ruben Trumpelmann 1/39) lost to Namibia 232/3 in 40 overs (Niko Davin 63, Stephen Baard 56, Gerhard Erasmus 42 n.o, Craig Williams 36 n.o, Josh Little 1/13, Shane Getkate 1/23) by 7 wickets

2nd Match: Ireland Wolves 149 all out in 39.5 overs (Harry Tector 72, Bernard Scholtz 3/25, Tangeni Lungameni 2/14, Craig Williams 1/8, Gerhard Erasmus 1/9) lost to Namibia 150/3 in 26.1 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 63 n.o, Niko Davin 53, Tyrone Kane 1/11, Josh Little 1/22) by 7 wickets

The tour is in preparation for Namibia’s home series against the visiting Netherlands squad in Mar/Apr 2020. The matches in South Africa will be played at SuperSport Park in Gauteng and Irene Villagers Cricket Club ground in Pretoria. Namibia’s last International assignment was during the 4th round of CWC League 2 Championship held in Oman in Jan 2020.

Namibia and Ireland last met during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers in UAE and some of the senior Ireland squad members are part of the Wolves squad during their tour of South Africa.

Namibia vs Ireland Wolves Fixtures

18th Feb 2020: 1st and 2nd T20 matches @ SuperSport Park

21st Feb 2020: 3rd T20 match @ Irene Villagers Cricket Club

24th Feb 2020: 4th and 5th T20 matches @ Irene Villagers Cricket Club

26th Feb 2020: 50-overs match @ SuperSport Park

27th Feb 2020: 50-overs match @ Irene Villagers Cricket Club

Namibia Squad

Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Pikky Ya France, Jan Izak de Villiers, Ruben Trumpleman, Stephen Baard, Craig Williams, JP Kotze, Niko Davin, Karl Birkenstock, Ben Shikongo & Nicol Loftie-Eaton

Ireland Wolves squad will play five T20 matches from Feb 18th – 24th, followed by two OD (50-overs) matches on 26th & 27th Feb, and concluding the tour with another 50-over match on 29th Feb 2020 against a local side. All matches will be played across SuperSport Park in Gauteng and Irene Villagers Cricket Club ground in Pretoria.

Namibia will be hosting Netherlands in a ODI/T20I home series in Mar/Apr 2020, and this tour of South Africa will be the perfect start to their season after an impressive 2019, where they secured ODI status and a place in 2020 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

South African-born Curtis Campher, 20, has been added to the Wolves squad for the 50-overs matches, after declaring his intention to pursue his cricket career in Ireland, and has joined YMCA Cricket Club in Dublin in Dec 2019 and also handed an emerging player contract by Cricket Ireland.

Namibia vs Ireland Wolves Fixtures

18th Feb 2020: 1st T20 match and 2nd T20 match

21st Feb 2020: 3rd T20 match

23th Feb 2020: 4th T20 match

24th Feb 2020: 5th T20 match

26th Feb 2020: 1st 50-overs match

27th Feb 2020: 2nd 50-overs match

Ireland Wolves Squads

T20 Squad
Gareth Delany, Stephen Doheny, Jonathan Garth, Shane Getkate, Tyrone Kane, Josh Little, Nathan McGuire, Jacob Mulder, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Stuart Thompson, Lorcan Tucker & Craig Young

50-over Squad
James Cameron-Dow, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Shane Getkate, Tyrone Kane, Josh Little, James McCollum, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Jack Tector, Gary Wilson & Craig Young

The series will provide Namibia the preparations for the 7th round of CWC League 2 Championship, which they will be hosting from Apr 20th – 27th, 2020 and host Nepal and Scotland in the ODI Tri-series. The Netherlands home series will comprise of 2 ODI matches and 4 T20I matches. Netherlands have a packed home summer schedule, that includes hosting the likes of New Zealand and Pakistan and the tour of Namibia will provide head coach Ryan Campbell the opportunity to get the ball rolling as the squad comes together for the first series of 2020.

Both Namibia and Netherlands will be part of 2020 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup come Oct 2020 in Australia, and the 4 T20I matches will be the first of many matches, that will help in the build-up to the mega event, as the players get into the groove of things and the series will also provide the team’s to try out new players or playing XI combinations few months in advance.

Netherlands tour of Namibia Schedule

25th Mar 2020: 1st T20I @Wanderers @2:30PM

26th Mar 2020: 2nd T20I @Wanderers @2:30PM

28th Mar 2020: 3rd T20I @Wanderers @10:00AM

29th Mar 2020: 1st ODI @Wanderers @10:00AM

31st Mar 2020: 2nd ODI @Wanderers @10:00AM

01st Apr 2020: 4th T20I @Wanderers @10:00AM

The 3rd round of CWC League 2 will be hosted by UAE in Dec 2019, when they host Scotland and USA. The tournament will be the start of UAE’s campaign in the Championship.

Although Papua New Guinea have had the worst of starts in their campaign so far, losing all their eight completed matches, they still have 28 games left in the Championship, that includes 12, that will be played in their home ground. There were good individual performances during the tournament in Florida, with the likes of Assad Vala, Nosaina Pokana & Charles Amini contributing majorly during their games, however, there was not much support from the rest of the playing XI members consistently to mount a tougher challenge to either USA or Namibia.

Zhivago Groenewald was the standout bowler for Namibia during the tournament, with good support coming from the likes of Jan Frylinck, Bernard Scholtz and Craig Williams as well. Apart from JP Kotze’s smashing century, the rest of the batting line-up contributed in turns during the four games they played.

Brief Scores

Match#11 (CWC League 2): Papua New Guinea 219/8 in 50 overs (Charles Amini 44, Assad Vala 38, Lega Siaka 33, Norman Vanua 30, Zhivago Groenewald 3/46, Bernard Scholtz 2/26, Jan Frlinck 2/29) lost to Namibia 222/6 in 48.2 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 88, JP Kotze 43, Craig Williams 36 n.o, Stephen Baard 22, Nosaina Pokana 2/30, Norman Vanua 1/26, Assad Vala 1/43) by 4 wickets

Match#12 (CWC League 2): Namibia 260/9 in 50 overs (Stephen Baard 73, Zane Green 41, JJ Smit 33, Craig Williams 32, Jan Frylinck 27 n.o, Nosaina Pokana 3/32, Riley Hekure 2/32, Assad Vala 2/52) beat Papua New Guinea 233 all out in 47.3 overs (Assad Vala 104, Tony Ura 28, Simon Atai 24, Bernard Scholtz 4/27, Jan Frylinck 2/54, JJ Smit 1/34, Craig Williams 1/37) by 27 runs

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