Cricket Namibia announces squad for World T20 qualifiers – Cricket News Update
Cricket Namibia named their preliminary squad for the upcoming International Cricket Council World Twenty20 Qualifier matches in the UAE, which are due to commence in March 2012. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964 will have their first match on the 13th of March, where
they will take on Ireland in Dubai.
The initial line-up consists of 18 players, and will eventually be shortened to 14 by next week. “These are the best cricketers that Namibia cricket can put into the field. We have a really tough pool in the round http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahbubul-Alam-c73802 stages of the tournament, but we feel
that these players will be able to get us in to the play offs of the competition,” said CEO of Cricket Namibia, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-c60529 McMillan.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 qualifiers span 72 matches, out of which two teams will emerge victorious and earn a spot in the World Twenty20, a tournament that will be hosted by Sri Lanka later this year in September. The Namibian cricket team has been placed in Group
B, and will be fighting it out with fellow contenders - Scotland, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Italy-c2926.
The side will be captained by all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-van-Schoor-c84385 (who was the opening batsman
at the Under-19 African Championships and scored a 119-ball century against Zambia) will serve as the vice-captain.
Other additions to the squad include Hendrik Geldenhuys, Gerhard Erasmus, Zhivago Groenewald, and Ian Opperman – all of whom have played in a number of List A matches.
Overall, the team has a good amalgam of experienced personnel in LP van der Westhuizen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gerrie-Snyman-c59913, and Christi Viljoen, and the youth such as Zhivago Groenewald, Gerhard Erasmus, and Bredell Wessels, while also including various Under-19 players.
Squad: Sarel Burger (captain), Raymond http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Louis-Klazinga-c73186,
Hendrik Geldenhuys, Zhivago Groenewald
Reserves: Bredell Wessels, Pikkie Ya France, Gj Dippenaar, Christopher Coombe
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