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| Nickname(s) | Eagles[1] | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Namibia | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Gerhard Erasmus | |||||||||
| Coach | Pierre de Bruyn | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate Member with ODI status (1992) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v.  Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, Harare; 10 February 2003 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v.  Netherlands at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 23 February 2024 | |||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 1 (first in 2003) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round (2003) | |||||||||
| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 6 (first in 1994) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runner-up (2001) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v.  Ghana at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v.  England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound; 15 June 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 2 (first in 2021) | |||||||||
| Best result | Super 12 (2021) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 5[a] (first in 2012) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 15 June 2024 | ||||||||||
The Namibia men's national cricket team, nicknamed the Eagles, is the men's team that represents the Republic of Namibia in international cricket. It is organised by Cricket Namibia, which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1992.[7]
A team representing South West Africa played in South African domestic competitions prior to Namibia's independence in 1990. After joining the ICC, the country soon became one of the leading ICC associate members in Africa. Namibia finished second at the 2001 ICC Trophy, thereby qualifying for the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. The team made its One Day International (ODI) debut at the tournament but failed to win a match. Beginning in 2004, Namibia participated in every edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, finishing runners-up in 2007–08. It also featured at the highest levels of the World Cricket League (WCL), twice participating in the WCL Championship, and finished third at the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.
Namibia were runners-up at the 2019 WCL Division Two tournament to secure the ODI status and qualify for the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. The team finished fourth at the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier to qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It subsequently recorded its first World Cup victories, defeating the Netherlands and Ireland in the first round of the tournament to progress to the Super 12 stage.[8]
- ^ "icc-t20-world-cup-africa-final-unique-trophy-shoot-leaves-captains-in-awe". Cricket Uganda. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Namibia at CricketArchive
- ^ "Namibia's moment, with a sprinkling of David Wiese's stardust | The Cricketer". thecricketer.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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