Namibia national under-19 cricket team

Namibia Under-19s
Association Namibia Cricket Board
ICC region ICC Africa
Coach Norbert Manyande
Captain Zane Green
First international
Namibia Namibia vs. West Indies 
(Windhoek; January 1998)
U19 World Cup
Appearances 7 (first in 1998)
Best result 7th place (2016)
U19 World Cup Qualifier
Appearances 1 (first in 2011)
Best result 6th place (2011)
Africa U19 Championship
Appearances 8 (first in 2001)
Best result Champion (2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015)
As of 14 February 2016

The Namibia national under-19 cricket team represents the country of Namibia in under-19 international cricket. Namibia has won the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships a record number of times.

Namibia has qualified for the Under-19 World Cup on eight occasions, more than any other associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The team's best performance was at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, where it defeated defending champions South Africa in the group stage and eventually placed seventh, equaling's Afghanistan's performance at the 2014 event as the best by an associate. By finishing as the best-ranked associate team at the 2016 World Cup, Namibia secured automatic qualification for the 2018 World Cup in New Zealand.[1]

Current squad

Namibia's squad at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup was as follows:

Coach: Zimbabwe Rangarirai Manyande

Player Date of Birth Batting Bowling style
Zane Green (c, wk) 11 October 1996 (aged 19) Left
Charl Brits 22 July 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm off spin
Petrus Burger 3 November 1999 (aged 16) Right Right-arm leg spin
Fritz Coetzee 4 June 1997 (aged 18) Right Left-arm fast-medium
Niko Davin 19 December 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm leg spin
Motjaritje Honga 8 April 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm medium
Burton Jacobs 17 April 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm medium
Jürgen Linde 11 February 1999 (aged 16) Left Left-arm medium
SJ Loftie-Eaton 11 October 1996 (aged 19) Right Right-arm fast-medium
Lohan Louwrens (wk) 24 April 1999 (aged 16) Right
Chrischen Olivier 13 March 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm medium-fast
Francois Rautenbach 17 October 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm off spin
Michael van Lingen 24 October 1997 (aged 18) Left
Eben van Wyk 19 March 1999 (aged 16) Right Right-arm medium
Warren van Wyk 20 November 1997 (aged 18) Left Right-arm medium-fast

List of captains

As of 2016, nine people have captained Namibia in under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches.[2]

Name First Last M W L T NR Win%
1 Viljoen, DuaneDuane Viljoen 1998 1998 5 0 5 0 0 0.00
2 Burger, Jan-BerrieJan-Berrie Burger 2000 2000 6 0 5 1 0 8.33
3 Swanepoel, StefanStefan Swanepoel 2002 2002 7 3 4 0 0 42.86
4 Ackermann, StephanusStephanus Ackermann 2006 2006 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
5 Botha, DawidDawid Botha 2008 2008 4 1 3 0 0 25.00
6 van der Westhuizen, LouisLouis van der Westhuizen 2008 2008 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
7 Baard, StephanStephan Baard 2012 2012 6 0 6 0 0 0.00
8 Erasmus, GerhardGerhard Erasmus 2014 2014 6 1 5 0 0 20.00
9 Green, ZaneZane Green 2016 2016 6 3 3 0 0 50.00
Overall
46 9 36 1 0 19.57

Records

All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only, and are correct as of the 2016 World Cup

Team records

Highest totals[3]
Lowest totals[4]

Individual records

Most career runs[5]
Highest individual scores[6]
Most career wickets[7]
Best bowling performances[8]

References

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