Namibia ready for Women’s T20 World Cup qualification quest

Namibia have been drawn alongside Thailand, Ireland and the Netherlands in Group B of the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier to be held at the Forfarshire Cricket Club in Dundee and the Arbroath Cricket Club, in Scotland, from August 31 to September 7.

Bangladesh, Scotland, PNG and the USA form Group A. Matches will be played at 10 am and 2 pm with all teams getting to play at both venues.

The eight teams are divided into two groups to decide the semifinalists, with the winners of the two semifinals ensuring a place at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 to be held in the Australian cities of Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney from February 21 to March 8 next year.

Both semifinals (on September 5) and the final (September 7) will be played at the Forfarshire Cricket Club. The teams also get to play a warm-up match each ahead of the tournament, on August 29.

Namibia squad:  Yasmeen Khan (captain), Irene Van Zyl, Arrasta Diergaardt, Didi Foerster, Merczerly Gorases, Kayleen Green, Victoria Hamunyela, Eveleen Kejarukua, Reehana Khan, Wilka Mwatile, Sylvia Shihepo, Adri van Der Merwe, Sune Wittmann, Petro Enright.

In partnership with ANA and Mediapix