Namibian cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2022–23

International cricket tour

Namibian cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2022–23
 
  United Arab Emirates Namibia
Dates 23 – 25 February 2023
Captains Chundangapoyil Rizwan Gerhard Erasmus
One Day International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Chundangapoyil Rizwan (71) Michael van Lingen (86)
Most wickets Zahoor Khan (4) Tangeni Lungameni (6)

The Namibia men's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in February 2023 to play two One Day International (ODI) matches.[1] The fixtures formed part of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament, and were arranged to make up for matches between the two sides that were previously postponed during the eighth round of the competition.[2]

Squads

 United Arab Emirates[3]  Namibia[4]
  • Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c)
  • Sabir Ali
  • Vriitya Aravind (wk)
  • Rahul Bhatia
  • Hazrat Bilal
  • Aayan Afzal Khan
  • Asif Khan
  • Zahoor Khan
  • Karthik Meiyappan
  • Rohan Mustafa
  • Alishan Sharafu
  • Junaid Siddique
  • Chirag Suri
  • Muhammad Waseem

ODI series

1st ODI

23 February 2023
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
91 (31.1 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
95/9 (33 overs)
Ruben Trumpelmann 30 (41)
Karthik Meiyappan 3/16 (3.1 overs)
Aayan Afzal Khan 35* (54)
Tangeni Lungameni 4/20 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 1 wicket
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

25 February 2023
10:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
166/9 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia
167/3 (28.2 overs)
Chundangapoyil Rizwan 60* (140)
Gerhard Erasmus 2/23 (6 overs)
Michael van Lingen 71* (53)
Zahoor Khan 1/29 (7 overs)
Namibia won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Michael van Lingen (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Cricket to host Scotland and Namibia for CWC League ODI Tri-series in February 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Tri-series in Namibia called off, Oman cricket team flying back". Times of Oman. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Emirates Cricket Board announce team to compete in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 against Namibia". Emirates Cricket Board. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Richelieu Eagles off to conclude ODI cycle". Cricket Namibia. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

External links

  • Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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