Cricket

Griquas tightened the screws on Namibia on the second day of their SAA Challenge match at Windhoekâ??s Wanderers field on Friday, November 9.

After lunch on the second day, Griquas had reached 203/5 for an overall lead of 282 runs. With Adrian McLaren in full flight on 98 not out and five second innings wickets remaining, they were in a strong position to win the match.

Namibia failed to press home their advantage and were left to rue some dropped catches as Griqualand West took the upper hand at the end of the first dayâ??s play of their SAA Championship match at the Wanderers field on Thursday, November 8.

Namibiaâ??s cricket team made a great start to their three-day SAA Championship match against Griqualand West at the Wanderers field in Windhoek on Thursday, November 8, after restricting the visitors to 119 for eight wickets at lunch.

Namibia beat Canada by eight wickets in their ICC Intercontinental Cup match at the Wanderers field in Windhoek on Sunday, October 28.

After forcing the follow on, Namibia dismissed Canada for 295 runs in their second innings, leaving a victory target of 102 runs.

Namibia were in a strong position to win their Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at the end of the third dayâ??s play, with Canada on 235/6 â?? a lead of just 41 runs.
Namibia dismissed Canada for 286 in their first innings and enforced the follow on.

Namibia were in control of their ICC Intercontinental match against Canada towards the end of the second dayâ??s play on October 26.
With a few overs remaining, Canada had reached 134 for the loss of three wickets in their first innings in replay to Namibiaâ??s first innings of 480/9 declared.

Namibian captain Bjorn Kotze led Namibiaâ??s fightback with a great century on the second day of their ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Canada on Friday, October 26.
At lunch on the second day, Namibia had reached 431 runs for the loss of 9 wickets, with Kotze not out on 132 and Louis Klazinga not out on 5.

NamibiaÅ? national cricket team recovered well to reach 313 for the loss of six wickets in their Intercontinental Cup match against Canada on Thursday, October 25.

Namibia batted first but were soon in trouble when JB Burger was dismissed for 9 with the total on 17.

Canada beat Namibia A by six wickets in a friendly cricket match at the United field on October 23.
The Canadian team is preparing to take on Namibia in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match from October 25 to 28, and the match against Namibia A served as a warm up for Thursdayâ??s match.

By Festus Nakatana

MTC Namibia today renewed its three-year sponsorship to the Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) for the 2007/08 cricket season at the United Cricket Grounds with a N$ 2 million donation. The sponsorship forms part of the N$ 6 million that MTC committed to cricket three years ago.