Namibia at the Cricket World Cup
The Namibia cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international cricket matches. It is governed by Cricket Namibia, an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992[1] and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007.[2] They took part in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, though they lost all their games.[3] They have played in each edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Cricket World Cup Record
By tournament
| Cricket World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | Pld | W | L | T | NR | |
 1975[4] |
Not an ICC member[1] | No qualifier held | |||||||||||
| 1979[5] |
Did not participate | ||||||||||||
| 1983[6]
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  1987[7]
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  1992[8]
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 1996[9] |
Did not qualify | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
   1999[10] |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
   2003[11] |
Group Stage | 14/14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 2007[12] |
Did not qualify | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
 2011[13] |
18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2015[14] |
29 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2019[15] |
26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2023 |
41 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | Group Stage | 1/13 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 69 | 77 | 0 | 1 | |
By team
| Opposition | Matches | Won | Tie/NR | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| England |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pakistan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2003 World Cup
The World Cup itself started on 10 February 2003 in Harare with Zimbabwe beating Namibia by 86 runs.[16] Back in South Africa, they lost to Pakistan by 171 runs. [17] This was followed by a 55-run defeat at the hands of England in a match where Namibia performed with some credit, Jan-Berrie Burger winning the man of the match award for his innings of 85 that almost helped Namibia pull off an unlikely upset.[18] They then lost by 181 runs to India[19] and a 256 run defeat against Australia,[20] the eventual winners of the tournament,[3] in what at the time was the biggest winning margin in One Day Internationals, since surpassed by an Indian 257 run win over Bermuda.[21] The tournament finished with a 64 run loss to fellow qualifiers the Netherlands.[22]
- Squad
- Results
| Pool stage (Pool A) | Super Sixes | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |
| Zimbabwe L by 86 runs (D/L) |
Pakistan L by 171 runs |
England L by 55 runs |
India L by 181 runs |
Australia L by 256 runs |
Netherlands L by 64 runs |
7 | Did not advance | Pool stage | |||
- Scorecards
Pool stage (Pool A)
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See also
References
- ^ a b Namibia at CricketArchive
- ^ Denmark added to ICC High Performance Program Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, ICC Europe Media Release, 20 December 2006 at European Cricket Council
- ^ a b 2003 World Cup Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine at Cricinfo
- ^ "Prudential World Cup 1975". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Prudential World Cup 1979". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Prudential World Cup 1983". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Reliance World Cup 1987/88". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Benson & Hedges World Cup 1991/92". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Wills's World Cup 1995/96". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "ICC World Cup 1999". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "ICC World Cup 2002/03". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "World Cup 2006/07". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "World Cup 2011". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Scorecard of Zimbabwe v Namibia, 10 February 2003 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Namibia v Pakistan, 16 February 2003 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of England v Namibia, 19 February 2003 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of India v Namibia, 23 February 2003 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Australia v Namibia, 27 February 2003 at Cricket Archive
- ^ ODIs – Highest winning margins at Cricinfo
- ^ Scorecard of Namibia v Netherlands, 3 March 2003 at Cricket Archive