Namibia look to down Scotland in their opening match of Super 12s

Namibia vs Scotland, 21st Match, Group 2 (N), Abu Dhabi, Oct 27 2021

“Financially we weren’t where we wanted to be, but as a team we weren’t really performing. And to think of tournaments like qualifying tournaments, we tend to just fall away at the end. We knew we really had to turn around, and it’s really been an effort to do that.

It had to be some great role play within Cricket Namibia – from the coaching staff to the board members to the administration itself – that have followed to buy into one vision and go some way.

And now we sort of I guess at the peak and reaping those rewards which is great. And hopefully continue going upwards.” 

Scotland’s Matthew Cross on their clash against Namibia

“Namibia are a very good team. I actually said before the Cup started that I expected them to go through. I’m kind of pleased that they did. They’ve got everything covered – they’ve got experience, they’ve got a really good fielding unit and very tidy bowling.

So we know enough about them, we’ve played against them three or four times in the last, maybe three years now. There’s no real surprises but at the same time we do expect to go out there and win.”