{"id":470526,"date":"2011-07-29T20:36:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/29\/namibia-cricket-team-in-ireland-for-world-cup-qualifier-games\/"},"modified":"2011-07-29T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:36:27","slug":"namibia-cricket-team-in-ireland-for-world-cup-qualifier-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/namibia-cricket-team-in-ireland-for-world-cup-qualifier-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: Cricket Team in Ireland for World Cup Qualifier Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"36.6907914092\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namecon180.jpg\" alt=\"Namibia Economist (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit Namibia Economist (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Adetona<\/p>\n<p>29 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Namibian national U\/19 cricket team is currently in Ireland where they are competing in the hope of securing a place in next year&#8217;s Cricket World Cup in Australia at a date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>The qualification matches started on Thursday, this week and will end on 9 August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An extremely vigorous programme awaits the Namibian team in the next two weeks. They will play two warm-up games on Tuesday and Wednesday this week against Vanautu and Nepal. Thereafter the qualification process starts on Thursday with nine further 50-over matches in 12 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tournament will be a true test for the team&#8217;s fitness, commitment and character. The team before this qualifier matches was subjected to rigorous preparation, which include regular fitness tests and skill coaching by the national coach, Johan Rudolph,&#8221;said Marsia Reed, development manager of Cricket Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Team manager and assistant coach, Norbit Manyande and technical advisor, Doug Waston, assisted the national coach to prepare the team for the on-going qualifiers in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Next year&#8217;s U\/19 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup will be a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international cricket teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 10 nations with International Cricket Council full membership which consist of Australia, India, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe automatically qualify for the World Cup tournament. Six additional teams will be determined in Ireland among top associate cricket teams at U\/19 level,&#8221; Reed explained.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> David Adetona 29 July 2011 The Namibian national U\/19 cricket team is currently in Ireland where they are competing in the hope of securing a place in next year&#8217;s Cricket World Cup in Australia at a date yet to be announced. The qualification matches started on Thursday, this week and will end on 9 August. &#8220;An extremely vigorous programme awaits the Namibian team in the next two weeks. They will play two warm-up games on Tuesday and Wednesday this week against Vanautu and Nepal. Thereafter the qualification process starts on Thursday with nine further 50-over matches in 12 days. &#8220;The tournament will be a true test for the team&#8217;s fitness, commitment and character. The team before this qualifier matches was subjected to rigorous preparation, which include regular fitness tests and skill coaching by the national coach, Johan Rudolph,&#8221;said Marsia Reed, development manager of Cricket Namibia. Team manager and assistant coach, Norbit Manyande and technical advisor, Doug Waston, assisted the national coach to prepare the team for the on-going qualifiers in Ireland. Next year&#8217;s U\/19 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup will be a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international cricket teams. &#8220;The 10 nations with International Cricket Council full membership which consist of Australia, India, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe automatically qualify for the World Cup tournament. Six additional teams will be determined in Ireland among top associate cricket teams at U\/19 level,&#8221; Reed explained. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia: Cricket Team in Ireland for World Cup Qualifier Games - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/namibia-cricket-team-in-ireland-for-world-cup-qualifier-games\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Namibia: Cricket Team in Ireland for World Cup Qualifier Games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"David Adetona 29 July 2011 The Namibian national U\/19 cricket team is currently in Ireland where they are competing in the hope of securing a place in next year&#039;s Cricket World Cup in Australia at a date yet to be announced. The qualification matches started on Thursday, this week and will end on 9 August. &quot;An extremely vigorous programme awaits the Namibian team in the next two weeks. They will play two warm-up games on Tuesday and Wednesday this week against Vanautu and Nepal. Thereafter the qualification process starts on Thursday with nine further 50-over matches in 12 days. &quot;The tournament will be a true test for the team&#039;s fitness, commitment and character. The team before this qualifier matches was subjected to rigorous preparation, which include regular fitness tests and skill coaching by the national coach, Johan Rudolph,&quot;said Marsia Reed, development manager of Cricket Namibia. Team manager and assistant coach, Norbit Manyande and technical advisor, Doug Waston, assisted the national coach to prepare the team for the on-going qualifiers in Ireland. Next year&#039;s U\/19 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup will be a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international cricket teams. &quot;The 10 nations with International Cricket Council full membership which consist of Australia, India, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe automatically qualify for the World Cup tournament. Six additional teams will be determined in Ireland among top associate cricket teams at U\/19 level,&quot; Reed explained. 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