The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth Cricket World Cup,organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by South Africa,Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 23 March 2003. This edition of the World Cup was the first to be played in Africa.
The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup,a cricket competition for (then) 12 nations from Asia,Africa,North America and Europe. All the games were scheduled for three days and were designated first class.
Burton van Rooi is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. He made his international debut in February 2003. He rose to prominence through the national development programme in Namibia. Van Rooi's nephew,Ashley van Rooi,made his Under-19s debut during the 2007 Under-19 African Championship.
Stephan Jacobus Swanepoel is a Namibian cricketer who has represented Namibian national team at international level. He played as a frontline right-handed batsman and specialist wicketkeeper. He has also played for Welwitschia Invitation XI,Blumfelde XI and Namibia A sides.
The 2006–07 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the third edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first-class cricket tournament,an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. Defending champions Ireland won the tournament after three wins and one drawn game,defeating Canada by an innings in the final,and stretched their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight.
Louis van der Westhuizen is a Namibian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. He has played first-class cricket for the senior Namibian cricket team since 2006,having previously lined up for the Under-19s. He made his first-class cricket debut on 11 May 2006,for Namibia against Scotland in the 2006–07 ICC Intercontinental Cup.
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988,as the Youth World Cup,it was not staged again until 1998. Since then,the World Cup has been held as a biennial event,organised by the ICC. The first edition of the tournament had only eight participants,but every subsequent edition has included sixteen teams. India have won the World Cup on a record five occasions,while Australia have won three times,Pakistan twice,and Bangladesh,England,South Africa and the West Indies once each. Two other teams New Zealand and Sri Lanka have made it to tournament finals. India is the current champion after defeating England.
The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first class cricket tournament,an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The tournament took place last from 25 March to 23 November 2004. The competition included 12 teams,divided by geographical region into four groups of three,followed by semi-finals and a final which were played 2 Venues In United Arab Emirates,The Sharjah Cricket Stadium In Sharjah and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium In Abu Dhabi.
Raymond van Schoor was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. He was Namibia's most capped cricketer,making more than 200 appearances.
Cricket has been played in the Netherlands since at least the 19th century,and in the 1860s was considered a major sport in the country. The sport is governed by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association.
The Namibia national cricket team,nicknamed the Eagles,is the men's team that represents the Republic of Namibia in international cricket. It is organised by Cricket Namibia which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1992.
The 2015–2017 ICC World Cricket League Championship was the second edition of the ICC World Cricket League Championship. It took place from 2015 until 2017,in parallel with the 2015-17 ICC Intercontinental Cup. Both Ireland and Afghanistan had been promoted to the main ICC ODI Championship and did not compete in this tournament. Instead,Kenya and Nepal were included in the tournament. The tournament was played in a round-robin format. All matches were recorded as List A matches,and those in which both teams had ODI status were also recorded as ODIs.
Johannes Jonathan Smit is a Namibian cricketer who made his senior debut for the Namibian national side in February 2012,aged 16.
Russell Alexander Hugh Pitchers is a Namibian cricketer who made his senior debut for the Namibian national side in March 2013,aged 19.
Hafeez Manji is a former Kenyan cricketer whose single list-A appearance for the Kenyan national side came in October 2003,when he was aged 15.
Rangarirai Norbert Manyande is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played for several domestic teams during the early 2000s. He moved to Namibia later in the decade,and went on to represent the Namibian national side at tournaments in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Having begun his coaching career while still playing in Zimbabwe,Manyande was appointed coach of the Namibian under-19 side in 2013,and has overseen its successful qualification for the 2014 and 2016 Under-19 World Cups.
The 2017 Africa T20 Cup was the third edition of the Africa T20 Cup,a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 25 August to 25 September 2017,as a curtain-raiser to the 2017–18 South African domestic season. Organised by Cricket South Africa,it featured thirteen South African provincial teams,as well as national representative sides of Kenya,Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup,a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018,as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season. Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.
The 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament held in Rwanda from 6 to 12 June 2021. This was the seventh edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament,first organised 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. All matches were played at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali. Tanzania won the 2019 edition but did not defend the title this year. The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
