Namibia qualified for the 2005 ICC Trophy competition when it beat Botswana and Uganda at the African qualifying tournament in Lusaka, Zambia over the weekend.
On Friday Namibia beat Botswana by 190 runs and on Saturday they beat Uganda by nine wickets to win the African qualifying tournament. Namibia and the second-placed African nation now qualify for the ICC Trophy in Ireland next year where the top five teams will qualify for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.On Friday, JB Burger scored a century as Namibia rattled up a score of 253 for three wickets in their 50 overs against Botswana.Burger scored 102, while Danie Keulder weighed in with 77, Riaan Walters with 37 and Louis Burger with 19.Botswana were then bundled out for 63 runs in 32 overs.Namibia’s best bowlers were Louis Burger (four for 11), Kola Burger (three for 11) and Sarel Burger (three for two runs).On Saturday Namibia gained revenge against Uganda to beat them by nine wickets.At the time of going to press further details of this match were not available.In April Uganda caused a big shock after beating Namibia by five wickets in Windhoek.Namibia were unbeaten throughout the African qualifying tournament in Lusaka.They beat Nigeria by eight wickets, Tanzania by seven wickets and Zambia by 139 runs.Namibia and the second-placed African nation now qualify for the ICC Trophy in Ireland next year where the top five teams will qualify for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.On Friday, JB Burger scored a century as Namibia rattled up a score of 253 for three wickets in their 50 overs against Botswana.Burger scored 102, while Danie Keulder weighed in with 77, Riaan Walters with 37 and Louis Burger with 19.Botswana were then bundled out for 63 runs in 32 overs.Namibia’s best bowlers were Louis Burger (four for 11), Kola Burger (three for 11) and Sarel Burger (three for two runs).On Saturday Namibia gained revenge against Uganda to beat them by nine wickets.At the time of going to press further details of this match were not available.In April Uganda caused a big shock after beating Namibia by five wickets in Windhoek.Namibia were unbeaten throughout the African qualifying tournament in Lusaka.They beat Nigeria by eight wickets, Tanzania by seven wickets and Zambia by 139 runs.
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