Gerhard Erasmus: Namibia will face Scotland in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to kick off the Super 12 season.
After defeating the Netherlands and Ireland, captain Gerhard Erasmus is confident in his team’s chances.
“I don’t think we’ve quite fired as a team as a whole, so it’s great that there’s some potential sitting in the dugout still”
“[I] think all of the players know each other,” Erasmus said of the familiarity with Scotland, who they have played twice, in the UAE, recently, winning one and losing one.
“We are going in [with] some nice momentum into this clash tomorrow night. We’ve played well in the Abu Dhabi stadium as well, and if we can rock up with that energy and positive momentum going into a clash, I believe we can get the better of them.”
”Scotland face Namibia after a poor performance against Afghanistan where they folded for 60 after conceding 190 for 4. But Erasmus doesn’t want to think about that result much, saying that he expected Scotland to be “hungry“.”We all know cricket is quite a rough game, and you can have days like that when another side is really on the song and you find the going hard,” he said.
“So we wouldn’t particularly be looking at their performance, we’ll firstly focus on ourselves.”
The blow was their strength, but Namibia has not yet achieved a significant return from its top tier.
The total opening round scored only 15 points against Sri Lanka, who converted from 96 to 96 in the first qualifying before defeating the Netherlands at 34.
I needed a special from David Weese. Erasmus decided to move up to third place against Ireland as he broke undefeated 66 out of 40 balls so that Namibia could chase 165 against the Netherlands.
For Namibia, the tournament was already successful, but they still don’t want to stop.
“We have a very proud fan base. It’s very close. I think all of our supporters know the executives personally. Everyone is very excited when athletes are fine and sports can change the mood of the country.
“This along with our Olympians doing well over the last couple of months is a great sporting achievement too, which has really uplifted the spirit of the nation back home, and we’ll be a proud team to have done that.”
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