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Namibia primed for 2nd ICC Intercontinental match against Ireland

Xinhua, October 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Namibian cricket team will take on defending champions Ireland in their second four-day, first-class International Cricket Council's (ICC) Intercontinental Cup tournament slated for Oct 24 to Oct.27 in Windhoek.

Both teams have made winning starts to the tournament with Namibia defeating debutants Hong Kong, China in a match played in May while Ireland defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Namibia's skipper Stephen Baard said: "We have been working hard the last few months and we are looking forward to the challenge that Ireland will bring."

"It's going to be tough, but I feel we are ready to compete and even come out on top," he added.

A total of eight teams, namely Hong Kong of China, Namibia, Ireland, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Netherlands will take part in the four-day first-class ICC Intercontinental Cup.

The winners of the round-robin tournament which spreads over two-and-a-half years will play the 10th-ranked side on the ICC Test Team Rankings in a four-match ICC Test Challenge in 2018.

In addition to the ICC Intercontinental Cup matches, there will be two more second round matches in the ICC World Cricket League Championship with Namibia and Kenya playing in Windhoek on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.

The Namibian team is as follows: Stephen Baard (captain), Xander Pitchers, Michau du Preez, Sarel Burger, Raymond van Schoor, Picky Ya France, Zane Green, JP Kotze, JJ Smit, Bernard Scholtz ,Christopher Coombe, Zhivago Groenewald, Gerrie Snyman and Niko Davin. Endi