Huge displays at National Cricket Week

Cricket Namibia hosted a successful National School Week tournament whereby more than 200 top junior cricketers in the country from various cricket playing towns participated in the U11s, U13s, U16s and U19 age groups in a 50 Over competitive tournament.

The teams that participated were Coastal, Central, Northern and South East at the various cricket grounds in Windhoek, whilst the u13 boys played at the Sparta and Oval fields in Walvis Bay.
The National week offered a golden opportunity to all players and to get a chance to test their level of readiness for bigger things.
Cricket Namibia would like to thank APS and XCO Namibia for sponsoring the Cricket Namibia National School week as well as every parent, player, coaches and schools for being part of the schools week.
The Coastal team won the u16 title with the u11 Coastal team end as runners up.
Coastal players that received individual awarded for displaying good cricket thru out the week are William Lottering the best u16 batsman, scoring 138 runs off 103 balls, Junior Tanyanda the best u13 bowler as he took eight wickets and Ruan Boonzaaier the best u11 bowler as he took nine wickets.
The coastal players that were elected for the National Schools Week XI in their various age groups are Ruan Boonzaaier, Izak de Klerk and Emile Vilbert, Roelf McCarthy, Ben Brassell, Adriaan Boonzaaier, Dan Brassell, Max Heingo, Junior Tanyanda, William Lottering, Simon Shikongo, Andre van Niekerk, Allistair Gurirab, Charl Wilson, Johannes Erasmus, Renier Bosman and Marco Malan.
Individual Awards

Outstanding and exceptional performance during National School Week Tournament: Tiaan van der Merwe
U/19 Top Batsman: Alexander Volschenk (Central) 148 runs of 150 balls
U/19 Top Bowler: JC Balt (Central) 12 wickets
U/16 Top Batsman: William Lottering (Coastal) 138 runs of 103 balls
U/16 Top Bowler: Armand Smith (South/East) 10 wickets
U/13 Top Batsmen: Adam Diggle (Central) 326/203
U/13 Top Bowler: Junior Tanyanda (Coastal) 8 wickets
U/11 Top Batsman: Tiaan van der Merwe (South/East) 367 runs of 303 balls
U/11 Top Bowler: Ruan Boonzaaier (Coastal) 9 wickets
Team Awards
U/11 Winning Team: South/East
Runners up: Coastal
U/13 Winning Team: Central
Runners up: South/East
U/16 Winning Team: Coastal
Runners Up: South/East
U/19 Winning Team: Central
Runners up: South/East
National Schools Week XI
U/11 National Schools Week XI
Ruan Boonzaaier, Sebastiaan Badenhorst, Louis Burger, Izak de Klerk, Tiaan van der Merwe, Brian Edwards, Armin Flemming, Emile Vilbert, Michael Muller, Enre van Zyl, Max Fourie, Drikus Maartens, Coach:
Tangeni Lungameni
U/13 National Schools Week XI
Adam Diggle, Lihan Horn, Roelf McCarthy, Ben Brassell, Adriaan Boonzaaier, Francios du Plessis, McLachlan Nel, Luca Micillo, Dan Brassell, Max Heingo, Van der Merwe van Wyk, Stephan Venter and Junior Tanyanda, Coach: Ruben Groenewald.
U/16 National Schools Week XI
William Lottering, Hansie de Villiers, JW Visagie, Van der Merwe Tromp, Simon Shikongo, Daneel van der Walt, Andre van Niekerk, Tjinonongo Kamburona, Nic van Staden, Charl Wilson, Armand Smith, Michael Feely, Allistair Gurirab, Coach: Garfield Mbeya
U/19 National Schools Week XI
Alex Volschenk, Gerhard Janse van Rensburg, JC Balt, Ryan Moffett, Raine Raath, Divan la Cock, Christiaan Delport, Dirk Theunissen, Jan Hendrik Pot-gieter, Johannes Erasmus, Renier Bosman, Jan Ivan van Dyk, Marco Malan, Coach: Jasper Engelbrecht.