{"id":875,"date":"2026-01-03T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/875\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:03:09","slug":"namibia-names-squad-for-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/875\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia names squad for ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DUBAI (Web Desk) \u2013 Namibia Cricket has unveiled its 15-member squad for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n<p>All-rounder Gerhard Erasmus will lead the team, marking his fourth consecutive T20 World Cup as captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our FNB Eagles are locked in for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, hosted in India &amp; Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing the team and management the best as they fly the Namibian flag on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>Fans, get ready!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Travel packages to support the boys will be announced soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jtA5iV3aIa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jtA5iV3aIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Official Cricket Namibia (@CricketNamibia1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketNamibia1\/status\/2007330441905484198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 3, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Most of Namibia\u2019s squad remains unchanged from the 2024 T20 World Cup, with nine players retained from the previous campaign. New additions include Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Lorenz Stenkamp, J.C. Balt, W.P. Myburgh, and Max Hayngo.<\/p>\n<p>Group Stage clash<\/p>\n<p>Namibia has been drawn in Group A, set to face the Netherlands, India, the United States, and Pakistan. The team will open its campaign on 10 February in Delhi against the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia squad<\/p>\n<p>The full squad includes: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, J.J. Smit, Yang Frylinck, Lorenz Stenkamp, Milan Kru\u0308ger, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Bressel, Ben Shikongo, J.C. Balt, Dylan Leitcher, W.P. Myburgh, and Max Hayngo.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Topics&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>  Subscribe Dunya News   on YouTube  <\/p>\n<p>  &#8216; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[1] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[2] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[3] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[4] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[5] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tr_text[6] = &#8221; ;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tvar i = Math.floor(r_text.length * Math.random());<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.write(r_text[i]);<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI (Web Desk) \u2013 Namibia Cricket has unveiled its 15-member squad for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[427,602,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-namibia","8":"tag-gerhard-erasmus","9":"tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","10":"tag-namibia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}