# Namibia at the Cricket World Cup

The Namibia cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international cricket matches. It is governed by Cricket Namibia, an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992 and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007. They took part in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, though they lost all their games. They have played in each edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

## Cricket World Cup Record
### By tournament

| Year | Round | Games | Won | Tied | Lost |
| 1975 | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member |
| 1979 | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member |
| 1983 | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member |
| 1987 | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member |
| 1992 | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member | Not an ICC member |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Group Stage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | Group Stage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### By team

| Opposition | Matches | Won | Tie/NR | Lost |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

## 2003 World Cup

The World Cup itself started on 10 February 2003 in Harare with Zimbabwe beating Namibia by 86 runs. Back in South Africa, they lost to Pakistan by 171 runs. This was followed by a 55-run defeat at the hands of England in a match where Namibia performed with some credit, Jan-Berrie Burger winning the man of the match award for his innings of 85 that almost helped Namibia pull off an unlikely upset. They then lost by 181 runs to India and a 256 run defeat against Australia, the eventual winners of the tournament, in what at the time was the biggest winning margin in One Day Internationals, since surpassed by an Indian 257 run win over Bermuda. The tournament finished with a 64 run loss to fellow qualifiers the Netherlands.
* 10 February 2003 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 340/2 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 104/5 (25.1 overs) |
| Craig Wishart 172* (151) Lennie Louw 1/60 (10 overs) | | Danie Keulder 27 (46) Guy Whittall 2/20 (5 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Umpires: Dave Orchard (South Africa) and Simon Taufel (Australia). Player of the match: Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe)
* Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 191 runs in 25.1 overs for Namibia.
* 16 February 2003 Scorecard
| Pakistan 255/9 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 84 (17.4 overs) |
| Saleem Elahi 63 (100) Bjorn Kotze 2/51 (10 overs) | | Bjorn Kotze 24* (29) Wasim Akram 5/28 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 171 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa Umpires: Neil Mallender (SA) and Dave Orchard (SA). Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)
* 19 February 2003 Scorecard
| England 272 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 217/9 (50 overs) |
| Alec Stewart 60 (77) Rudi van Vuuren 5/43 (10 overs) | | Jan-Berrie Burger 85 (86) Ronnie Irani 3/30 (8 overs) |
* England won by 55 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Jan-Berrie Burger (Nam)
* 23 February 2003 Scorecard
| India 311/2 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 130 (42.3 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 152 (151) Rudi van Vuuren 2/53 (10 overs) | | Jan-Berrie Burger 29 (30) Yuvraj Singh 4/6 (4.3 overs) |
* India won by 181 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* 27 February 2003 Scorecard
| Australia 301/6 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 45 (14 overs) |
| Matthew Hayden 88 (77) Louis Burger 3/39 (10 overs) | | Deon Kotze 10 (14) Glenn McGrath 7/15 (7 overs) |
* Australia won by 256 runs North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa Umpires: Billy Bowden (Nzl) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Aus)
* 27 February 2003 Scorecard
| Netherlands 314/4 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 250 (46.5 overs) |
| Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk 134 (129) Louis Burger 2/49 (10 overs) | | Gavin Murgatroyd 52 (62) Feiko Kloppenburg 4/42 (10 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 64 runs Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Feiko Kloppenburg (NLD)