Beyond the Boundary!

The Netherlands and Namibia have both won their Intercontinental Cup matches against the UAE and Scotland respectively.
The Dutch won by 64 runs after bowling the UAE out for 277 on the final day. The UAE did well to get that close, as they were 89/6 at one point. A full report on that can be […]

Namibia have gone to the top of the table in the 2007/08 Intercontinental Cup after beating the Netherlands in Windhoek. The only real bright spot for the Dutch was the 116 scored by Ryan ten Doeschate, fresh from a pre-season tour of the UAE with Essex. He has now made 892 runs in the Intercontinental […]

It’s been a bad day for the associates at the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia with all four losing. Most surprising was Ireland’s ten wicket defeat by England, as that match was thought to be the best chance for an associate win.
You can read a full report from that match here, and a round-up of […]

In a rare occurrence in the current Intercontinental Cup, an away team will be at full strength when the Netherlands play in Namibia and the UAE. Daan van Bunge returns to the squad for the first time since the World Cup, and Ryan ten Doeschate is also available.
More here.

Namibia’s latest matches in the second tier of South African domestic cricket against Free State were both washed out. Only the first day of the three-day match saw any play.

It’s not often that you can credit a single player with a win all on their own, but we can thanks to Gerrie Snyman’s remarkable 230 out of 280. Had his innings not happened, Kenya would have only been chasing seven for victory. As it was, they lost by 101 runs, to put Namibia on […]

Here at BTB, we will now be awarding one non-Test player a player of the month award, each and every month, and will have a player of the year award at the end of 2008.
For January, the choice could have been a difficult one with not much associate/affiliate action. But one performance has made it […]

Less than two months after his big hitting exploits in WCL Division Two, where he scored the highest List A score by a player from a non-Test country, Gerrie Snyman has put in another excellent batting performance.
This time, he showed that he can turn it on in the longer form of the game too. Coming […]

Namibia’s 2008 has got off to a poor start with a defeat to Zimbabwe Provinces in the South African Airways Three-Day Challenge in Windhoek. The one-day match was rained off. A fuller report here.
In other news, the ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup is under-way in Thailand, with Saudi Arabia looking like being the favourites after the […]

The UAE have won WCL Division Two after beating Oman in today’s final. Namibia won the third place play-off against Denmark, whilst Uganda finish 5th after beating Argentina.
Full report here.