THE Namibian national men's cricket team, the Richelieu Eagles sealed a 3-0 victory in their 50-over cricket series against
Lohan Louwrens' rich vein of batting form continued as he scored a great century at nearly a run a ball, to lead
After sending
Babar
Murtaza was eventually dismissed for 68, while
For
Sunday's victory followed two other resounding wins, as
The series formed part of
"We haven't played a lot of 50-over cricket lately, so this tour was very important for us to play in similar conditions to what we could find in
Erasmus also expressed satisfaction with Louwrens' batting form in the series, which saw him finishing as the top run scorer with 228 runs at an average of 76,00, after posting scores of 54, 63 and 111.
"I'm delighted that Lohan Louwrens found his form in this series - to try and cement a place amongst the top three batters is really what we are looking for. We want the top three to score big runs, to have some continuity and perform consistently, so that's one area that I'm very excited about as the captain," he said.
"We also wanted to improve our performance in the field, because we were a bit below par with our fielding and bowling over the past few months, but we managed to get some crucial overs under the belt. We are trying to raise the consistency levels with the ball and we really want to get back to the exciting brand of fielding that we are known for and I think we did that quite well over three games," he added.
Besides Louwrens, other Namibian players also featured prominently in the series averages.
Nicol Loftie-Eaton was the second highest run scorer, with 154 runs at an average of 77,00, while
Ruben Trumpelmann was the top wicket taker with seven wickets at an average of 16,14, while JJ Smit and Tangeni Lungameni finished third and fourth with four wickets each at an average of 8,50 and 24,25 respectively.
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