Namibia

Namibia's eye-catching T20 World Cup run is over after losing to fellow associate nation UAE by seven runs in a thrilling last qualifying game in Geelong.

Namibia suffered a five-wicket loss to the Netherlands on Tuesday after their stunning triumph over Sri Lanka, but a win over UAE would have allowed them to progress and end the tournament of the Dutch team. UAE allrounder Basil Hameed backed up a crucial unbeaten 25 to open the bowling and claim figures of 2-17 to set-up his team's first T20 World Cup win and crush Namibia's chances. The underdog story of Namibia has come to a dramatic end at the T20 World Cup, falling to fellow associate nation UAE in a seven-run thriller.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain Chundangapoyil Rizwan stroked a vital 43-run knock and powered his side to a competitive total of 148/3 against ...

With UAE struggling at 113/3 in 17 overs, Basil Hameed and Rizwan then charged on the Namibian bowlers and bolstered the total to a competitive 148/3 in their quota of 20 overs. Batting first after winning the toss, UAE managed to put on a decent total on the board, thanks to their captain Rizwan’s quickfire knock at the death. The UAE bowlers decimated Namibia’s top order and restricted them to 46/5 in the eighth over.

Muhammad Waseem's all-round effort helped the United Arab Emirates in sealing a narrow seven-run victory over Namibia in their last group stage encounter of ...

Erasmus' men ended up on 141/8 in the end, seven runs short, as UAE bowed out of the tournament with a morale-boosting win. He bowled accurate yorkers and also got Wiese out in the fourth delivery of the last over to crush the hopes of the Namibia fans. The duo added 33 runs in the last two overs as UAE reached a competitive total of 148/3.

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites.

However, when the surrounding grasses were well established, the decline in soil water after rainfall was very fast in all areas, even though there were almost no grasses within the circles to take the water. The data show that about ten days after rainfall, the grasses were already starting to die within the circles while most of the interior area of the circles did not have grass germination at all. Twenty days after rainfall, the struggling grasses within the circles were completely dead and yellowish in colour while the surrounding grasses were vital and green. This enabled the researchers to record precisely how the growth of the new emerging grasses around the circles affected the soil water within and around the circles. Instead, continuous soil-moisture measurements demonstrate that the grasses around the circles strongly depleted the water within the circles and thereby likely induced the death of the grasses inside the circles. The researchers took great care to investigate the circumstances of dying grasses within fairy circles right from straight after the rainfall, which triggered the new growth of the grasses.

He and captain Erasmus urge team to use disappointment of early exit as launching pad for "another phase of success"

So, I really look forward to doing that with the team and look forward to doing that as a leader," Erasmus said. "For Namibia." "As long as they'll have me, I will keep coming back for them." The top three teams will advance to the 2023 ODI World Cup qualifying competition, which will take place in Zimbabwe next June. It speaks a lot to our culture and our way of playing. "Last year we were at the other end of this. The most disappointing part is that for them, they wouldn't get the opportunity to showcase their skills in the next round." "I always believe good things happen to good people and it's a really good bunch of guys, good, hard-working lads. He has won trophies with some of those teams, like in the 2022 PSL, and has also lost a lot of matches playing for those teams. That's just the main thing," he said. There is a pride playing for your country." It has been little more than a year since he made his debut for his new country but the Namibian players and their team environment have nuzzled their way into his heart.

Now, researchers benefiting from two exceptionally good rainfall seasons in the Namib Desert, show that the grasses within the fairy circles died immediately ...

However, when the surrounding grasses were well established, the decline in soil water after rainfall was very fast in all areas, even though there were almost no grasses within the circles to take the water. The data show that about ten days after rainfall, the grasses were already starting to die within the circles while most of the interior area of the circles did not have grass germination at all. This enabled the researchers to record precisely how the growth of the new emerging grasses around the circles affected the soil water within and around the circles. Twenty days after rainfall, the struggling grasses within the circles were completely dead and yellowish in colour while the surrounding grasses were vital and green. Instead, continuous soil-moisture measurements demonstrate that the grasses around the circles strongly depleted the water within the circles and thereby likely induced the death of the grasses inside the circles. The researchers took great care to investigate the circumstances of dying grasses within fairy circles right from straight after the rainfall, which triggered the new growth of the grasses.