{"id":1693038,"date":"2022-10-16T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1693038"},"modified":"2022-10-16T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:19:06","slug":"cricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner-was-made-in-the-uae-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner-was-made-in-the-uae-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Namibia\u2019s Sri Lanka stunner was made in the UAE \u2013 captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner-was-made-in-the-uae-captain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1693038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Ian Ransom<\/p>\n<p>GEELONG, Australia (Reuters) \u2013 Namibia\u2019s stunning ambush of Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup opener on Sunday was born from the experience of playing the big dogs of cricket in the United Arab Emirates last year, according to captain Gerhard Erasmus.<\/p>\n<p>The African associate team savoured their finest international win in front of thousands of Sri Lankan fans at Geelong\u2019s Kardinia Park as they thrashed the 2014 champions by 55 runs.<\/p>\n<p>It came a year after Erasmus\u2019s side upset test-playing nation Ireland to earn a place in the Super 12 and take on global powers Pakistan, New Zealand and India.<\/p>\n<p>At that tournament, Sri Lanka thrashed Namibia by seven wickets in their first qualifying match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at last year\u2019s game, the tables have been turned,\u201d a thrilled Erasmus told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I think there was more childish belief last year before that game. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this year was more something of, \u2018We\u2019ve played at the level and we can now mentally relate to that level, we can now physically execute skills\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen it, we\u2019ve tasted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting the actual physical feel for what it\u2019s like, I think that\u2019s really what gave us the belief this time around that, well, this is a cricket game and if we execute on the day, we stand a good chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Namibia will look to repeat last year\u2019s trip to the Super 12 by beating the Netherlands in Geelong on Tuesday and the United Arab Emirates at the same venue two days later in their remaining Group A qualifiers. <\/p>\n<p>With a quick turnaround between matches, the team will have to keep a lid on the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a massive mental re-set from our point because you can get carried away with celebrations and historical events like this happening,\u201d Erasmus said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(It\u2019s) a massive event in our lives, and as such it should be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut \u2026 we\u2019re going to have put the celebrations off for a little bit, I guess. It\u2019s only the start of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/cricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner\/attachment\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2021-round-1\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ian Ransom GEELONG, Australia (Reuters) \u2013 Namibia\u2019s stunning ambush of Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup opener on Sunday was\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1693038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/cricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cricket-namibias-sri-lanka-stunner","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1693038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1693038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1693038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1693038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}