David Wiese named in Namibia's T20 World Cup squad

The Sussex allrounder previously represented South Africa at the 2016 T20 World Cup

Men's T20 World Cup 2021 squads: Full player lists

Men's T20 World Cup 2021 fixtures

David Wiese has been named in Namibia’s 15-strong squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The Sussex allrounder has previously represented South Africa in six ODIs and 20 T20Is, three of which came during the 2016 T20 World Cup. Wiese qualifies for Namibia through his father, who was born in the country.

Namibia will be without two key members of their World Cup qualifier squad from 2019 following the retirements of opening batsman Jean-Pierre Kotze and spinner Zhivago Groenewald. Niko Davin and Christi Viljoen have also been left out.

^{The Namibia team celebrate a wicket during the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge}

Gerhard Erasmus will lead Namibia’s young side.

Namibia’s World Cup campaign begins on October 19 when they face Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. They will then face the Netherlands and Ireland, with the top two teams progressing to the Super 12.

Namibia’s 15-man squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephen Baard, Karl Birkenstock. Michau du Preez, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Nicol Lofie-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, David Wiese, Craig Williams, Picky Ya France

Reserves: Mauritius Ngupita