Cricket Namibia scoops two ICC awards
Cricket Namibia (CN) has scooped two international accolades after it was named the African regional winner of the ICC Development
Initiative of the Year, and the ICC Digital Fan Engagement of the Year categories for the 2020 edition of the ICC Development Awards.
These awards acknowledge the outstanding development initiatives, delivered either through a physical participation programme or a digitallydelivered game development initiative during the year, and the outstanding innovative use of digital platforms, campaigns or technology to drive engagement withfansandthewidercommunity.
Chairman of the ICC Associate
Members Imran Kwaja said: “It is undeniable that Cricket Namibia ensured more of its players and staff were better prepared for life outside the boundary rope, and the significant increase in the number of coaches attained during this period further underlines the great work done”.
He added that the promotional activities CN carried out on the back of the ICC Development Award in 2019 was the perfect case study of how a global award can be used to drive national engagement.
Johan Muller, CN chief executive, is pleased with the
ICC awards, saying: “We are proud to receive this recognition in both ICC awards’ categories. To be declared regional winners for Africa and shortlisted from 92 associate member countries is, indeed, a great achievement”.
“As an administrative team, we are dedicated to serving our stakeholders to the best of our abilities – and for us to achieve this, we continuously increase our capacity and skills. The increase in capacity and knowledge of our staff, players, umpires, scorers and coaches was a priority, and the lockdown period in 2020 allowed us to focus on these elements. The continuous development of our players through a life skills programme is also groundbreaking in the Namibian sports environment.”
Muller added he is proud of CN staff and players for their commitment during this period.
“We have wonderful initiatives planned for 2021, which will hopefully make us international winners at the next awards. We are humbled to have received these awards. It is a great honour to be placed in such distinguished ranks.”