Photo Credit: Cricket Namibia
ESPN Cric Info announced on the 23rd of January Eagles captain Gerhard Erasmus as one of the five nominees for the ESPNcricinfo Awards 2021 Captain of the year.
Under Erasmus’ leadership, Namibia won nine of 14 T20Is they played last year, the highlight being their qualification into the Super 12s in their first World Cup appearance. Namibia suffered a drubbing at the hands of Sri Lanka in their opener, but they stormed back with successive wins against Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland. Erasmus broke his finger during the warm-up matches, but he soldiered on, with Namibia’s assistant coach Albie Morkel revealing he headed straight to the operation theatre after the T20 World Cup. Under the circumstances, Erasmus’ unbeaten 53 against Ireland turned out to be an even more significant contribution to Namibia’s inaugural World Cup run.
