“I don’t think we’ve quite fired as a team as a whole, so it’s great that there’s some potential sitting in the dugout still”
Scotland face Namibia after a poor performance against Afghanistan where they folded for 60 after conceding 190 for 4. But Erasmus doesn’t want to think about that result much, saying that he expected Scotland to be “hungry”.
“We all know cricket is quite a rough game, and you can have days like that when another side is really on song and you find the going hard,” he said. “So we wouldn’t particularly be looking at their performance, we’ll firstly focus on ourselves.”
Over-dependence on Wiese and Erasmus then? The captain doesn’t think so.
“David has had an excellent tournament for us. I don’t think we’ve quite fired as a team as a whole, so it’s great to know that there’s some potential sitting in the dugout still that has to come right sometime in the tournament,” he said. “We’ll be looking to tap into the resources of each and every individual in the tournament, and not only a few of the guys… These guys have been playing quality cricket for two years against good opposition – back home, in South Africa, and [in] different conditions. So there’s definitely a performance or two around the corner from some of the other guys.”
For Namibia, the tournament has already been a success, though they don’t want to stop just yet. “We have a very proud fan base – a very close one. I think all our supporters around are personally familiar with squad members. Everyone’s quite excited when your athletes do well, and sport has the power to change the mood in a country.
“This along with our Olympians doing well over the last couple of months is a great sporting achievement too, which has really uplifted the spirit of the nation back home, and we’ll be a proud team to have done that.”
Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
