Lions Cricket Teams

The home side will have a number of Namibia regulars, including Gerhard Erasmus, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Nicol Loftie-Eaton and JJ Smit

It's Nkwe's first appointment since he stepped down from his role with the men's national team last year

Titans beat Knights by an innings and 153 runs and North West lost to Boland by an innings and 20 runs in Division One fixtures

Piet Botha and Prasanna Agoram are the other additions in the Lions backroom staff

Aiden Markram and Wiaan Mulder, meanwhile, have put themselves in strong contention for national selection

Top-order batsmen getting runs will be good news as the international season approaches

Batsman had been told to force his way back into selection contention through "weight of runs"

Knights captain van Biljon scored 218 in the drawn encounter against Dolphins, while Verreynne and Malan scored tons in Cobras' win

Chasing Lions' lofty score, Smuts played a virtual lone hand with a boundary-laden century that took his team to within touching distance of victory