From the demeanour of the captain, Gerhard Erasmus, on the eve of the big day in Geelong, it was difficult to tell there is T20 World Cup survival on the line.
If Namibia beat UAE at Kardinia Park on Thursday night, they will advance to the Super 12. Lose, and they go home. If there are nerves within their camp, Erasmus was not showing it, as he trotted out a few bars of “Sweet Caroline” to fill a delay before the pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
After all, this is becoming a little old hat for Namibia now. They made it through to the main phase of the competition in UAE last year in convincing style.
After surely the finest day in Namibian cricket history on Sunday, when they outplayed mighty Sri Lanka, they dropped a stitch against the Netherlands in defeat two days later.