Namibia v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Namibia T20 Tri-Series, 2026

Namibia T20 Tri-Series 1st Match: Namibia v South Africa at Windhoek, August 28, 2026

Namibia

NAM

163/9 (20)

South Africa

145/9 (20)

Finished

NAM won by 18 runs

Namibia InningNAM Inning163/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Louren Steenkamp	b BC Fortuin	41	29	3	2	141.38
b BC Fortuin
Jan Frylinck	c N Mokoena b D Brevis	60	38	6	2	157.89
c N Mokoena b D Brevis
Gerhard Erasmus(C)	c N Mokoena b BC Fortuin	19	17	2	0	111.76
c N Mokoena b BC Fortuin
Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton	c C Esterhuizen b P Subrayen	4	5	0	0	80.00
c C Esterhuizen b P Subrayen
Zane Green(WK)	lbw b P Subrayen	5	4	1	0	125.00
lbw b P Subrayen
Alexander Busing Volschenk	Not out	13	15	1	0	86.67
Not out
Jonathan Smit	b P Subrayen	0	2	0	0	0.00
b P Subrayen
Ruben Trumpelmann	lbw b D Jansen	12	6	0	1	200.00
lbw b D Jansen
Bernard Scholtz	b D Jansen	0	1	0	0	0.00
b D Jansen
Jack Brassell	c BC Fortuin b N Mokoena	2	3	0	0	66.67
c BC Fortuin b N Mokoena
Extra	7 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	163/9 (20)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Duan Jansen	4	0	32	2	8.00
Nqobani Mokoena	4	0	39	1	9.75
Prenelan Subrayen	4	0	32	3	8.00
Lutho Sipamla	1.3	0	16	0	10.67
Bjorn Fortuin	4	1	17	2	4.25
Jordan Hermann	0.3	0	3	0	6.00
Dewald Brevis	2	0	22	1	11.00

Fall of wickets: 1-84 (L Steenkamp - 9.4 ov), 2-116 (J Frylinck - 12.6 ov), 3-123 (JNL Eaton - 14.1 ov), 4-133 (G Erasmus - 15.2 ov), 5-133 (Z Green - 16.1 ov), 6-133 (J Smit - 16.3 ov), 7-157 (R Trumpelmann - 18.3 ov), 8-157 (B Scholtz - 18.4 ov), 9-163 (JT Brassell - 19.6 ov)

South Africa InningSA Inning145/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Lhuan dre Pretorius	c AB Volschenk b R Trumpelmann	9	9	0	0	100.00
c AB Volschenk b R Trumpelmann
Jordan Hermann	c R Trumpelmann b JT Brassell	7	9	0	0	77.78
c R Trumpelmann b JT Brassell
Dewald Brevis	c JT Brassell b R Trumpelmann	75	50	4	5	150.00
c JT Brassell b R Trumpelmann
Tony de Zorzi	b M Heingo	9	13	1	0	69.23
b M Heingo
Rubin Hermann	b R Trumpelmann	12	9	2	0	133.33
b R Trumpelmann
Connor Esterhuizen(WK)	c J Frylinck b J Smit	4	7	0	0	57.14
c J Frylinck b J Smit
Duan Jansen	Not out	25	17	1	1	147.06
Not out
Bjorn Fortuin(C)	b G Erasmus	0	2	0	0	0.00
b G Erasmus
Nqobani Mokoena	c R Trumpelmann b J Smit	0	3	0	0	0.00
c R Trumpelmann b J Smit
Prenelan Subrayen	c (sub JN Balt) b J Smit	0	1	0	0	0.00
c (sub JN Balt) b J Smit
Extra	4 (b 0, w 2, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	145/9 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Gerhard Erasmus	2	7	1	3.50
Ruben Trumpelmann	4	24	3	6.00
Jack Brassell	4	29	1	7.25
Jonathan Smit	4	31	3	7.75
Max Heingo	4	27	1	6.75
Bernard Scholtz	2	25	0	12.50

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (JH Hermann - 2.3 ov), 2-19 (Ld Pretorius - 3.3 ov), 3-39 (T de Zorzi - 6.6 ov), 4-78 (RA Herman - 11.2 ov), 5-86 (C Esterhuizen - 13.2 ov), 6-133 (D Brevis - 17.6 ov), 7-136 (BC Fortuin - 18.4 ov), 8-145 (N Mokoena - 19.5 ov), 9-145 (P Subrayen - 19.6 ov)

Man of the Match

Jonathan Smit

Date

2026-08-28 17:30 PM

Venue

Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee