- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 excellent catch at deep backward square leg. It is very windy in the appropriately named Windhoek and Madhevere did well not to panic. Had his eyes on the ball all the way through and takes it over his right shoulder, diving backwards, having run in off the boundary initially. Evans strikes with his first ball, a relatively harmless back of a length delivery that the batter wanted to hoist out of the ground 17/14.4 taken at point and once again the wind is a pest to the fielders. Wellington Masakadza comes up with the goods though. Kept his concentration. Kept making little movements to steady himself. Still had to reach out in front of him and it was fingertip stiff. Good work from Muzarabani to get the false shot, going across the left-hander who seems to favour the leg side shots. Frylinck slogged across the line and paid for it with a top edge 24/25.2 caught behind. A touch of extra bounce and maybe it is not wide enough for the back cut. Green goes for it and only deflects it through to the keeper 25/315.5 short ball and Busing-Volschenk looks to clear long-on with a pull. But he hasn't timed it well enough and holes out 108/416.4 chopped on! A length ball just outside off. Trumpelmann goes for the cut but there's no room and he ends up chopping it onto his leg stump. Looked like it was a googly from Raza 117/517.6 full and wide outside off. Looks to go over long-off but the ball hits toe end of the bat and Raza completes the catch with a forward tumble 128/6Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL156/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.8)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Louren Steenkamp, 3.1 ov), 2-24 (Jan Frylinck, 4.4 ov), 3-25 (Zane Green, 5.2 ov), 4-108 (Alexander Busing-Volschenk, 15.5 ov), 5-117 (Ruben Trumpelmann, 16.4 ov), 6-128 (JJ Smit, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB W Madhevere 1 0 6 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 B Muzarabani 4 0 34 1 8.5 9 3 1 1 0 Sikandar Raza 4 0 27 1 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 B Evans 4 0 29 2 7.25 8 4 0 1 0 K Matigimu 4 0 31 2 7.75 10 4 0 3 0 WP Masakadza 2 0 18 0 9 3 0 1 0 0 RP Burl 1 0 10 0 10 2 0 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 taken by long-on running in, Balt the fielder, pulls off possibly the best catch of the day. A poor over ends really well for Namibia. Bennett sees the ball tossed up and thinks he can get under it well enough to clear the ground. Turns out he couldn't. It is actually dying on Balt, who sprints up off the boundary and does really well to throw himself forward and get both hands to it 70/21.2 taken at mid-off, Trumpelmann keeping up the fielding standards set today, running forward and diving to his right at the last second to pick up a low catch. Curran goes for another big shot, and he's within his right given this is a wide half-volley. He'll be kicking himself all the way to the pavilion for not timing it right 9/113.2 Finally a wicket but is it too late already? A length ball outside off. Goes for the pull but ends up skying it towards mid-on. A simple catch there for captain Erasmus 124/314.5 taken at sweeper cover. Raza wanted to finish it early. He backs away and looks to go over extra cover but ends up hitting straight to sweeper cover 132/414.6 two in two! A short ball from Trumpelmann, Madhevere goes for the pull and ends up hitting it straight to deep square leg. Is there a twist in the tale? 132/5Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL159/5 (18.1 Overs, RR: 8.75)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Ben Curran, 1.2 ov), 2-70 (Brian Bennett, 6.6 ov), 3-124 (Innocent Kaia, 13.2 ov), 4-132 (Sikandar Raza, 14.5 ov), 5-132 (Wessly Madhevere, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Trumpelmann 4 0 41 2 10.25 7 5 1 2 0 JJ Smit 3.1 0 34 1 10.73 3 2 2 0 0 JT Brassell 4 0 34 1 8.5 9 2 2 2 0 M Heingo 2 0 18 0 9 3 2 0 0 0 JN Loftie-Eaton 1 0 11 1 11 2 2 0 0 0 JC Balt 4 0 19 0 4.75 9 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
3 September 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Zimbabwe 2, Namibia 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 3 wickets)
- Namibia: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (MG Erasmus 28, A Busing-Volschenk 20, Ex 2)
- Namibia: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- MG Erasmus: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Namibia: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Namibia - 156/6 in 20.0 overs (MG Erasmus 88, JN Loftie-Eaton 5)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (BJ Bennett 13, I Kaia 36, Ex 1)
- I Kaia: 50 off 30 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (I Kaia 31, Sikandar Raza 19, Ex 0)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
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