04/09Result
6th Match, Namibia T20I Tri-Series at Windhoek, Sep 4 2026
South Africa won by 11 runs
Player of the Match
Lhuan-dre PretoriusSouth Africa
04/09Result
6th Match, Namibia T20I Tri-Series at Windhoek, Sep 4 2026
South Africa won by 11 runs
Player of the Match
Lhuan-dre PretoriusSouth Africa

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

LG Pretorius
101(53) 5x4 - 8x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 23 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
0 0 6 7 10 36 24 18
C Esterhuizen
88(40) 6x4 - 8x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 27 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
6 4 27 0 28 2 15 6

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Balt
O4
M0
R31
W2
Eco7.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
N Mokoena
O4
M0
R43
W2
Eco10.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: @HemantBrar_

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | NAM: 217/3 (12 runs required, RR: 10.85)

  • Gerhard Erasmus30 (26b)
  • Nqobani Mokoena4-0-43-2
  • Kwena Maphaka4-0-38-0

That's all from our side for this game. Hope you liked our coverage. See you soon.

Bjorn Fortuin: A win is a win and we have learnt to not take things for granted. Our openers summed up the conditions very quickly. And credit to our bowlers for standing up. We will take things game by game and we have got a final coming up. But coming out today, we were not looking too far ahead.

Gerhard Erasmus: I think it was an awesome game of cricket for public. It was a game of boundaries. We leaked a few and then couldn't score at the back of the innings. It was amazing from openers to give us a shot but we couldn't finish it off. It has been incredible to play some good cricket and I thank everyone who came out. We want to create a brand of cricket people can come and watch and be proud of.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Player of the Match: Feels pretty good - we needed victory and got it. We will think about Sunday when it comes. Connor made it easier for me in the start and once he got out, I took over. No, I didn't speak to Heinrich today but I just saw he has sent me a message.

5.28pm A great fight by Namibia but they eventually lost by 11 runs. Once South Africa posted 228 for 4, it was always going to be an uphill task. Namibia openers gave them an excellent start but Erasmus failed to get going. Despite his best efforts, he could manage only 30 not out off 26 balls, and that proved to be the difference in the end. Namibia have been knocked out, which means it will be South Africa vs Zimbabwe in the final.

19.6
W
Mokoena to Trumpelmann, OUT, a length ball outside off and moving away. Trumpelmann swings but fails to connect, and that's it. Oh, an appeal for caught behind and given out

R Trumpelmann c †Esterhuizen b Mokoena 21 (11m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 210

Sundar: "19.4: Channeling village cricket, are we!"

19.6
1w
Mokoena to Trumpelmann, 1 wide, way, way outside off. Called a wide
19.5
1
Mokoena to Erasmus, 1 run, full outside off. Swung towards square leg
19.4
3
Mokoena to Trumpelmann, 3 runs, length outside off. Flat-bats it towards long-off. They are coming back for the second. The throw is at the keeper's end who flicks the ball towards the stumps as the batter is well short. He misses and they picked up an overthrow. Now there's a chance of run out at the bowler's end but Mokoena fails to collect the throw cleanly

17 needed from three

19.3
2
Mokoena to Trumpelmann, 2 runs, full outside off. Slashed towards deep extra cover. Only two

19 needed from four

19.2
2
Mokoena to Trumpelmann, 2 runs, full outside off. Smashed towards sweeper cover

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st119JN FrylinckL Steenkamp
2nd48MG ErasmusL Steenkamp
2nd24MG ErasmusJJ Smit
3rd26MG ErasmusR Trumpelmann