J Hermann, Bosch, Jansen hand South Africa tri-series triumph
Brad Evans' all-round heroics went in vain as Zimbabwe suffered another batting collapse
06/09Result
Final, Namibia T20I Tri-Series at Windhoek, Sep 6 2026
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
157 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
06/09Result
Final, Namibia T20I Tri-Series at Windhoek, Sep 6 2026
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
157 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
B Evans
56(31) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %57%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 21 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
BC Fortuin
- O4
- M0
- R24
- W3
- Eco6
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
D Jansen
- O3
- M0
- R38
- W3
- Eco12.66
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
South Africa won the 2026 Namibia T20I Tri-Series
Match number
Season
Match days
6 September 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 205/5 (20 OVERS)
- Connor Esterhuizen32 (23)
- Jordan Hermann53 (29)
- Brad Evans2/36 (4)
- Newman Nyamhuri2/51 (4)
ZIMBABWE 157 (18 OVERS)
- Brad Evans*56 (31)
- Kundai Matigimu19 (11)
- Bjorn Fortuin3/24 (4)
- Duan Jansen3/38 (3)
Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: S Sudarshanan
END OF OVER:18 | 23 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 157/10 (49 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.72, RRR: 24.50)
- Brad Evans56 (31b)
- Duan Jansen3-0-38-3
- Kwena Maphaka2-0-9-1
5:16pm A good fight too little too late from Zimbabwe, but how clinical were South Africa on the day it matters. Chose to bat, posted a tall total and made easy work of the defence. Jansen and Bosch were quite good with their lines in the powerplay. Zimbabwe's ploy to come out all guns blazing saw them lose four wickets in the first 23 balls. Tough to comeback from thereon in a chase as tall as 206. Evans, though, did brilliantly well to reduce the margin but that was about it. Three wickets apiece for Fortuin and Hansen while Bosch chipped in with a couple.
Jordan Hermann, Player of the Match: "Good performance from us. Great cup to bring back home. Always wish the best for him [brother Rubin] and he does for me as well. No competition between us."
Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe captain: "Overall a good outing. Good to play some good cricket. Felt like we took two steps forward and one backward. That's hurtful. We missed out on a lot. South Africa showed us how to bowl. Cannot say the wicket got better in the second innings. When we came out to bat, we didn't capitalise. Our tail has been scoring a lot. That doesn't mean top- and middle-order doesn't do the job. They [lower order] keep taking us to respectable totals, but that is not enough."
Bjorn Fortuin, South Africa captain: "Pleasing to see different guys stand up. Nice to come back, not nice to be reminded of past losses every time. Hopefully we can spend some more time in the future. We don't want to be a team that is reliant on two-three guys."
Duan Jansen is named the 'Bowler of the Tournament' for his 11 wickets while Lhuan-dre Pretorius is the 'Batter of the Tournament' for his tally of 226 runs.
Dewald Brevis is the Player of the Tournament for scoring 226 runs at a strike rate of 116.17, including two fifties.
Fortuin is presented with the tri-series trophy and he goes to his team-mates, who are already behind the board that says WINNERS. Commendable job from a team that is missing a lot of its first-choice players. Hope you enjoyed our coverage of this tournament. On behalf of Chetan and Abhimanyu, this is Sudarshanan bidding y'all goodbye! Ciao, take care!
17.6
W
Jansen to Muzarabani, OUT, Catching practice for covers! And South Africa seal their tri-series win with, aptly, captain Fortuin taking the winning catch. Angling away on a length, Muzarabani looks to go big once again. The bat face turns in his hands and he can only sky it high to cover
B Muzarabani c Fortuin b Jansen 8 (5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 160
17.5
1
Jansen to Evans, 1 run, Swats the length ball to deep midwicket
17.4
4
Jansen to Evans, FOUR, Valiant effort at the deep cover boundary. Evans manages to crunch it all along the ground and gets back-to-back boundaries
17.3
6
Jansen to Evans, SIX, An audacious way to bring up a maiden T20I fifty for Brad Evans! What a knock this has been. Slot ball just outside off. He stays deep in the crease in order to get under it and tonks it well over deep square leg
17.3
5w
Jansen to Evans, 5 wides, Goes deep in the crease and shoulders arms seeing how wide it is. But Esterhuizen lets it through and it is five wides for Zimbabwe. Bounced in front of him and went through his legs
17.2
1
Jansen to Muzarabani, 1 run, Very full outside off, he clears his front leg and manages to get an edge towards short third. More importantly, gets Evan back on strike
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