Welcome to the highlights of Namibia vs South Africa - The opening match of the 2026 Namibia T20I Tri-Series triangular Twenty20 International cricket tournament between Namibia and South Africa was played at Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek on August 28, 2026.
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| Jan Frylinck blazed his way to a 38-ball 60 © Cricket Namibia |
Match Overview:
Jan Frylinck's blazing half-century and Louren Steenkamp's superb 29-ball 41 before Three-wicket hauls from Ruben Trumpelmann and JJ Smit helped to Namibia's second stunning win against South Africa by a 18-runs, despite Dewald Brevis' fighting 50-ball 75 in the opening match of a T20I Tri-Series.
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Match Stats:
- This is the Namibia's second win against South Africa in two T20I matches.
- 84 : Louren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck set a record first-wicket partnership for Namibia against South Africa in T20 international, previously held by the 22-run stand between these same pair at same venue in the last year.
- Namibia's 163 was their highest score against South Africa in T20 international.
- South Africa's 145 was their highest score against Namibia in T20Is, previous lowest was 135 at same venue in the previous year.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Namibia scored 163-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Jan Frylinck hammered a 60 off 38-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 157.89.
Louren Steenkamp blasted a 41 off 29-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 141.37 and Gerhard Erasmus hit 19 off 17-balls contained 2-fours.
South Africa best bowler by Prenelan Subrayen picked up 3-wickets for 32-runs in 4-overs, Bjorn Fortuin captured two-wickets.
Debutant Duan Jansen - who took 2-wickets for 32-runs in 4-overs on his debut T20I match, Dewald Brevis and Nqobani Mokoena both took one-wickets.
South Africa scored 145-9 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Dewald Brevis blasted a 75 off 50-balls including 5-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 150.
Debutant Duan Jansen - who hit a unbeaten 25 off 17-balls on his debut T20I match - including one-six & a four with strike rate of 147.05 and Rubin Hermann scored 12 off 9-balls contained 2-fours.
Namibia best bowler by Ruben Trumpelmann picked up 3-wickets for 24-runs in 4-overs, JJ Smit captured three-wickets for 31-runs in 4-overs, Gerhard Erasmus, Max Heingo and Jack Brassell each took one-wickets.
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