Welcome to the highlights of Namibia vs Zimbabwe - The 3rd match of the 2026 Namibia T20I Tri-Series triangular Twenty20 International cricket tournament between Namibia and Zimbabwe was played at Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek on August 31, 2026.
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| Brad Evans bashed quick runs © Namibia Cricket |
Match Overview:
Brad Evans holds his nerves to conceded ten runs and took two wickets as Zimbabwe pulled off a thrilling 5-run victory over Namibia, despite Zane Green and Alexander Busing-Volschenk's blazing fifties in a nail-biting third match of a T20I Tri-Series.
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Match Stats:
- Zimbabwe's 5-run win was their joint fourth smallest victory by terms of runs in T20 international and It is their narrowest win against Namibia in T20Is, previous narrowest win by 7-runs at Bulawayo in 2022.
- Zimbabwe's 195 was their 15th highest score in T20 international and It is their third highest-score against Namibia in T20Is.
- 94* : Ryan Burl and Brad Evans set a record seventh-wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in T20 international, previously held by the 79-run stand between Ryan Burl and Luke Jongwe against Harare in 2022 and the Zimbabwe's second highest any-wicket stand against Namibia in T20Is, The highest is 124-run stand between for the first-wicket between Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani at Bulawayo in the previous year.
- 110 : Zane Green and Alexander Busing-Volschenk set a record seventh-wicket partnership in T20 international cricket history, previously held by the unbeaten 94-run stand between Ryan Burl and Brad Evans against Namibia earlier in this match, before this match previous record jointly held by the 92-run stand between (Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams) against New Zealand at Dunedin in 2022 and (Taranjit Singh and Arjun Shahi) against Estonia at Episkopi in 2024.
- Namibia's 190 was their 15th highest score in T20 international and It is their third highest-score against Zimbabwe in T20Is and the
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe scored 195-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by Ryan Burl blasted a unbeaten 57 off 32-balls including 7-fours & a six with strike rate of 178.12.
Ben Curran hammered a 38 off 22-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 172.72, Brad Evans blasted a unbeaten 37 off 24-balls.
Brian Bennett hit 32 off 21-balls including 6-fours with strike rate of 152.38 and Tadiwanashe Marumani hit 18 off 11-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 163.63.
Namibia best bowler by Gerhard Erasmus picked up 3-wickets, Max Heingo, Bernard Scholtz and JJ Smit each took one-wickets.
Namibia bowled out for 190 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Alexander Busing-Volschenk hammered a 56 off 29-balls including 4-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 193.10.
Zane Green blasted a 54 off 26-balls including 7-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 207.69, Jan Frylinck cracked a 22 off 29-balls included 2-fours and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton hit 20 off 13-balls contained 3-fours with strike rate of 153.84.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Brad Evans picked up 3-wickets, Brian Bennett captured 2-wickets for 8-runs in a over, Wellington Masakadza, Sikandar Raza and Blessing Muzarabani each took one-wickets.
Brad Evans named Player of the match for his all-round performance to picked up 3-wickets for 41-runs in 4-overs after smashing a whirlwind unbeaten 37 off 24-balls contained 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 154.16.
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