Welcome to the highlights of Namibia vs South Africa - The 6th 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 September 04, 2026.
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| Lhuan-dre Pretorius brings up his hundred © Cricket Namibia |
Match Overview:
An power-hitting display from openers Lhuan-dre Pretorius' record-breaking 52-ball maiden century and Connor Esterhuizen's career-best 40-ball 88 sets up to South Africa registered their historic first T20I win against Namibia by a narrow 11-runs, despite Louren Steenkamp - Jan Frylinck's half-centuries and the hosts eliminate as Zimbabwe qualify for the final in a high-scoring sixth match of a T20I Tri-Series.
Match Stats:
- This is the South Africa's first T20I win against Namibia in the third T20I meeting between these sides.
- 156 : Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Connor Esterhuizen shared the second highest first-wicket partnership for South Africa in T20 international, The highest is 170-run stand between Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman against England at Centurion in 2009.
- 156 : Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Connor Esterhuizen set a highest any-wicket partnership for South Africa against Namibia in T20 international, previously held by the 47-run stand for the sixth-wicket between Dewald Brevis and Marco Jansen at same venue earlier in this series' opening match and the South Africa's sixth highest any-wicket stand in T20Is.
- Connor Esterhuizen hammered a 26-ball his second fastest fifty for South Africa in T20 international and the fastest fifty by an South African batsman against Namibia in T20Is, Lhuan-dre Pretorius hit the 28-ball half-century after Connor Esterhuizen's 26-ball fifty, before this match previous record of 39-ball half-century held by Dewald Brevis at same venue earlier in this series' opening match.
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius became the first South African batsman to score a century against Namibia in T20I cricket history.
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius hammered a 52-ball joint ninth fastest century for South Africa in T20 international, jointly with Rilee Rossouw.
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius' unbeaten 101 was the joint ninth highest score for South Africa in T20 international, jointly with David Miller and the highest-score by an South African batsman against Namibia in T20Is, before this match previous record of 75 held by Dewald Brevis at same venue earlier in this series' first match.
- Connor Esterhuizen's 88 was his highest score for South Africa in T20 international and the second highest-score by an South African batsman against Namibia in T20Is after Lhuan-dre Pretorius' 101 earlier in this match.
- South Africa's 228 was their fifth highest score in T20 international and It is their highest-score against Namibia in T20Is, previous highest was 145 at same venue earlier in this series' opening T20I.
- 119 : Louren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck set a record first-wicket partnership for Namibia in T20 international, also the Namibia's highest any-wicket stand against South Africa in T20Is, previously held by the 84-run stand for the first-wicket between these same pair earlier in this series' opening match and the Namibia's second highest opening stand in T20Is, The highest is 181-run stand between Jan Frylinck and Junior Taanyanda against Hong Kong at same venue earlier in this year.
- Namibia's 217 was their sixth highest score in T20 international and It is their highest-score against South Africa in T20Is, previous highest was 163 at same venue earlier in this opening game.
- 445 - Runs scored between Namibia and South Africa in the Windhoek, the highest runs aggregate match between Namibia and South Africa in T20I, previous highest-runs-aggregate match was 308-runs at same venue earlier in this series' first match.
- 445 - Runs scored between Namibia and South Africa in this match, the second highest runs aggregate match in Namibia in T20I, The highest is 450-runs scored between Namibia and UAE at Windhoek in 2024, when UAE scored 245 while Namibia made 205.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
South Africa scored massive total of 228-4 in 20 overs with top scorer by Lhuan-dre Pretorius hammered a career-best 101 off 53-balls - which was his 1st T20I hundred.
Connor Esterhuizen blasted a 88 off 40-balls including 8-sixes & 6-fours with strike rate of 220 and Rubin Hermann hit 26 off 21-balls contained 3-fours.
Namibia best bowler by Jan Balt took 2-wickets and one for Gerhard Erasmus - Ruben Trumpelmann.
Namibia scored 217-3 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Jan Frylinck hammered a 72 off 36-balls including 6-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 200.
Louren Steenkamp retired hurt for 61 off 44-balls including 5-fours & 3-sixes, Gerhard Erasmus scored a unbeaten 30 off 26-balls included one-six & a four and Ruben Trumpelmann hit 21 off 10-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 210.
South Africa best bowler by Nqobani Mokoena took 2-wickets and one for Andile Simelane.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius named Player of the match for his record-breaking power-hitting batting performance to smashed a career-best 101-runs knocked off facing 53-balls including 8-sixes & 5-fours with strike rate of 190.56.
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