Welcome to the highlights of Namibia vs Zimbabwe - The 5th 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 September 03, 2026.
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| Innocent Kaia plays a shot © Zimbabwe Cricket / X |
Match Overview:
Brad Evans, Kundai Matigimu's each two wickets and Innocent Kaia's career-best sparkling 42-ball 72 leads to Zimbabwe convincing five-wicket victory over Namibia, despite a captain Gerhard Erasmus' 88* and Zimbabwe keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the final in the fifth match of a T20I Tri-Series.
Match Stats:
- Zimbabwe chased 157 was their fourth highest successful run-chase against Namibia in T20Is.
- Gerhard Erasmus' unbeaten 88 was his second highest score for Namibia in T20 international and also the second highest-score by an Namibia batsman against Zimbabwe in T20Is after Nikolaas Davin's 89 at same venue in 2023.
- 83 : Gerhard Erasmus and Alexander Busing-Volschenk set a record fourth-wicket partnership for Namibia against Zimbabwe in T20Is, previously held by the 67-run stand between Jan Frylinck and JP Kotze at same venue in 2023.
- Namibia's 156 was their eighth highest score against Zimbabwe in T20 internationals.
- 61 : Brian Bennett and Innocent Kaia shared the second highest second-wicket partnership for Zimbabwe against Namibia in T20Is, The highest is 88-run stand between Tadiwanashe Marumani and Dion Myers at Harare in the last year.
- 54 : Innocent Kaia and Sikandar Raza shared the second highest third-wicket partnership for Zimbabwe against Namibia in T20Is, The highest is 71-run stand between Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza at Bulawayo in 2022.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Namibia scored 156-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by Gerhard Erasmus hammered a unbeaten 88 off 48-balls including 8-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 183.33.
Alexander Busing-Volschenk cracked a 29 off 31-balls including 2-fours & a six and Louren Steenkamp hit 14 off 12-balls contained 2-fours.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Brad Evans, Kundai Matigimu both took 2-wickets and one for Sikandar Raza - Blessing Muzarabani.
Zimbabwe chase down the target of 157, finishing at 159 for 5 in 18.1 overs with top scorer by Innocent Kaia hammered a career-best 72 off 42-balls including 8-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 171.42.
Sikandar Raza cracked a 29 off 24-balls including 2-fours and Brian Bennett hit 22 off 17-balls contained 3-fours.
Namibia best bowler by Ruben Trumpelmann captured two-wickets, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell and JJ Smit each took one-wickets.
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