South Africa in Namibia, One-off T20I, 2025 |One-off T20I |10/11/2025 Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Commentary
That's a wrap on this thrilling one-off T20I, and Namibia has pulled off a historic victory. Next up for South Africa is the Test series against Pakistan, kicking off in less than 24 hours from now, and none of today's players are part of the Proteas Test squad. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world by just switching tabs. Until next time, Cheers.
Ruben Trumpelmann wins the PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD. He says that the win is truly special and to get in front of their fans and at their home ground. Adds that they bowled good lengths and forced them to make errors. Closes by sharing that keeping South Africa to 134 was a good effort from the boys.
Gerhard Erasmus, the Namibia skipper, says it's a special feeling for the players and the crowd alike. He mentions they'll be aiming for consistent performances like this and will look to replicate such results against top-quality teams in the future too. He believes this win might just inspire young kids to pick up a bat and start playing cricket for the nation.
Donovan Ferreira, the South Africa skipper, says this isn't the outcome they wanted, but gives credit to Namibia for their great play. He points out they didn't put up a big enough score and had some soft dismissals, which hurt them, but they'll take away learnings from this game.
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Earlier, South Africa were restricted to 134/8 on a difficult batting surface, thanks to Namibia's effective bowling and sharp ground fielding, barring two dropped catches. Quinton de Kock's international comeback wasn't the best as he got out for just 1. Namibia's bowlers chipped in with wickets as Ruben Trumpelmann took 3 wickets, Max Heingo took 2 wickets, and Gerhard Erasmus, Ben Shikongo, and JJ Smit took one wicket each. For South Africa, Jason Smith and Bjorn Fortuin showed some resistance with 31 and 19, respectively. Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Rubin Hermann got starts but failed to make them count big.
The bowlers gave it their all despite having a tough total to defend. The injury to Gerald Coetzee didn't help the Proteas either as he could only bowl 9 legal deliveries. Andile Simelane took a couple of wickets and Nandre Burger was the standout, taking a couple too. Bjorn Fortuin also picked up one wicket.
Chasing down a modest total on a challenging track, Namibia had a reasonable start. They were 51 for 3 after 7 overs and were doing enough to keep them in contention. Once Malan Kruger was dismissed at 101 in the 17th over, the side needed someone to step up and indeed Zane Green and Ruben Trumpelmann did that. A match-winning partnership of 37 in just 21 balls helped Namibia create history and win over South Africa.
What a fantastic inauguration this ground has witnessed as the Namibian players have gifted their fans a thrilling win over mighty South Africa by 4 wickets in this T20I. Two weeks ago, Nepal triumphed over the West Indies, and today Namibia has emerged victorious against mighty South Africa, showcasing that associate cricket is soaring with these stunning upsets, highlighting the growing strength in the associates.
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Andile Simelane to Zane Green, FOUR! NAMIBIA BEAT SOUTH AFRICA! Andile Simelane goes for a yorker, misses his length, and Zane Green converts this into a full toss and slogs this up and over the fielder at mid-wicket for a boundary to wrap this game up. Namibia has won by 4 wickets.
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Andile Simelane to Zane Green, ANTICLIMAX! A dot as Zane Green feels the pressure and misses out on a fuller on looking to hoic it away rather than just finding the gap to seal the game.
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Andile Simelane to Ruben Trumpelmann, On a length around middle and leg, Ruben Trumpelmann flicks this to the cow corner and takes a single to level the scores.
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Andile Simelane to Ruben Trumpelmann, On a good length around off, Ruben Trumpelmann smashes this towards deep point for two here. Just 2 more needed for Namibia.
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Andile Simelane to Zane Green, A single to follow the biggie as Zane Green flicks a length delivery towards deep mid-wicket for one. Could Zane and Ruben have missed out on the second here as the fielder fumbled while collecting it? Will it cost them? Let's find out.
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Andile Simelane to Zane Green, SIX! IT HAS GONE OVER THE FENCE! A perfect start for Namibia as Zane Green clears the fence. The field was set for a short one and Andile Simelane bowled it too but it was angling down the leg, Zane Green shuffles across and hooks this over the fence towards the fine leg region for a biggie.
END OF OVER 19 | 12 Runs & 0 Wkt | Namibia 124/6
Andile Simelane will bowl the final over. 11 needed for Namibia to get a historic win over South Africa.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, Hits the hard length on off, Zane Green pumps this away for one.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, On a length, but down the leg, Zane Green tickles this fine towards the left of fine leg and runs third couple of the over already.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, Good length on the pads, Zane Green gently tucks this through the mid-wicket region and takes a couple more. 14 more needed off the final 8 balls.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, Heaved in the deep on off for two. On a length, going across the batter. Zane Green shimmies down and swings at it, gets a leading edge towards deep third for two.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, WIDE! Effort delivery from Lizaad Williams goes a bit too high over the batter. Wided.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, Back of a length on off, Zane Green punches this to cover for no run.
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Lizaad Williams to Zane Green, FOUR! A boundary to greet Lizaad Williams and the crowd is up on its feet again. Good length wide of off, Zane Green strides to the pitch of this one and drives this crisply through the cove region for four runs.