ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final, Final

Namibia v Zimbabwe

Namibia 167/6 20 ov
Zimbabwe 171/3 19.2 ov

Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets

Venue
Harare Sports Club
Date
Sat, 4 October 2025
Toss
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
T Marumani

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Namibia 53% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Namibia win

Zimbabwe win

Namibia batZimbabwe chase 168

Turning point −30 to Zimbabwe. 19.2 nb, the chase: Ruben Trumpelmann to Ryan Burl, 3 runs, 162/3, needing 6. Namibia went from 37% to 7%.

Moved it most Ruben Trumpelmann −76.0 · Ryan Burl +65.1 · Bernard Scholtz +26.2 · T Marumani −25.4

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
MB Krugerlbw b RP Burl13172076.5−6.5
Jan Frylinckc B Evans b R Ngarava4310133.3−1.6
Jan Loftie-Eatonc WP Masakadza b R Ngarava13920144.4−4.6
L Steenkampc T Musekiwa b WP Masakadza402740148.1+20.6
Merwe Erasmusc BJ Bennett b R Ngarava383222118.8−3.5
Johannes Smitc BJ Bennett b B Evans232002115.0−8.6
Ruben Trumpelmannnot out18*1111163.6+4.8
Zane Greennot out0*1000.0+0.4
Extras b 5, lb 7, w 618
Total 20 ov, 8.35 an over167/6

Did not bat JC Balt, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo

Fall of wickets 5-1 (Frylinck, 0.4), 19-2 (Loftie-Eaton, 2.4), 55-3 (Kruger, 7), 99-4 (Steenkamp, 12.1), 139-5 (Erasmus, 16.4), 153-6 (Smit, 19.1)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Richard Ngarava402636.501010+11.7
Blessing Muzarabani402706.751010+1.2
Brad Evans3033111.00710−12.6
Wellington Masakadza402215.501210+1.3
Ryan Burl201718.50520−6.2
Sikandar Raza3030010.00300−6.1

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it