Namibia T20I Tri-Series, Match 5

Namibia v Zimbabwe

Namibia 156/6 20 ov
Zimbabwe 159/5 18.1 ov

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets

Venue
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Date
Thu, 3 September 2026
Toss
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
I Kaia

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Namibia 57% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Namibia win

Zimbabwe win

Namibia batZimbabwe chase 157

Turning point −11 to Zimbabwe. 0.2 wd, the chase: Ruben Trumpelmann to BJ Curran, wide, 2/0, needing 155. Namibia went from 39% to 28%.

Moved it most Ruben Trumpelmann −43.4 · Merwe Erasmus +30.6 · I Kaia +24.8 · Brad Evans +14.6

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
L Steenkampc W Madhevere b B Evans141220116.7−11.4
Jan Frylinckc WP Masakadza b B Muzarabani8141057.1−13.8
Merwe Erasmusnot out88*4883183.3+30.6
Zane Greenc T Marumani b K Matigimu140025.0−9.0
A Busing-Volschenkc RP Burl b B Evans29312193.5−11.3
Ruben Trumpelmannb Sikandar Raza230066.7−3.9
Johannes Smitc Sikandar Raza b K Matigimu340075.0−5.0
Jan Loftie-Eatonnot out5*400125.0−1.2
Extras lb 1, w 56
Total 20 ov, 7.80 an over156/6

Did not bat JC Balt, Jack Brassell, M Heingo

Fall of wickets 17-1 (Steenkamp, 3.1), 24-2 (Frylinck, 4.4), 25-3 (Green, 5.2), 108-4 (Busing-Volschenk, 15.5), 117-5 (Trumpelmann, 16.4), 128-6 (Smit, 18)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Wessly Madhevere10606.00300+2.3
Blessing Muzarabani403418.50910+5.7
Sikandar Raza402716.75600+4.5
Brad Evans402927.25810+14.6
K Matigimu403127.751030+8.9
Wellington Masakadza201809.00300−11.3
Ryan Burl1010010.00200−2.7

Win is the win chance a player added for his side, in points (100 = a match turned round): batting in the top table, bowling in the bottom. Point at or tap a player to see his balls on the chart.

Ball by ball

The whole match on one screen: a row for every over, a square for every ball, coloured by how far it moved the match. Pick any ball, play it through, or click a name to follow one player.

The balls that decided it