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Best performances - Batsmen

SP Krishnamurthi
68(33) 4x4 - 6x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
8 0 0 13 9 13 7 18
L Steenkamp
58(39) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
0 0 10 12 8 2 10 16

Best performances - Bowlers

WP Myburgh
O4
M0
R22
W2
Eco5.5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
MG Erasmus
MG Erasmus
O3
M0
R27
W2
Eco9
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

United States of America , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20

Match days

15 February 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

United States of America 2, Namibia 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Matt Roller

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | NAM: 168/6 (32 runs required, RR: 8.40)

  • Dylan Leicher0 (1b)
  • Ruben Trumpelmann3 (2b)
  • Ali Khan4-0-43-1
  • Shadley van Schalkwyk4-0-30-2

6.22pm: Right, thank you for your company today. On behalf of Alan and Raghav, this is Matt Roller signing off.

Over in Colombo, it's nearly time for the toss in the game that was once off, but is now back on. Follow live ball-by-ball commentary of India vs Pakistan here.

Here is how the Group A table stands after that result, with USA now level on points with both India and Pakistan but behind on NRR. Their route for qualification is pretty simple: they have to hope that whichever team loses in Colombo tonight is then defeated again in their final group game, and with a big enough combined margin of defeat for their NRR to take a beating. India's NRR is far better than Pakistan's as things stand, so the most likely route for them is to hope that Pakistan mess up twice!

6.15pm: Victory for the USA, their second in a row, and their hopes of qualification are alive. Namibia are officially out after three successive defeats. Very impressive showing from the US. Monank Patel chose to bat first and set the tone at the top of the order, but it was Sanjay Krishnamurthi - 68 not out off 33 balls - who really stood out. Namibia were well placed in the chase at 99 for 1 after 10.2 overs but faded away badly after Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and Louren Steenkamp's dismissals. Shadley van Schalkwyk excellent again, and extends his lead as the top wicket-taker at this tournament.

19.6
0
Ali Khan to Leicher, no run, another slower-ball bouncer, Leicher flaps at his attempted flash through the off side and the ball dribbles through to Jahangir

Leicher walks out to face the final ball. Net Run Rate could yet get USA through, so they won't want to concede a boundary

19.5
W
Ali Khan to Smit, OUT, slower-ball bouncer, loops up to Jahangir behind the stumps! Speared in halfway down, and Smit is through his shot very early

JJ Smit c †Shayan Jahangir b Ali Khan 31 (35m 23b 1x4 1x6) SR: 134.78

19.4
4
Ali Khan to Smit, FOUR, sliced down through short third! Misses his yorker, flashes hard away through the off side with an open face
19.3
0
Ali Khan to Smit, no run, perfect yorker, dug out via the toe-end
19.2
1
Ali Khan to Trumpelmann, 1 run, chaos! Khan misses the stumps from point-blank range! Yorker, inside-edged into his pad and deflects off his partner at the non-striker's end. He is stranded as the ball ends up in the bowler's hand, but his underarm from a yard away somehow misses the stumps!
19.1
1
Ali Khan to Smit, 1 run, full and straight, muscled down to long-on

Zane Green is the second batter to be retired out at a men's T20 World Cup. The first was also a Namibia player: Nikolaas Davin vs England at the 2024 edition.

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st54JN FrylinckL Steenkamp
2nd45L SteenkampJN Loftie-Eaton
3rd13MG ErasmusL Steenkamp
4th11MG ErasmusJJ Smit
5th26JJ SmitZE Green
6th19JJ SmitR Trumpelmann
7th0R TrumpelmannDO Leicher

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426