Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    not out
    100
    58
    92
    11
    4
    172.41
    5.1 fired out so wide, snicked to the keeper! That was a stretch from Ayub, feet stuck in his stance as he bent across his crease and failed to reach the angled delivery, across his bows and heading wider. A toe-ended deflection flies into Green's gloves. An unconvincing stay comes to an end 40/1
    12.1 Chipped to mid off! What an odd dismissal... Brassell went so wide of off stump that Salman's entire stance was right outside off stump... tries to go down the ground over the fielder in the ring but finds him with a simple catch 107/2
    13.2 The skipper deliveries! Straight, again sharp, an attempt to hammer that to the leg side ends up with one hand off the bat and another top edge, this one looping to mid on and picked off by Erasmus! A wild slog 118/3
    not out
    36
    22
    30
    1
    3
    163.63
    Extras
    6 (lb 2, w 4)
    TOTAL
    199/3 (20 Overs, RR: 9.95)
    Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Saim Ayub, 5.1 ov), 2-107 (Salman Agha, 12.1 ov), 3-118 (Khawaja Nafay, 13.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JJ Smit302809.3363100
    MG Erasmus302518.3381210
    R Trumpelmann40360996010
    JT Brassell404821276200
    WP Myburgh2027013.530310
    BM Scholtz403308.2542110
  • BATSMEN
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    6.5 oops, that's a wild swipe! The pressure was starting to build... Nawaz probed away on his full length, keeping the stumps in play. Steenkamp took on a hoist across the line, got a spiralling top-edge and Usman trots down the pitch to gather from behind the stumps 43/3
    4.1 makes room to leg, Mirza splatters his stumps! A cross-seamer from over the wicket, angled in at the left-hander, and following him into middle-and-leg. Frylinck flung his hands but the ball was already through him 32/1
    5.2 round the wicket, Loftie backs away and slaps his cut to cover... it's a tight run, and in fact he's short! Beaten by a foot as Salman's gather and release found the bowler in good time. It was straight to the man, so a batter error. He was running for the shot, not the opportunity 39/2
    7.3 big legbreak, snicked to the keeper! A textbook dismissal... Erasmus was back on his stumps, lining up the cut from an off-stump line, but Shadab finds some extra bounce and Usman swallows an audible nick 49/4
    12.3 Stumped by a mile! Usman makes up for the previous awkwardness with a tidy stumping, Shadab spinning it sharply from a length, Volschenk advancing and left for dead by one that moves away from him as soon as it pitches. High class 79/5
    13.1 Pouched by Shadab at midwicket! Length delivery well outside off, Smit tries to haul that to the midwicket fence but doesn't even get it out of the ring, well-taken by Shadab over his shoulder 81/6
    16.2 Stunning catch from Ayub at deep backward square! A powerful slog sweep goes flat and Ayub, charging in, puts in a forward dive, gets his fingers under the ball and takes it just above the ground. Fingers look under the ball - out for my money - but the umpires are sending it upstairs... and confirmed! 95/8
    13.3 Bowled him! Outstanding, take a bow son! Another googly - a carrom ball, in fact - this one quicker and from out wider, dragging the right-hander's front foot across. didn't read it out of the hand and ended up clamping down late. Middle stump knocked, Namibia properly on the ropes now.... 81/7
    17.3 Edged behind! A hurried cut nestles into the gloves of Usman Khan and that's four wickets for Tariq! Unless this appeal overturns the standing umpire's decision... which it doesn't! Spike confirms and that's Namibiba all out for 97! Pakistan triumph comprehensively by 102 runs. Tariq, on from the 12th over, finishes the job with new career-best T20I figures of 4 for 16. 97/10
    17.1 Another to The Delayer! Bowled through the gate, easy as you like. Back of the hand, spinning in between the huge gap between bat and pad as Scholtz tried to go high down the ground 96/9
    not out
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    100
    Extras
    7 (lb 3, w 4)
    TOTAL
    97 all out (17.3 Overs, RR: 5.54)
    Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Jan Frylinck, 4.1 ov), 2-39 (Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 5.2 ov), 3-43 (Louren Steenkamp, 6.5 ov), 4-49 (Gerhard Erasmus, 7.3 ov), 5-79 (Alexander Busing-Volschenk, 12.3 ov), 6-81 (JJ Smit, 13.1 ov), 7-81 (Ruben Trumpelmann, 13.3 ov), 8-95 (Zane Green, 16.2 ov), 9-96 (Bernard Scholtz, 17.1 ov), 10-97 (Willem Myburgh, 17.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Faheem Ashraf20160851100
    Salman Mirza201115.582010
    Saim Ayub20100582000
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)402215.5131120
    Shadab Khan401934.75111010
    Usman Tariq3.311644.57120000

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , 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

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

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Pakistan 2, Namibia 0

Match Notes

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32JN FrylinckL Steenkamp
2nd7L SteenkampJN Loftie-Eaton
3rd4MG ErasmusL Steenkamp
4th6MG ErasmusA Busing-Volschenk
5th30JJ SmitA Busing-Volschenk
6th2JJ SmitZE Green
7th0ZE GreenR Trumpelmann
8th14ZE GreenWP Myburgh
9th1BM ScholtzWP Myburgh
10th1WP MyburghJT Brassell

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