- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.1 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 40/112.1 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 107/213.2 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 118/3Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL199/3 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JJ Smit 3 0 28 0 9.33 6 3 1 0 0 MG Erasmus 3 0 25 1 8.33 8 1 2 1 0 R Trumpelmann 4 0 36 0 9 9 6 0 1 0 JT Brassell 4 0 48 2 12 7 6 2 0 0 WP Myburgh 2 0 27 0 13.5 3 0 3 1 0 BM Scholtz 4 0 33 0 8.25 4 2 1 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.5 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 43/34.1 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 32/15.2 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 39/27.3 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 49/412.3 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 79/513.1 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 81/616.2 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! 95/813.3 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.... 81/717.3 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. 97/1017.1 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 96/9Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL97 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Faheem Ashraf 2 0 16 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 Salman Mirza 2 0 11 1 5.5 8 2 0 1 0 Saim Ayub 2 0 10 0 5 8 2 0 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 22 1 5.5 13 1 1 2 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 19 3 4.75 11 1 0 1 0 Usman Tariq 3.3 1 16 4 4.57 12 0 0 0 0
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)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Namibia 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 47/1 in 6.0 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 26, Salman Agha 6)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Sahibzada Farhan 21, Salman Agha 26, Ex 3)
- Sahibzada Farhan: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 118/3 in 13.2 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 57)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Sahibzada Farhan 40, Shadab Khan 11, Ex 0)
- Sahibzada Farhan: 100 off 57 balls (11 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 199/3 in 20.0 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 100, Shadab Khan 36)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: Namibia - 40/2 in 6.0 overs (L Steenkamp 22, MG Erasmus 0)
- Namibia: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Namibia - 81/6 in 13.1 overs (ZE Green 1)
- Over 14.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - WP Myburgh (Struck down)
- Over 17.3: Review by Namibia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - BM Scholtz (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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The Pakistan opener started slow but batted through the innings against Namibia to take them to their second-highest total in T20 World Cups
Agha hails Pakistan's 'complete performance' after Namibia win
The Pakistan captain also praised Tariq and hoped he would "win us more games" in the upcoming outings
Stats - A rare DNB for Babar Azam
Sahibzada Farhan outscored Namibia, who became the first team to get bowled out for less than 100 in this World Cup
Pakistan into Super Eight after Farhan ton sinks Namibia
A four-pronged spin attack took Pakistan to a 102-run win, which also ended USA's hopes of making it to the next stage
Pakistan complete Super Eight line-up for T20 World Cup 2026
In the Super Eight stage, India, Zimbabwe, West Indies and South Africa will be in Group 1, and England, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group 2
Videos
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |





