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Namibia
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Status Associate Member with ODI status
ODI Captain Gerhard Erasmus
T20I Captain Gerhard Erasmus
ODI Ranking 16th
T20I Ranking 11th
ODIs Played 52
ODI Record Won 26 Lost 25 (1 No Result)
First ODI vs Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 10 February 2003
Last ODI vs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands at Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur, 23 February 2024
T20Is Played 56
T20I Record Won 37 Lost 18 (1 No Result)
First T20I vs 1920px-Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala, 20 May 2019
Last T20I vs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands at Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur, 3 March 2024

The Namibia national cricket team represents the African nation of Namibia. They played at the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2021 and 2022 Twenty20 World Cups.

Statistics and Records[]

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals 52 26 25 0 1 10 February 2003
Twenty20 Internationals 56 37 18 0 1 20 May 2019

One Day Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 381/8 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea United Cricket Club, Windhoek 29 March 2023
Lowest Team Total 45 Flag of Australia Australia Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 27 February 2003
Highest Total Conceded 348/3 Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 12 March 2022
Lowest Total Conceded 81 Flag of Oman Oman Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 27 April 2019

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Gerhard Erasmus 1,678 43.02 2019-2024
Michael van Lingen 941 36.19 2021-2024
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 803 28.67 2021-2024
JJ Smit 728 29.12 2019-2024
Zane Green 711 24.51 2019-2024

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Ruben Trumpelmann 63 23.20 2021-2024
Bernard Scholtz 62 20.66 2019-2024
Tangeni Lungameni 37 21.05 2022-2024
Jan Frylinck 37 24.00 2019-2024
JJ Smit 35 22.20 2019-2024

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
JP Kotze 136 Flag of the United States United States Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill 20 September 2019
Michael van Lingen 133 Flag of Nepal Nepal Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur 14 February 2023
Craig Williams 129* Flag of Oman Oman Al Amerat, Muscat 8 January 2020
Gerhard Erasmus 125 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea United Cricket Club, Windhoek 29 March 2023
Gerhard Erasmus 121* Flag of Oman Oman ICC Academy, Dubai 6 March 2022

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Tangeni Lungameni 6/42 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 23 November 2022
Jan Frylinck 5/13 Flag of Oman Oman Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 27 April 2019
Zhivago Groenewald 5/20 Flag of the United States United States Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill 20 September 2019
Bernard Scholtz 5/22 Flag of Nepal Nepal Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr 16 July 2022
JJ Smit 5/26 Flag of Oman Oman Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 26 November 2021

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Flag of Australia Australia 1 0 1 0 0 27 February 2003
Flag of England England 1 0 1 0 0 19 February 2003
Flag of India India 1 0 1 0 0 23 February 2003
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 16 February 2003
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 10 February 2003
vs Associate Members
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 1 1 0 0 0 4 April 2023 4 April 2023
Flag of Jersey Jersey 1 1 0 0 0 30 March 2023 30 March 2023
Flag of Nepal Nepal 8 5 2 0 1 11 July 2022 11 July 2022
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 1 2 0 0 3 March 2003 23 February 2024
Flag of Oman Oman 7 5 2 0 0 27 April 2019 27 April 2019
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 7 7 0 0 0 22 September 2019 22 September 2019
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 6 1 5 0 0 10 July 2022 5 December 2022
Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 7 1 6 0 0 6 January 2020 25 February 2023
Flag of the United States United States 7 4 3 0 0 17 September 2019 20 September 2019

Twenty20 Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 240/3 Flag of Botswana Botswana United Cricket Club, Windhoek 20 August 2019
Lowest Team Total 96 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
ICC Academy, Dubai
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
19 October 2019
18 October 2021
Highest Total Conceded 247/5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur 29 February 2024
Lowest Total Conceded 46 Flag of Botswana Botswana Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala 22 May 2019

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Gerhard Erasmus 1,194 32.27 2019-2023
JJ Smit 826 39.33 2019-2024
Craig Williams 805 27.75 2019-2022
Nikolaas Davin 779 31.16 2019-2023
Stephan Baard 714 28.56 2019-2022

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Jan Frylinck 63 17.73 2019-2024
Bernard Scholtz 57 18.96 2019-2024
JJ Smit 46 18.13 2019-2024
Gerhard Erasmus 35 14.17 2019-2023
David Wiese 25 23.76 2021-2023

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
JP Kotze 101* Flag of Botswana Botswana United Cricket Club, Windhoek 20 August 2019
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 101 Flag of Nepal Nepal Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur 27 February 2024
Gerhard Erasmus 100* Flag of Uganda Uganda United Cricket Club, Windhoek 9 April 2022
Stephan Baard 92 Flag of Botswana Botswana United Cricket Club, Windhoek 22 August 2019
Nikolaas Davin 89 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 22 November 2023

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
JJ Smit 6/10 Flag of Uganda Uganda United Cricket Club, Windhoek 10 April 2022
Jan Frylinck 6/24 Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates ICC Academy, Dubai 5 October 2021
Christi Viljoen 5/9 Flag of Botswana Botswana Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala 22 May 2019
Bernard Scholtz 4/12 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 25 October 2019
Christi Viljoen 4/15 Flag of Uganda Uganda Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala 21 May 2019

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 1 0 1 0 0 31 October 2021
Flag of India India 1 0 1 0 0 8 November 2021
Ireland flag Ireland 2 1 1 0 0 2 November 2019 22 October 2021
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 5 November 2021
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 2 November 2021
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 18 October 2021 16 October 2022
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 11 7 4 0 0 17 May 2022 19 May 2022
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bermuda Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 23 October 2019 23 October 2019
Flag of Botswana Botswana 5 5 0 0 0 22 May 2019 22 May 2019
1920px-Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1 1 0 0 0 20 May 2019 20 May 2019
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 2 0 0 0 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
Flag of Nepal Nepal 2 1 1 0 0 27 February 2024 27 February 2024
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 1 3 0 1 19 October 2019 20 October 2021
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 1 1 0 0 0 30 November 2023 30 November 2023
Flag of Oman Oman 1 1 0 0 0 29 October 2019 29 October 2019
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3 1 2 0 0 20 October 2019 10 October 2021
Flag of Rwanda Rwanda 1 1 0 0 0 25 November 2023 25 November 2023
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 22 October 2019 22 October 2019
Flag of Singapore Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 26 October 2019 26 October 2019
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 1 1 0 0 0 28 November 2023 28 November 2023
Flag of Uganda Uganda 8 7 1 0 0 21 May 2019 21 May 2019
Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 0 5 October 2021 5 October 2021
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