Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025–26

Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025–26
 
  Zimbabwe Namibia
Dates 15 – 18 September 2025
Captains Sikandar Raza Gerhard Erasmus
Twenty20 International series
Results Zimbabwe won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Brian Bennett (136) Jan Frylinck (120)
Most wickets Sikandar Raza (6) JJ Smit (6)
Player of the series Brian Bennett (Zim)

The Namibia cricket team toured Zimbabwe in September 2025 to play the Zimbabwe cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] The series formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2025 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final.[3] In September 2025, the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. All the matches were played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.[4]

Squads

 Zimbabwe[5]  Namibia[6]

T20I series

1st T20I

15 September 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
211/3 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
178/7 (20 overs)
Brian Bennett 94 (51)
Alexander Busing-Volschenk 2/43 (4 overs)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 38 (24)
Sikandar Raza 2/31 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 33 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Brian Bennett (Zim)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Brian Bennett (Zim) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.

2nd T20I

16 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
169/6 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
170/5 (18.1 overs)
Tadiwanashe Marumani 50 (36)
JJ Smit 2/38 (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Tadiwanashe Marumani (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

18 September 2025
13:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
204/7 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
176 (19.5 overs)
Jan Frylinck 77 (31)
Sikandar Raza 3/25 (4 overs)
Sean Williams 77 (45)
JJ Smit 4/29 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 28 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Jan Frylinck (Nam)

References

  1. ^ "Namibia Men's team to tour Zimbabwe for T20I series". Czarsportz Global. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe, Namibia play 3 T20Is in Bulawayo next week, same squad except Madande". 3-mob.com. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Zimbabwe to face Namibia in three-match series ahead of T20 WC Africa Qualifiers". The Hans India. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe to host Namibia ahead of Africa Regional Final". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe, Namibia in T20I showdown ahead of Africa Qualifier". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ^ "FNB Eagles squad ready for the Qualifiers in Zimbabwe!". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via Instagram.
  7. ^ @ZimCricketv (18 September 2025). "Some milestones from the #ZIMvNAM T20I series" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Jan Frylinck enters record books with explosive 13-ball half-century". Cricket Winner. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Fastest men's T20I fifties, full list: Namibia opener sits equal-third after Zimbabwe blitz". Wisden. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Frylinck force as Namibian hits third-fastest T20I fifty". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 September 2025.