Namibia cricket team

Namibia

Status	Associate Member with ODI status
ODI Captain	Gerhard Erasmus
T20I Captain	Gerhard Erasmus
ODI Ranking	19th
T20I Ranking	13th
ODIs Played	62
ODI Record	Won 29 Lost 32 (1 No Result)
First ODI	vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 10 February 2003
Last ODI	vs Oman at Al Amerat, Muscat, 10 February 2025
T20Is Played	66
T20I Record	Won 42 Lost 22 (1 Tie, 1 No Result)
First T20I	vs Ghana at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala, 20 May 2019
Last T20I	vs Scotland at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, 6 June 2024

The Namibia national cricket team represents the African nation of Namibia. They played at the 2003 Cricket World Cup and three Twenty20 World Cups (2021, 2022 and 2024).

Statistics and Records[]

Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Playing Record
One Day Internationals	62	29	32	0	1	10 February 2003
Twenty20 Internationals	66	42	22	1	1	20 May 2019

One Day Internationals[]

Team Records[]

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

Most Career Runs[]

Player	Runs	Average	Career Span
Gerhard Erasmus	1,975	41.14	2019-2025
Michael van Lingen	1,318	38.76	2021-2024
JJ Smit	984	29.81	2019-2025
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton	945	28.63	2021-2025
Zane Green	814	24.66	2019-2025

Most Career Wickets[]

Player	Wickets	Average	Career Span
Bernard Scholtz	75	22.02	2019-2025
Ruben Trumpelmann	65	23.98	2021-2025
Tangeni Lungameni	46	24.10	2022-2024
JJ Smit	44	20.70	2019-2025
Gerhard Erasmus	40	27.05	2019-2025

Highest Scores[]

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

Best Bowling Figures[]

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

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First Match	First Win
vs Full Members
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	27 February 2003
England	1	0	1	0	0	19 February 2003
India	1	0	1	0	0	23 February 2003
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	16 February 2003
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	10 February 2003
vs Associate Members
Canada	1	1	0	0	0	4 April 2023	4 April 2023
Jersey	1	1	0	0	0	30 March 2023	30 March 2023
Nepal	8	5	2	0	1	11 July 2022	11 July 2022
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	0	3 March 2003	23 February 2024
Oman	10	7	3	0	0	27 April 2019	27 April 2019
Papua New Guinea	7	7	0	0	0	22 September 2019	22 September 2019
Scotland	8	1	7	0	0	10 July 2022	5 December 2022
United Arab Emirates	9	2	7	0	0	6 January 2020	25 February 2023
United States	10	4	6	0	0	17 September 2019	20 September 2019

Twenty20 Internationals[]

Team Records[]

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

Most Career Runs[]

Player	Runs	Average	Career Span
Gerhard Erasmus	1,404	32.65	2019-2024
Nikolaas Davin	861	28.70	2019-2024
JJ Smit	845	36.73	2019-2024
Craig Williams	805	27.75	2019-2022
Stephan Baard	714	28.56	2019-2022

Most Career Wickets[]

Player	Wickets	Average	Career Span
Bernard Scholtz	66	18.59	2019-2024
Jan Frylinck	63	17.95	2019-2024
Gerhard Erasmus	47	13.00	2019-2024
JJ Smit	46	18.13	2019-2024
David Wiese	33	23.66	2021-2024

Highest Scores[]

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

Best Bowling Figures[]

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

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First Match	First Win
vs Full Members
Afghanistan	1	0	1	0	0	31 October 2021
India	1	0	1	0	0	8 November 2021
Ireland	2	1	1	0	0	2 November 2019	22 October 2021
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	5 November 2021
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	2 November 2021
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	0	18 October 2021	16 October 2022
Zimbabwe	11	7	4	0	0	17 May 2022	19 May 2022
vs Associate Members
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	0	23 October 2019	23 October 2019
Botswana	5	5	0	0	0	22 May 2019	22 May 2019
Ghana	1	1	0	0	0	20 May 2019	20 May 2019
Kenya	2	2	0	0	0	25 October 2019	25 October 2019
Nepal	2	1	1	0	0	27 February 2024	27 February 2024
Netherlands	5	1	3	0	1	19 October 2019	20 October 2021
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	0	30 November 2023	30 November 2023
Oman	7	4	2	1	0	29 October 2019	29 October 2019
Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	0	0	20 October 2019	10 October 2021
Rwanda	1	1	0	0	0	25 November 2023	25 November 2023
Scotland	4	3	1	0	0	22 October 2019	22 October 2019
Singapore	1	1	0	0	0	26 October 2019	26 October 2019
Tanzania	2	2	0	0	0	28 November 2023	28 November 2023
Uganda	9	8	1	0	0	21 May 2019	21 May 2019
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	0	5 October 2021	5 October 2021