The Namibia national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Eagles. The team qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2021, after finishing at 4th position in the 2019 qualifier, they have qualified for tournament three times in a row since then. In three editions that they have contested, the team has 4 wins in 11 matches.
In their maiden appearance, the team advanced from the first round into the Super 12 stage. They also managed to register their first-ever victory against a full member nation, after defeating Ireland in the first round. [1] In the next edition, they defeated Sri Lanka, once again in the first round but were unable to progress to the next stage. [2]
ICC T20 World Cup record | Qualification record [a] | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ab [b] | Cap. | Pld | W | L | T | NR | |
2007 | Did not qualify | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
2009 | |||||||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||||
2012 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
2014 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
2016 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
2021 | Super 12 | 10/16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerhard Erasmus | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
2022 | First round | 13/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerhard Erasmus | Did not participate (qualified automatically) | |||||
2024 | Group stage | 15/20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerhard Erasmus | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 Titles | 3/9 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 66 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Ab | Win % | First played |
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Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 |
Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 |
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 |
India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 |
Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2021 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 |
Oman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 |
Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2021 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2021 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
Total | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.67 | — |
Source: [3] Last Updated: 15 June 2024 | |||||||||
Event | First round (Group A) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
2021 | Sri Lanka L by 7 wickets | Netherlands W by 6 wickets | Ireland W by 8 wickets | 2 | Scotland W by 4 wickets | Afghanistan L by 62 runs | Pakistan L by 45 runs | New Zealand L by 52 runs | India L by 9 wickets | 5 | Did not advance | Super 12 | |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [4] |
Event | First round (Group A) | Super 12 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||||
2022 | Sri Lanka W by 55 runs | Netherlands L by 5 wickets | United Arab Emirates L by 7 runs | 2 | Did not advance | First round | |||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [5] |
Event | Group stage (Group B) | Super 8 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | ||||||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||||
2024 | Oman Tied (W the S/O) | Scotland L by 5 wickets | Australia L by 9 wickets | England L by 41 runs (DLS) | 4 | Did not advance | Group stage | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo [6] |
Score | Opponent | Venue | Season |
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166/4 (19 overs) | Netherlands | Abu Dhabi | 2021 |
163/7 (20 overs) | Sri Lanka | Geelong | 2022 |
155/9 (20 overs) | Scotland | Bridgetown | 2024 |
144/5 (20 overs) | Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 2021 |
141/8 (20 overs) | United Arab Emirates | Geelong | 2022 |
Last updated: 15 June 2024 [7] |
This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Gerhard Erasmus has played a total of 15 matches, and has captained the team in all of their World Cup matches.
Matches | Player | Period | ||||
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15 | Gerhard Erasmus | 2021-2024 | ||||
Zane Green | 2021-2024 | |||||
JJ Smit | 2021-2024 | |||||
David Wiese | 2021-2024 | |||||
14 | Jan Frylinck | 2021-2024 | ||||
Bernard Scholtz | 2021-2024 | |||||
13 | Michael van Lingen | 2021-2024 | ||||
Ruben Trumpelmann | 2021-2024 | |||||
Last updated: 15 June 2024 [8] |
Runs | Player | Mat | Inn | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s | Period |
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344 | David Wiese | 15 | 15 | 66* | 34.40 | — | 2 | 2021–2024 |
305 | Gerhard Erasmus | 15 | 15 | 53* | 23.46 | — | 2 | 2021–2024 |
184 | Jan Frylinck | 14 | 10 | 45 | 20.44 | — | — | 2021–2024 |
148 | Michael van Lingen | 13 | 11 | 33 | 13.45 | — | — | 2021–2024 |
146 | Stephan Baard | 8 | 8 | 29 | 18.25 | — | — | 2021–2022 |
Last updated: 15 June 2024 [9] |
Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season |
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93 (4th wicket) | David Wiese (63) & Gerhard Erasmus (30) | v Netherlands | Abu Dhabi | 2021 |
70 (7th wicket) | JJ Smit (31) & Jan Frylinck (31) | v Sri Lanka | Geelong | 2022 |
70 (8th wicket) | David Wiese (41) & Ruben Trumpelmann (24) | v United Arab Emirates | Geelong | 2022 |
53* (3rd wicket) | David Wiese (28*) & Gerhard Erasmus (23*) | v Ireland | Sharjah | 2021 |
51 (3rd wicket) | Gerhard Erasmus (37) & Zane Green (13) | v Scotland | Bridgetown | 2024 |
Last updated: 15 June 2024 [10] |
Wickets | Player | Matches | Avg. | Econ. | BBI | 4W | 5W | Period |
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14 | David Wiese | 15 | 25.14 | 7.23 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 |
13 | Ruben Trumpelmann | 13 | 26.46 | 7.81 | 4/21 | 1 | 0 | 2021–2024 |
12 | Jan Frylinck | 14 | 20.00 | 7.16 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 |
10 | Bernard Scholtz | 14 | 24.70 | 6.33 | 2/18 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 |
7 | JJ Smit | 15 | 39.57 | 7.91 | 2/24 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 |
Last updated: 15 June 2024 [11] |
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