Namibia women's cricket team in the Netherlands and Germany in 2022

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The Namibia women's cricket team toured the Netherlands and Germany in June and July 2022 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series against the Netherlands and a three-match WT20I series against Germany. [1] [2] The first three matches in the Netherlands were originally scheduled to be played at Sportpark Harga in Schiedam, and the last two games of the series were scheduled to be played at Sportpark Westvliet in Voorburg. [3] All three matches of the Germany series were played at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, in Krefeld. [4] The Netherlands won their series against Namibia 3–2, after several closely contested matches. [5]

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Squads

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [6] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [7] Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [8]

Netherlands v Namibia WT20I series

Namibia women's cricket team in the Netherlands in 2022
  Flag of Netherlands.svg Flag of Namibia.svg
  Netherlands Namibia
Dates 27 June – 1 July 2022
Captains Heather Siegers [n 1] Irene van Zyl
Twenty20 International series
Results Netherlands won the 6-match series 3–2
Most runs Sterre Kalis (114) Yasmeen Khan (108)
Most wickets Iris Zwilling (10) Sune Wittmann (8)

After the first scheduled match of the series in Schiedam was abandoned due to a wet outfield, Namibia won a low-scoring opening contest with one ball remaining in their innings. [9] However, later the same day, Netherlands won the next game by 70 runs after captain Heather Siegers was dropped five times in her innings of 41 and the Namibians were then bowled out for only 29 runs. [10] the series moved on to Voorburg, where the sides again traded wins with Namibia again chased down their target in the final over, [11] before hosts completed a 5-run victory in a rain-affected match later in the afternoon. [12] The series decider was another close encounter, with the visitors looking set complete another tense run-chase, but a wicket maiden by Frederique Overdijk in the final over sealed a 2-run success and a 3–2 series win for the Netherlands. [13]



1st WT20I

27 June 2022
16:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Sportpark Harga, Schiedam
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Martin Hancock (Ned)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
  • The match was rescheduled to be played on 30 June 2022.

2nd WT20I

28 June 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
80 (15 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
81/7 (19.5 overs)
Sterre Kalis 35 (28)
Sune Wittmann 4/20 (4 overs)
Jurriene Diergaardt 23 (38)
Iris Zwilling 3/20 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 3 wickets
Sportpark Harga, Schiedam
Umpires: Martin Hancock (Ned) and Maulik Prabhudesai (Ned)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I

28 June 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
99/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
29 (11 overs)
Heather Siegers 41 (40)
Sune Wittmann 3/19 (4 overs)
Adri van der Merwe 14 (19)
Caroline de Lange 4/6 (3 overs)
Netherlands won by 70 runs
Sportpark Harga, Schiedam
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Martin Hancock (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

4th WT20I

30 June 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
83/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
84/7 (19.3 overs)
Heather Siegers 39 (42)
Wilka Mwatile 4/18 (4 overs)
Kayleen Green 25 (24)
Eva Lynch 2/8 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 3 wickets
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Maulik Prabhudesai (Ned)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was added to the schedule after the first game was abandoned.

5th WT20I

30 June 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
130/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
71/2 (11 overs)
Yasmeen Khan 69 (44)
Iris Zwilling 3/22 (4 overs)
Babette de Leede 33* (38)
Wilka Mwatile 1/10 (2 overs)
Netherlands won by 5 runs (DLS method)
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Martin Hancock (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

6th WT20I

1 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
97/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
95/7 (20 overs)
Sterre Kalis 39 (46)
Dietlind Foerster 2/14 (2 overs)
Merczerly Gorases 25 (28)
Frederique Overdijk 3/17 (4 overs)
Netherlands won by 2 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Martin Hancock (Ned) and Maulik Prabhudesai (Ned)
Player of the match: Frederique Overdijk (Ned)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Germany v Namibia WT20I series

Namibia women's cricket team in Germany in 2022
  Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Namibia.svg
  Germany Namibia
Dates 2 – 3 July 2022
Captains Anuradha Doddaballapur Irene van Zyl
Twenty20 International series
Results Namibia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Christina Gough (57) Sune Wittmann (188)
Most wickets Milena Beresford (4) Yasmeen Khan (5)
Player of the series Sune Wittmann (Nam)

1st WT20I

2 July 2022
16:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
61/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
64/0 (5.1 overs)
Janet Ronalds 14 (24)
Victoria Hamunyela 3/11 (4 overs)
Sune Wittmann 41* (16)
Namibia won by 10 wickets
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Nikhil Dhanawade (Ger) and Jason Flannery (Ger)
Player of the match: Sune Wittmann (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

2nd WT20I

3 July 2022
9:30
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
221/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
71/7 (20 overs)
Sune Wittmann 80 (33)
Shravya Kolcharam 1/31 (3 overs)
Christina Gough 15 (18)
Irene van Zyl 2/20 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 150 runs
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Nikhil Dhanawade (Ger) and Arun Kumar (Ger)
Player of the match: Sune Wittmann (Nam)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I

3 July 2022
13:30
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
186/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
104/8 (20 overs)
Sune Wittmann 67 (38)
Milena Beresford 4/22 (4 overs)
Janet Ronalds 37 (46)
Yasmeen Khan 4/20 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 82 runs
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Jason Flannery (Ger) and Arun Kumar (Ger)
Player of the match: Yasmeen Khan (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sabeena Noor (Ger) made her WT20I debut.

Notes

  1. Babette de Leede captained Netherlands for the 6th match.

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