Namibian cricket team in Oman in 2024

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Namibia men's cricket team in Oman in 2024
  Flag of Oman.svg Flag of Namibia.svg
  Oman Namibia
Dates 1 – 7 April 2024
Captains Zeeshan Maqsood [n 1] Gerhard Erasmus
Twenty20 International series
Results Namibia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Naseem Khushi (149) Jean-Pierre Kotze (160)
Most wickets Fayyaz Butt (7) Gerhard Erasmus (8)

The Namibia men's cricket team toured Oman in April 2024 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] The series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, as well as Oman's preparation for the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup tournament. [2] [3]

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Namibia won the low-scoring first T20I by 4 wickets. [4] Oman won the next two matches to take a lead in the series, [5] before Namibia eventually won the series 3–2. [6] [7]

Squads

Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [8]

T20I series

1st T20I

1 April 2024
14:30
Scorecard
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg
109/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
114/6 (18.4 overs)
Kashyap Prajapati 33 (29)
Tangeni Lungameni 3/13 (4 overs)
Zane Green 26 (29)
Fayyaz Butt 3/21 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 4 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Tangeni Lungameni (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

2 April 2024
14:30
Scorecard
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg
137/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
131/9 (20 overs)
Pratik Athavale 38 (26)
Gerhard Erasmus 3/7 (3 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 58 (56)
Mehran Khan 3/17 (4 overs)
Oman won by 6 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

4 April 2024
14:30
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
101/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
104/2 (11.1 overs)
Ruben Trumpelmann 26 (20)
Aqib Ilyas 2/13 (4 overs)
Naseem Khushi 66 (40)
Bernard Scholtz 1/9 (2 overs)
Oman won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Naseem Khushi (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

5 April 2024
14:30
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
164/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
140/9 (20 overs)
Jean-Pierre Kotze 78 (51)
Samay Shrivastav 2/20 (3 overs)
Naseem Khushi 34 (14)
David Wiese 3/26 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 24 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: David Wiese (Nam)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

7 April 2024
14:30
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
212/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
150 (18.3 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 64* (29)
Aqib Ilyas 2/21 (3 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 51 (29)
Bernard Scholtz 4/20 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 62 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. Aqib Ilyas captained Oman in the third and fourth T20Is.

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