South Africa 348 for 6 (Hermann 150, de Zorzi 33, Bosch 39*, Trumpelmann 4-68) beat Namibia 162 for 8 (Kruger 34, Subrayen 4-29, Maphaka 2-32) by 99 runs (DLS method)

Jordan Hermann became the fifth South African - after Colin Ingram, Temba Bavuma, Reeza Hendricks and Matthew Breetzke - to score a century on ODI debut, and the second to go on to make 150 in his first match as South Africa totalled 348 in their first meeting against Namibia. Hermann shared a 190-run second-wicket stand with Tony de Zorzi, who reached his third half-century in the format, as South Africa defeated Namibia by 99 runs (DLS method) in the opening ODI in Windhoek.

But Hermann didn't have it all his way. He should have been out on 30 when he was short of his ground completing a single and there was a direct hit to the non-striker's end, but he was not given out. With no DRS, that was the chance he needed. He made the most of it, cost Namibia 120 runs, and the match.

Namibia will look back on other things too, such as that left-arm seamer JJ Smit was their only bowler to concede at less than six runs an over while Bernard Scholtz, their leading bowler in this format, went wicketless. It would be harsh to be too critical of their line-up, who have only scored over 300 only four times before in ODIs and whose highest successful chase is 266.

In the end, they came nowhere close in a chase that was interrupted by rain twice. No one scored more than Malan Kruger's 34, though it took 60 balls, and they had no partnerships higher than a 51-run opening stand. South Africa's seamers made good use of hard lengths and shared four wickets between them while offspinner Prenelan Subrayen took a career-best 4 for 28 of his own.

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