- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR41.5 Slower ball gets Hermann, he falls for the joint-highest score on men's ODI debut, Breetzke had also gotten 150. Back-of-hand slower ball, fullish and very wide, Hermann reaches out and looks to slash it. Ball balloons to backward point. 275/36.4 Change of angles does the trick! Trumpelmann bangs it in short and angles it into Esterhuizen from outside off and the batter looks to play a pick-up shot. Was a bit early into the shot and he can't clear long leg, who was well positioned. Esterhuizen falls for 10 on ODI debut 27/134.2 Reverse sweep beaten, hits the left leg around off. Given lbw. De Zorzi walks for 72. That was overpitched and the batter tried to keep the ball along the ground by staying low. Beaten for pace. 190-run stand ends 217/243.1 Pulled straight to deep square leg, Brevis swings his bat in disappointment after being unable to close out the innings. Short ball from around the wicket just below the neck, pulled with decent timing, placement not as good 284/443.5 Hermann disappointed after being lbw, almost seemed to signal for a review. None here of course. He walks. Ball pitched up around middle and leg, Hermann looked to paddle it fine. The full cutter came around leg stump before hitting him 292/549.1 Taken at the midwicket boundary. Full ball angling in, Smith looked to slug it slightly across the line. Couldn't clear the big boundary 333/6Extras20 (lb 4, nb 1, w 15)TOTAL348/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.96)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Connor Esterhuizen, 6.4 ov), 2-217 (Tony de Zorzi, 34.2 ov), 3-275 (Jordan Hermann, 41.5 ov), 4-284 (Dewald Brevis, 43.1 ov), 5-292 (Rubin Hermann, 43.5 ov), 6-333 (Jason Smith, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Trumpelmann 10 0 68 4 6.8 32 7 1 6 0 JJ Smit 10 1 59 1 5.9 33 3 3 3 0 JT Brassell 8 0 55 0 6.87 23 7 1 0 0 MG Erasmus 7 0 45 1 6.42 19 3 1 2 0 M Heingo 5 0 39 0 7.8 14 4 1 4 1 BM Scholtz 10 0 78 0 7.8 16 6 2 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.5 Too far down the pitch? No, Kruger given lbw anyway! Length ball landed around middle and seemed to go on straight. Kruger missed the flick and carried on with the momentum. Looked like it'd have gone down leg but can't be certain 68/313.2 Finally the breakthrough! It's a thin edge, but the umpire raises his finger! Length ball angling in from outside off and Busing-Volschenk is looking to work it leg side, playing down the wrong line. Gobbled up by Rubin Hermann and the South African players go up in appeal and the umpire obliges 51/117.6 Leg stump has travelled farther than the ball! Ball's just past the return crease, stump does three cartwheels - two aerial - and lands on the turf a little further back. Was a shortish ball outside off, Frylinck tried to pull it across leg side with might. Bottom-edge had the ball arrowing onto the stump. Frylinck stands in disbelief as the fielders celebrate 66/223.1 Skier, taken by short cover-point. Correction, it's midwicket! Odd, balls generally go off side when hit with the outer-half of the bat. Anyway, Steenkamp looking to make things happen. Looked to launch a length ball at off down the ground. Ball hit the outside-half of the bat and the batter walked leg side as it went up. Nice easy catch 84/424.5 Oh, Erasmus skies it and despite some confusion, the catch is taken! On a length outside off and Erasmus tries to take it on. Top edge sends it high up and the bowler stays where he is even as the keeper runs in and nearly runs into the non-striker, and the ball drops to Subrayen who makes no mistake 100/527.5 Skied behind point! Good catch by backward point running back, who almost barged into deep third running to his left! This is full outside off with pace off and Green goes for an expansive drive and it flies up off the toe end. And that's Duan Jansen's first ODI wicket! 121/630.3 Straight to long-on and Subrayen has a third. Smit takes on this full ball on middle and leg but can only pick out the fielder as he fails to get under it 159/730.4 Bowled 'im! Brassell skips down the track to take on this full ball and misses it completely as he ends up yorking himself and the ball crashes into the stumps 159/8Extras19 (b 4, lb 2, w 13)TOTAL162/8 (31 Overs, RR: 5.22)Did not bat: M HeingoFall of wickets: 1-51 (Alexander Busing-Volschenk, 13.2 ov), 2-66 (Jan Frylinck, 17.6 ov), 3-68 (Malan Kruger, 18.5 ov), 4-84 (Louren Steenkamp, 23.1 ov), 5-100 (Gerhard Erasmus, 24.5 ov), 6-121 (Zane Green, 27.5 ov), 7-159 (JJ Smit, 30.3 ov), 8-159 (Jack Brassell, 30.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Jansen 6 0 13 1 2.16 29 0 0 4 0 C Bosch 7 1 36 1 5.14 25 3 1 2 0 KT Maphaka 6 0 32 2 5.33 19 2 1 4 0 BC Fortuin 6 0 46 0 7.66 14 2 2 1 0 P Subrayen 6 0 29 4 4.83 13 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Namibia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
9 September 2026 (50-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 227 runs, 1 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: South Africa - 76/1 in 16.0 overs (J Hermann 31, T de Zorzi 27)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (J Hermann 20, T de Zorzi 27, Ex 5)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 11
- J Hermann: 50 off 61 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 103 balls (J Hermann 50, T de Zorzi 43, Ex 9)
- T de Zorzi: 50 off 64 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 26.6 overs (163 balls), Extras 12
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 145 balls (J Hermann 85, T de Zorzi 59, Ex 9)
- J Hermann: 100 off 93 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: South Africa - 195/1 in 32.0 overs (J Hermann 103, T de Zorzi 70)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 32.3 overs (196 balls), Extras 12
- South Africa: 250 runs in 37.5 overs (228 balls), Extras 16
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 83 runs, 4 wickets)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (J Hermann 29, D Brevis 20, Ex 1)
- J Hermann: 150 off 125 balls (17 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 38.1: One run short by Jordan Hermann
- South Africa: 300 runs in 46.1 overs (278 balls), Extras 18
- Innings Break: South Africa - 348/6 in 50.0 overs (C Bosch 39, D Jansen 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 25.0 (Mandatory - 77 runs, 5 wickets)
- Namibia: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 9
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (MB Kruger 26, A Busing-Volschenk 15, Ex 9)
- Drinks: Namibia - 61/1 in 16.0 overs (MB Kruger 31, JN Frylinck 5)
- Rain: Namibia - 76/3 in 21.3 overs (L Steenkamp 3, MG Erasmus 6)
- Wet Ground: Namibia - 76/3 in 21.3 overs (L Steenkamp 3, MG Erasmus 6)
- Revised DLS Target - 301 runs in 38 overs
- Rain: Namibia - 95/4 in 24.0 overs (MG Erasmus 18, ZE Green 1)
- Wet Ground: Namibia - 95/4 in 24.0 overs (MG Erasmus 18, ZE Green 1)
- Revised DLS Target - 262 runs in 31 overs
- Namibia: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (148 balls), Extras 11
- Powerplay 3: Overs 25.1 - 31.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 3 wickets)
- Namibia: 150 runs in 29.5 overs (179 balls), Extras 18
Match Coverage
All Match NewsHermann: 'You don't just get a hundred, you try to push it further and further'
The South Africa batter made 150, the joint-highest score on men's ODI debut, against Namibia
Hermann's 150 on ODI debut, Subrayen's career-best four-for crush Namibia
South Africa racked up 348 for 6, with Namibia coming nowhere close in a chase that was interrupted by rain twice
Namibia bowl; Duan Jansen one of three South Africa debutants
Hermann and Esterhuizen are the other South Africa debutants
Co-hosts Namibia and South Africa embark on final lap of road to 2027 men's ODI World Cup
Namibia will get a measure of where they stand while South Africa get a chance to look at the wider group in the three-ODI series




