Namibia national cricket team

Namibia appear in 186 of the men's internationals in the records used here: 87 One Day Internationals and 99 Twenty20 Internationals. The earliest of them is dated 10 February 2003 and the most recent 1 November 2026.

Of the 180 matches that produced a winner, Namibia won 95 and lost 85, a win rate of 52.8%. Across the 19 national sides on this site that is the 9th highest overall win rate, although the sides are measured over very different eras and formats.

The latest recorded result is an ODI against Ireland on 1 November 2026: Namibia won by 5 wickets.

In One Day Internationals, Namibia have played 87 recorded matches, winning 39 and losing 44, with 1 tie and 3 without a result. The first of these is dated 10 February 2003 and the last 1 November 2026, a win rate of 47.0% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough ODI matches recorded to compare, that is 11th. Their innings in these matches average 196.1 runs, against 213.1 for opponents. Batting first Namibia have won 20 and lost 21 (48.8%); chasing, 19 won and 23 lost (45.2%).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Namibia have played 99 recorded matches, winning 56 and losing 41, with 1 tie and 1 without a result. The first of these is dated 20 May 2019 and the last 4 September 2026, a win rate of 57.7% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough T20I matches recorded to compare, that is 6th. Their innings in these matches average 145.9 runs, against 135.8 for opponents. Batting first Namibia have won 29 and lost 19 (60.4%); chasing, 27 won and 22 lost (55.1%).

Since the start of 2024 Namibia have played 92 recorded matches across all formats, winning 39 and losing 48. That win rate of 44.8% is below the overall figure of 52.8%.

Namibia's first recorded year is 2003, with 6 matches. The busiest calendar year is 2026 with 35 matches, and the year with most wins is 2022, with 19 wins and 11 defeats from 31 matches. The heaviest year for defeats is 2024, with 21.

Year by year, the most recent calendar years read as follows: 2019, 15 won and 5 lost from 20; 2020, 1 won and 2 lost from 3; 2021, 9 won and 4 lost from 13; 2022, 19 won and 11 lost from 31; 2023, 12 won and 9 lost from 21; 2024, 11 won and 21 lost from 34; 2025, 13 won and 9 lost from 23; 2026, 15 won and 18 lost from 35.

Earlier calendar years: 2003, 0-6 from 6.

By decade the recorded record is 2000s, 0 wins and 6 defeats from 6 matches; 2010s, 15 wins and 5 defeats from 20 matches; 2020s, 80 wins and 74 defeats from 160 matches.

In One Day Internationals, Namibia's highest ODI total in the records is 324/7, made against Oman at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) on 8 January 2020; the lowest completed innings is 45 against Australia on 27 February 2003. The widest recorded ODI wins are by 167 runs against Papua New Guinea on 20 September 2022 and by 8 wickets against Papua New Guinea on 19 November 2022. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 156 by MG Erasmus against Ireland on 24 October 2026 and the best bowling is 6 for 27 by JJ Smit against Nepal on 21 July 2026. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 6, between 16 July 2022 and 19 November 2022. The longest losing run is 6, from 10 February 2003 to 3 March 2003.

In Twenty20 Internationals, Namibia's highest T20I total in the records is 241/5, made against Kenya at Harare Sports Club on 26 September 2025; the lowest completed innings is 72 against Australia on 11 June 2024. The widest recorded T20I wins are by 136 runs against Kenya on 26 September 2025 and by 10 wickets against Botswana on 22 May 2019. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 134 by JN Frylinck against Nigeria on 28 September 2025 and the best bowling is 6 for 10 by JJ Smit against Uganda on 10 April 2022. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 9, between 29 October 2023 and 27 February 2024. The longest losing run is 7, from 6 June 2024 to 5 October 2024.

The leading ODI run scorer for Namibia in the records is MG Erasmus with 2,693 runs from 80 matches at an average of 38.47, ahead of M van Lingen (1,662) and JN Frylinck (1,506). The most successful bowler is BM Scholtz with 111 wickets at 20.74, followed by R Trumpelmann (89) and JJ Smit (79).

The leading T20I run scorer for Namibia in the records is MG Erasmus with 2,296 runs from 90 matches at an average of 33.76, ahead of JN Frylinck (1,510) and JJ Smit (1,311). The most successful bowler is BM Scholtz with 85 wickets at 21.13, followed by JJ Smit (77) and MG Erasmus (70).

In One Day Internationals, Namibia players have passed 100 on 13 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 76 occasions; the most centuries are M van Lingen (6), JN Frylinck (3) and MG Erasmus (2). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 11 times, most often JJ Smit (3), BM Scholtz (2) and MG Erasmus (2). The most recorded appearances are MG Erasmus (80), BM Scholtz (76), JJ Smit (67) and ZE Green (67).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Namibia players have passed 100 on 6 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 62 occasions; the most centuries are JN Frylinck (2), JP Kotze (1) and MG Erasmus (1). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 2 times, most often C Viljoen (1) and JJ Smit (1). The most recorded appearances are MG Erasmus (90), JN Frylinck (86), ZE Green (83) and BM Scholtz (83).

In One Day Internationals, the highest total Namibia have chased down is 278, against United States on 13 October 2026, one of 19 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 169, against Oman on 10 February 2025, among 20 wins batting first.

In Twenty20 Internationals, the highest total Namibia have chased down is 187, against Scotland on 18 April 2026, one of 27 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 101, against Zimbabwe on 30 October 2023, among 29 wins batting first.

The One Day Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Zimbabwe on 10 February 2003 (Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L method)); match 10 was against Papua New Guinea on 23 September 2019 (Namibia won by 27 runs); match 25 was against Papua New Guinea on 20 September 2022 (Namibia won by 167 runs); match 50 was against Scotland on 20 July 2024 (Scotland won by 47 runs (D/L method)).

The Twenty20 Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Ghana on 20 May 2019 (Namibia won by 9 wickets); match 10 was against Scotland on 22 October 2019 (Namibia won by 24 runs); match 25 was against Scotland on 27 October 2021 (Namibia won by 4 wickets); match 50 was against Nigeria on 30 November 2023 (Namibia won by 8 wickets).

The side Namibia have met most often in the records is Zimbabwe: 20 matches, 8 won and 12 lost, the latest on 3 September 2026.

Other regular opponents are Oman (12 won, 6 lost from 19), Scotland (5 won, 11 lost from 17), United States (4 won, 11 lost from 15), United Arab Emirates (3 won, 10 lost from 14) and Netherlands (3 won, 9 lost from 13).

Against opponents met at least five times, the strongest record is against Oman (66.7% of decided matches won) and the weakest against United Arab Emirates (23.1%).

Against the other sides met at least three times the recorded results are Nepal (8 won, 3 lost from 12, last met 27 July 2026), Papua New Guinea (7 won, 2 lost from 9, last met 23 November 2022), Uganda (8 won, 1 lost from 9, last met 21 March 2024), Canada (7 won, 0 lost from 8, last met 2 September 2025), Ireland (4 won, 3 lost from 7, last met 1 November 2026), South Africa (2 won, 4 lost from 6, last met 13 September 2026), Botswana (5 won, 0 lost from 5, last met 23 August 2019), Nigeria (4 won, 1 lost from 5, last met 23 June 2026), Pakistan (0 won, 3 lost from 3, last met 18 February 2026), India (0 won, 3 lost from 3, last met 12 February 2026), Kenya (3 won, 0 lost from 3, last met 26 September 2025) and Tanzania (3 won, 0 lost from 3, last met 2 October 2025).

The grounds used most often are Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek (27 matches, 17 won and 9 lost), Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek (22 matches, 11 won and 10 lost), United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek (20 matches, 12 won and 7 lost) and Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur (12 matches, 4 won and 7 lost).

Further grounds with the most recorded matches are Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) (12, 5-7), Dubai International Cricket Stadium (9, 5-4), Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo (8, 4-4) and ICC Academy, Dubai (6, 4-2).

By competition, the largest groups of recorded matches are ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 (68 matches, 33 won, 31 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (18 matches, 4 won, 13 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (9 matches, 5 won, 4 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final (8 matches, 7 won, 1 lost) and Namibia tour of Zimbabwe (8 matches, 4 won, 4 lost).

Smaller groups of matches are Namibia T20 Tri-Series (8, 4-4), ICC World Cup (6, 0-6), Uganda tour of Namibia (6, 5-1), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier (6, 6-0), Ireland tour of Namibia (5, 3-2), Zimbabwe tour of Namibia (5, 3-2) and African Games (5, 2-3).

Across the last 10 recorded matches, most recent first, the sequence is W L W W L W W L N L (W won, L lost, T tied, D drawn, N no result): 5 wins and 4 defeats.

In order, those matches were Ireland on 1 November 2026 (ODI, Namibia won by 5 wickets); Ireland on 30 October 2026 (ODI, Ireland won by 130 runs); Ireland on 27 October 2026 (ODI, Namibia won by 63 runs); Ireland on 24 October 2026 (ODI, Namibia won by 31 runs); Ireland on 22 October 2026 (ODI, Ireland won by 55 runs).

Every count on this page comes from the recorded matches only. For Namibia the earliest dates are ODI 2003 and T20I 2019, so no figure here is an all-time total.

Of the 186 matches counted for Namibia, 95 were won, 85 were lost and 6 ended tied, drawn or without a result; the win rate in the tables leaves that last group out.

Namibia won the toss in 101 of 186 recorded matches (54.3%) and chose to field 57 times and to bat 44 times. They went on to win 53 of the 99 of those matches that produced a winner (53.5%).

Namibia batters hit 2,513 fours and 840 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 9.8 balls; 50.8% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 56%, bowled 21%, lbw 11%, run out 6% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,244 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 63%, bowled 22%, lbw 11%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 2% of the 1,227 times.