NamibiaODI ground2019 to 2025
Wanderers Cricket Ground
Windhoek, Namibia
Wanderers Cricket Ground records at a glance
At Wanderers Cricket Ground, the highest ODI team total is 291/9 by Oman in 2021; the highest individual score is 110* by Michael van Lingen in 2023; the highest successful chase is 255/4 by United Arab Emirates in 2023.
| Record | ODI |
|---|---|
| Highest team total | 291/9 (Oman, 2021) |
| Lowest completed total | 81 (Oman, 2019) |
| Highest successful chase | 255/4 (United Arab Emirates, 2023) |
| Highest individual score | Michael van Lingen 110* (2023) |
| Best bowling | Tangeni Lungameni 6/42 (2022) |
| Most runs at the ground | Gerhard Erasmus 503 |
| Most wickets at the ground | Bernard Scholtz 24 |
| Average first-innings total | 216 |
Wanderers Cricket Ground in numbers
Wanderers Cricket Ground, in Windhoek, Namibia, has staged 22 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between Namibia and Oman in 2019, and the most recent international here was in 2025.
In one-day internationals
Of the 22 ODIs played at Wanderers Cricket Ground, sides batting first have won 13 and chasing sides 8, with 1 tie. That is 62% of decided ODIs to the side batting first, a ground where setting the pace has paid. Namibia have played 15 of those ODIs and won 9, lost 5 and tied or had no result in 1, a win rate of 60%. The most frequent visitors have been United States (7) and Papua New Guinea (6).
Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 21 ODIs.
Gerhard Erasmus has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 503 in 13 innings, and Bernard Scholtz has taken the most wickets, 24 in 15 ODIs.
- Highest total: Oman's 291 for 9 (2021)
- Lowest completed innings: Oman's 81 (2019)
- Highest individual score: Michael van Lingen, 110 not out against Jersey (2023)
- Best bowling: Tangeni Lungameni, 6 for 42 (2022)
- Widest win by runs: Namibia, by 145 runs over Oman (2019)
- Closest finish: Match tied (2025)
ODIs at Wanderers Cricket Ground
22 ODIs, 2019 to 2025. The first was Namibia v Oman on 27 April 2019: Namibia won by 145 runs.
- Won batting first
- Won batting second
- Tied / NR
First-innings totals by decade
| Decade | ODIs | Average first-innings total |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 | 226 |
| 2020s | 21 | 215 |
Most runs
| Batter | Team | Inns | Runs | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 13 | 503 | 0 |
| Michael van Lingen | Namibia | 10 | 351 | 1 |
| Assad Vala | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 269 | 0 |
| Zane Green | Namibia | 12 | 251 | 0 |
| Muhammad Waseem | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 242 | 0 |
Most wickets
| Bowler | Team | ODIs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Scholtz | Namibia | 15 | 24 |
| Ruben Trumpelmann | Namibia | 13 | 24 |
| JJ Smit | Namibia | 12 | 21 |
| Tangeni Lungameni | Namibia | 7 | 13 |
| Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 11 | 12 |
ODI records
- Highest total
- 291/9
- Lowest completed total
- 81
- Highest score
- 110* · Michael van Lingen
- Best bowling
- 6/42 · Tangeni Lungameni
- Biggest win by runs
- 145 runs
Closest finishes
- Match tied (2025)
Most recent matches
- Namibia v Canada (ODI, 15 March 2025): Namibia won by 12 runs
- Namibia v Netherlands (ODI, 13 March 2025): Netherlands won by 7 wickets
- Canada v Namibia (ODI, 9 March 2025): Match tied
- Netherlands v Namibia (ODI, 7 March 2025): Netherlands won by 53 runs
- United Arab Emirates v Namibia (ODI, 26 September 2024): Namibia won by 8 wickets
- United Arab Emirates v Jersey (ODI, 5 April 2023): United Arab Emirates won by 66 runs
- Namibia v Canada (ODI, 4 April 2023): Namibia won by 111 runs
- United States v Papua New Guinea (ODI, 2 April 2023): United States won by 117 runs
- Canada v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 1 April 2023): United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
- Jersey v Namibia (ODI, 30 March 2023): Namibia won by 8 wickets (with 107 balls remaining)
Sources
- CricArcade ODI archive: 22 scorecards at this ground
- Figures compiled from the official match scorecards in CricArcade's archive