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Namibia vs Canada

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2025 · Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City · 2 September 2025

Namibia won by 24 runs

Namibia won by 24 runs. MB Kruger top-scored with 80 for Namibia. BM Scholtz took 4/31.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2025
Ground
Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City
Date
2 September 2025
Toss
Canada, chose to field
Result
Namibia won by 24 runs
Player of the match
BM Scholtz
Umpires
R Shah and SB Haig
Match referee
G McCrea

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Canada won the toss and chose to field.

Namibia batted first and made 261 for 8. MB Kruger top-scored with 80 off 132 balls, and JN Frylinck made 60. Akhil Kumar took 3 for 47 for Canada. The innings was built on a 100-run stand for the second wicket between JN Frylinck and MB Kruger. That was well above the 2020s average first-innings total at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, 206 across 14 ODIs.

Chasing 262, Canada made 237 all out. NR Kirton top-scored with 46 off 44 balls, and Pargat Singh made 40. BM Scholtz took 4 for 31 for Namibia. The innings was built on a 85-run stand for the fourth wicket between NR Kirton and Pargat Singh.

Namibia won by 24 runs.

NAMIBIA: 261 FOR 8
BatterHow outRB
JP Kotzelbw b Shivam Sharma3867
MB Krugerc NR Kirton b Jaskaran Singh80132
JN Frylinckc Akhil Kumar b Pargat Singh6052
MG Erasmusc Shivam Sharma b Akhil Kumar1814
JJ Smitc DS Bajwa b Akhil Kumar1012
JN Loftie-Eatonc Pargat Singh b Jaskaran Singh2411
R Trumpelmannb Jaskaran Singh15
ZE Greenc Shivam Sharma b Akhil Kumar24
DO Leichernot out11
BM Scholtznot out42

Did not bat: T Lungameni

Extras 23 · Total 261 for 8

Bowler (Canada)OMRW
Kaleem Sana90460
Jaskaran Singh100713
Akhil Kumar101473
Saad Bin Zafar100300
Shivam Sharma80381
Pargat Singh30221

FALL OF WICKETS

1-75 (JP Kotze, 20 ov), 2-175 (JN Frylinck, 39 ov), 3-212 (MG Erasmus, 43 ov), 4-216 (MB Kruger, 44 ov), 5-239 (JJ Smit, 47 ov), 6-240 (R Trumpelmann, 48 ov), 7-255 (JN Loftie-Eaton, 48 ov), 8-257 (ZE Green, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstJP Kotze (38) and MB Kruger (23)75
secondJN Frylinck (60) and MB Kruger (38)100
thirdMG Erasmus (18) and MB Kruger (17)37
fourthMB Kruger (2) and JJ Smit (2)4
fifthJJ Smit (8) and JN Loftie-Eaton (12)23
sixthR Trumpelmann (1) and JN Loftie-Eaton (0)1
seventhJN Loftie-Eaton (12) and ZE Green (1)15
eighthZE Green (1) and DO Leicher (1)2
ninthDO Leicher (0) and BM Scholtz (0)4
CANADA: 237 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Ali Nadeemc MB Kruger b BM Scholtz2341
DS Bajwac ZE Green b MG Erasmus2634
Pargat Singhst ZE Green b BM Scholtz4050
M Gillb BM Scholtz216
NR Kirtonc MG Erasmus b JJ Smit4644
S Movvac MB Kruger b T Lungameni2037
Saad Bin Zafarb R Trumpelmann3031
Jaskaran Singhb BM Scholtz48
Akhil Kumarc MG Erasmus b JJ Smit1515
Shivam Sharmanot out78
Kaleem Sanac JN Loftie-Eaton b JJ Smit47

Extras 20 · Total 237 all out

Bowler (Namibia)OMRW
JJ Smit9.30403
R Trumpelmann101451
T Lungameni60371
MG Erasmus101511
BM Scholtz102314
JN Loftie-Eaton30230

FALL OF WICKETS

1-58 (Ali Nadeem, 11 ov), 2-58 (DS Bajwa, 12 ov), 3-61 (M Gill, 15 ov), 4-146 (NR Kirton, 29 ov), 5-163 (Pargat Singh, 33 ov), 6-199 (S Movva, 40 ov), 7-204 (Jaskaran Singh, 41 ov), 8-223 (Saad Bin Zafar, 45 ov), 9-231 (Akhil Kumar, 46 ov), 10-237 (Kaleem Sana, 48 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstAli Nadeem (23) and DS Bajwa (26)58
secondDS Bajwa (0) and Pargat Singh (0)0
thirdM Gill (2) and Pargat Singh (1)3
fourthNR Kirton (46) and Pargat Singh (29)85
fifthPargat Singh (10) and S Movva (6)17
sixthS Movva (14) and Saad Bin Zafar (22)36
seventhJaskaran Singh (4) and Saad Bin Zafar (1)5
eighthSaad Bin Zafar (7) and Akhil Kumar (12)19
ninthAkhil Kumar (3) and Shivam Sharma (5)8
tenthKaleem Sana (4) and Shivam Sharma (2)6
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