Netherlands vs Namibia
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2024/25 · Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek · 7 March 2025
Netherlands won by 53 runs
Netherlands won by 53 runs. AT Nidamanuru top-scored with 47 for Netherlands. BM Scholtz took 4/15.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
- Date
- 7 March 2025
- Toss
- Namibia, chose to field
- Result
- Netherlands won by 53 runs
- Player of the match
- AT Nidamanuru
- Debut
- ZB Lion-Cachet (Netherlands)
- Umpires
- E Lassen and I Chabi
- Match referee
- S Wadvalla
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Namibia won the toss and chose to field. It was ZB Lion-Cachet's first ODI.
Netherlands batted first and made 159 all out. AT Nidamanuru top-scored with 47 off 54 balls, and MP O'Dowd made 43. BM Scholtz took 4 for 15 for Namibia. The innings was built on a 84-run stand for the first wicket between Vikramjit Singh and MP O'Dowd, 53% of the total. From 84 for 1 they lost 5 wickets for 15 runs, to 99 for 6. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at Wanderers Cricket Ground, 215 across 21 ODIs.
Chasing 160, Namibia made 106 all out. MG Erasmus top-scored with 31 off 39 balls. ZB Lion-Cachet took 3 for 15 for Netherlands.
Netherlands won by 53 runs.
NETHERLANDS: 159 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vikramjit Singh | c N Davin b JN Loftie-Eaton | 37 | 62 |
| MP O'Dowd | b BM Scholtz | 43 | 58 |
| SA Edwards | c ZE Green b JJ Smit | 5 | 7 |
| ZB Lion-Cachet | b BM Scholtz | 6 | 8 |
| CN Ackermann | c JN Loftie-Eaton b BM Scholtz | 0 | 2 |
| BFW de Leede | c ZE Green b JJ Smit | 0 | 7 |
| AT Nidamanuru | c MB Kruger b R Trumpelmann | 47 | 54 |
| T van der Gugten | b BM Scholtz | 6 | 17 |
| K Klein | b MG Erasmus | 2 | 5 |
| A Dutt | lbw b MG Erasmus | 0 | 2 |
| PA van Meekeren | not out | 5 | 13 |
Extras 8 · Total 159 all out
| Bowler (Namibia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Shikongo | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| JJ Smit | 8 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| R Trumpelmann | 7.1 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| MG Erasmus | 7 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| BM Scholtz | 8 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| JN Loftie-Eaton | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-84 (Vikramjit Singh, 19 ov), 2-86 (MP O'Dowd, 20 ov), 3-96 (ZB Lion-Cachet, 22 ov), 4-96 (CN Ackermann, 22 ov), 5-96 (SA Edwards, 23 ov), 6-99 (BFW de Leede, 25 ov), 7-124 (T van der Gugten, 32 ov), 8-127 (K Klein, 33 ov), 9-127 (A Dutt, 33 ov), 10-159 (AT Nidamanuru, 39 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Vikramjit Singh (37) and MP O'Dowd (42) | 84 |
| second | MP O'Dowd (1) and SA Edwards (1) | 2 |
| third | ZB Lion-Cachet (6) and SA Edwards (4) | 10 |
| fourth | CN Ackermann (0) and SA Edwards (0) | 0 |
| fifth | SA Edwards (0) and BFW de Leede (0) | 0 |
| sixth | BFW de Leede (0) and AT Nidamanuru (3) | 3 |
| seventh | T van der Gugten (6) and AT Nidamanuru (19) | 25 |
| eighth | K Klein (2) and AT Nidamanuru (1) | 3 |
| ninth | A Dutt (0) and AT Nidamanuru (0) | 0 |
| tenth | AT Nidamanuru (24) and PA van Meekeren (5) | 32 |
NAMIBIA: 106 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP Kotze | lbw b K Klein | 4 | 4 |
| N Davin | c ZB Lion-Cachet b T van der Gugten | 11 | 22 |
| JN Frylinck | lbw b K Klein | 0 | 1 |
| MG Erasmus | b A Dutt | 31 | 39 |
| JN Loftie-Eaton | b A Dutt | 4 | 20 |
| MB Kruger | c Vikramjit Singh b CN Ackermann | 12 | 13 |
| JJ Smit | lbw b A Dutt | 0 | 5 |
| ZE Green | c BFW de Leede b ZB Lion-Cachet | 5 | 22 |
| R Trumpelmann | not out | 25 | 38 |
| BM Scholtz | b ZB Lion-Cachet | 7 | 13 |
| B Shikongo | b ZB Lion-Cachet | 0 | 3 |
Extras 7 · Total 106 all out
| Bowler (Netherlands) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Klein | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| T van der Gugten | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| A Dutt | 7 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| PA van Meekeren | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| CN Ackermann | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| ZB Lion-Cachet | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-4 (JP Kotze), 2-4 (JN Frylinck), 3-29 (N Davin, 7 ov), 4-47 (JN Loftie-Eaton, 12 ov), 5-54 (MG Erasmus, 14 ov), 6-62 (JJ Smit, 16 ov), 7-66 (MB Kruger, 19 ov), 8-80 (ZE Green, 23 ov), 9-98 (BM Scholtz, 27 ov), 10-106 (B Shikongo, 29 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | JP Kotze (4) and N Davin (0) | 4 |
| second | JN Frylinck (0) and N Davin (0) | 0 |
| third | N Davin (11) and MG Erasmus (13) | 25 |
| fourth | JN Loftie-Eaton (4) and MG Erasmus (12) | 18 |
| fifth | MG Erasmus (6) and MB Kruger (1) | 7 |
| sixth | JJ Smit (0) and MB Kruger (8) | 8 |
| seventh | MB Kruger (3) and ZE Green (1) | 4 |
| eighth | ZE Green (4) and R Trumpelmann (6) | 14 |
| ninth | BM Scholtz (7) and R Trumpelmann (11) | 18 |
| tenth | B Shikongo (0) and R Trumpelmann (8) | 8 |
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