Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 3rd Match of the 2023 ICC Men's T20I World Cup Africa Qualifier Regional Final, at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
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1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
NAM - Not Played Yet
ZIM - Not Played Yet
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 47
Avg 1st Innings - 151
Avg 2nd Innings - 138
Highest Total - 230/5 (Scotland vs Namibia - 30th September'2011)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
NAM - 26 - 10w/16l
ZIM - 2 - 1w/1l
(iii) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 25th October'2023
198/3 vs 200/5 (ZIM won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 1w+2w=3w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w
2) Zimbabwe vs Namibia - 24th October'2023
121/9 vs 122/3 (NAM won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w
3) Ireland A vs Namibia A - 24th March'2022
165/5 vs 169/2 (NAM-A won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w
4) Ireland A vs Namibia A - 23rd March'2022
173/4 vs 141/6 (IRE-A won by 32 runs)
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
5) Ireland A vs Namibia A - 21st March'2022
90/10 vs 41/4 (NAM-A won by 2 runs - DLS)
Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w
6) Namibia vs Uganda - 5th April'2021
189/3 vs 124/10 (NAM won by 65 runs)
Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
7) Namibia vs Uganda - 5th April'2021
134/6 vs 65/5 (NAM won by 20 runs - DLS)
Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
8) Uganda vs Namibia - 3rd April'2021
134/5 vs 135/3 (NAM won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 22w
2nd Innings - 28w
Spinners
1st Innings - 22w
2nd Innings - 7w
Overall
50w:29w (Pacers:Spinners)
(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Namibia (NAM)
1. Gerhard Merwe Erasmus
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2), 4(3), 8(9), 11(11), 4(3)*, 38(28)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(22), 11(8), 11(12)*, 62(36)*, 8(9)&3w
2. Niko Davin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 60(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 80(44)*
3. Shaun Fouché
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(15)&0w, 31(25)
4. Jan Frylinck
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(5)*&1w, 3w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 11(14)&1w
5. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 62(26)*&0w, 40(14)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 9(8)&1w
6. JJ Smit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(7)*&2w, 0(1)&0w, 40(32), 35(13)*, 25(11)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4(3)*, 46(25), 63(31)*, 1w
7. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(10)&0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(16)&1w, 0(1)&2w, 13(11)&1w, 74(46)*&1w, 1w
8. Tangeni Lungameni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
9. Michael Van Lingen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 67(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)
10. Zane Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Malan Kruger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Bernard Scholtz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 7(2)*, 0w, 7(9)*&0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 11(11)&0w, 2w, 1w, 25(22)*&0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
13. Ben Shikongo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w
14. Pikky Ya France
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 21(21), 18(14), 54(38), 3w, 4(6)*&0w, 2w
15. JP Kotze
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(16), 0(2)*, 0(1), 12(16), 2(8), 37(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(5), 2(5), 11(9)*
Zimbabwe (ZIM)
1. Sikandar Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(25)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 82(35)*&0w
2. Craig Ervine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(12)
3. Ryan Burl
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)&1w
4. Sean Williams
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Tendai Chatara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(7)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
6. Blessing Muzarabani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Richard Ngarava
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Innocent Kaia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(30)
9. Clive Madande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)*
10. Luke Jongwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(22)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
11. Wesley Madhevere
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(24)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(12)&0w
12. Tadiwanashe Marumani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Carl Mumba
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
14. Nick Welch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(19)
15. Wellington Masakadza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
10 - 6w/4l (In favor of NAM)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favor of NAM)
(iii) On This Venue
2 - 1w/1l (Tied)
(iv) Recent Head To Head Matches
1) Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 30th October'2023
101/10 vs 93/10 (NAM won by 8 runs)
JJ Smit - 29(28) & 3w
Niko Davin - 19(20)
Jan Frylinck - 19(19) & 1w
Bernard Scholtz - 3w
Tangeni Lungameni - 1w
Gerhard Merwe Erasmus - 1w
Luke Jongwe - 24(16)
Nick Welch - 23(30)
Ryan Burl - 19(29) & 1w
Sikandar Raza - 4w
Tendai Chatara - 3w
Richard Ngarava - 2w
2) Zimbabwe vs Namibia - 29th October'2023
153/6 vs 154/3 (NAM won by 7 wkts)
Craig Ervine - 54(43)*
Ryan Burl - 2w
Tendai Chatara - 1w
Michael Van Lingen - 47(27)
Niko Davin - 34(25)
Gerhard Merwe Erasmus - 31(28)* & 2w
Jan Frylinck - 29(26) & 1w
3) Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 27th October'2023
138/6 vs 144/4 (ZIM won by 6 wkts)
Jan Frylinck - 41(39) & 1w
JP Kotze - 31(28)
JJ Smit - 24(18)*
Ben Shikongo - 1w
Gerhard Merwe Erasmus - 1w
Sikandar Raza - 52(36)
Luke Jongwe - 2w
Wesley Madhevere - 1w
Carl Mumba - 1w
Richard Ngarava - 1w
4) Namibia vs Zimbabwe - 25th October'2023
198/3 vs 200/5 (ZIM wom by 5 wkts)
Michael Van Lingen - 67(37)
Niko Davin - 60(44)
Gerhard Merwe Erasmus - 38(28) & 2w
JJ Smit - 25(11)* & 1w
Jan Frylinck - 1w
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton - 1w
Sikandar Raza - 82(35)*
Innocent Kaia - 37(30)
Nick Welch - 25(19)
Wesley Madhevere - 23(12)
Tendai Chatara - 1w
Ryan Burl - 1w
(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams meet
NAM
Gerhard Erasmus - 3rd highest run scorer (210), Avg (26.25) - 10M/10I
Niko Davin - 4th highest run scorer (203), Avg (50.75) - 5M/5I
Michael Van Lingen - 5th highest run scorer (192), Avg (27.42) - 7M/7I
Jan Frylinck - 8th highest run scorer (122), Avg (24.40) - 10M/6I
JJ Smit - 12th highest run scorer (84), Avg (84) - 5M/4I
Gerhard Erasmus - Highest wicket taker (12), SR (14) - 10M/9I
Jan Frylinck - 2nd highest wicket taker (11), SR (18.7) - 10M/10I
Bernard Scholtz - 2nd highest wicket taker (11), SR (21.2) - 10M/10I
David Wiese - 7th highest wicket taker (5), SR (20.4) - 5M/5I
JJ Smit - 7th highest wicket taker (5), SR (14.4) - 5M/5I
ZIM
Sikandar Raza - Highest run scorer (252), Avg (31.50) - 10M/9I
Wesley Madhevere - 2nd highest run scorer (230), Avg (28.75) - 10M/10I
Craig Ervine - 6th highest run scorer (169), Avg (24.14) - 9M/9I
Innocent Kaia - 9th highest run scorer (95), Avg (13.57) - 7M/7I
Ryan Burl - 10th highest run scorer (91), Avg (22.75) - 7M/7I
Tendai Chatara - 2nd highest wicket taker (11), SR (17.6) - 9M/9I
Sikandar Raza - 5th highest wicket taker (10), SR (19.6) - 10M/10I
Luke Jongwe - 6th highest wicket taker (8), SR (16.5) - 9M/8I
Richard Ngarava - 7th highest wicket taker (5), SR (12) - 3M/3I
Ryan Burl - 10th highest wicket taker (4), SR (21) - 7M/5I
Wesley Madhevere - 10th highest wicket taker (4), SR (24) - 10M/8I
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Namibia (NAM)
1. Gerhard Merwe Erasmus
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(32)&0w, 0(2)&2w, 38(28)&2w, 4(7)&1w, 6(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(7)&1w, 36(26)&0w, 59(43)*, 8(9)&3w, 31(28)*&2w
2. Niko Davin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 60(44), 10(8), 19(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 80(44)*, 34(25)
3. Shaun Fouché
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Jan Frylinck
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(7)*&1w, 15(21)&2w, 1w, 41(39)&1w, 19(19)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 11(14)&1w, 29(26)&1w
5. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(12)&0w, 5(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(11)*&0w, 13(12)*&3w, 6(5)&1w
6. JJ Smit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(11)*&1w, 24(18)*&0w, 29(28)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6(6)*&0w
7. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(23)&0w, 9(10), 1w, 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(10), 0w, 19(14), 1w, 0w
8. Tangeni Lungameni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w
9. Michael Van Lingen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(7), 67(37), 10(13), 0(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(48), 5(6), 47(27)
10. Zane Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(18), 9(8), 1(2), 17(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(15), 9(9)*
11. Malan Kruger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Bernard Scholtz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(4)*&1w, 4(10)*&1w, 0w, 6(5)*&0w, 5(2)*&3e
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w
13. Ben Shikongo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w
14. Pikky Ya France
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w
15. JP Kotze
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(28), 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(9)*
Zimbabwe (ZIM)
1. Sikandar Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(30)&0w, 11(16)&0w, 15(15)&1w, 39(35)&0w, 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 12(16)&2w, 82(35)*&0w, 52(36)&0w, 2(10)&4w
2. Craig Ervine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(39)*, 5(17), 22(17), 0(6), 54(43)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7), 10(12), 17(16), 0(2)
3. Ryan Burl
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(11)*, 16(10)*&0w, 14(9)&0w, 13(11)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)&1w, 15(16)*&1w, 19(29)&1w
4. Sean Williams
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Tendai Chatara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 6(7)*&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w, 3w
6. Blessing Muzarabani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Richard Ngarava
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w
8. Innocent Kaia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(13), 4(6), 15(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(18), 12(13)&0w, 37(30), 1(4)
9. Clive Madande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)*, 16(15)
10. Luke Jongwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0(1)&1w, 19(10)&2w, 22(22)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 7(14)&2w, 0w, 2w, 24(16)
11. Wesley Madhevere
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(12)&0w, 7(4), 50(32)&0w, 22(24)&0w, 7(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 73(61)*&1w, 10(10)&2w, 23(12)*&0w, 11(7)*&1w, 4(4)
12. Tadiwanashe Marumani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Carl Mumba
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w
14. Nick Welch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(19), 10(5), 23(30)
15. Wellington Masakadza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) NAMIBIA (NAM) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Niko Davin - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 19, 34, 10, 60, 80*, 21, 2, 57, 27, 0
2) Shaun Fouché - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 45*, 48r 0w, 1w, 14r 0w, 24r 0w, 83r 1w, 47, 0r 0w, 0r 1w, 55r 3w
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Malan Kruger
3) Michael Van Lingen - LHB, LM, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 47, 10, 67, 5, 27, 8, 29, 68, 56
4) Gerhard Merwe Erasmus - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 31r 2w, 4r 1w, 38r 2w, 8r 3w, 3, 1, 5, 0r 0w
5) Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1, 0w, 1w, 1w, 18, 19, 61, 38, 5*
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JP Kotze
6) David Wiese - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 4r 0w, 6r 0w, 3r 0w, 9r 0w, 54r 0w, 1r 0w, 0w, 1w, 19r 0w
7) JJ Smit - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 29r 3w, 6r 0w, 24r 0w, 25r 1w, 1w, 16, 2*, 23, 1, 9*
8) Jan Frylinck - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 29r 1w, 41r 1w, 1w, 11r 1w, 4r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 93r 1w
9) Zane Green - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 17, 1, 0*, 20*, 8, 18*
10) Bernard Scholtz - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 5r 3w, 0w, 6r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w
11) Tangeni Lungameni - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 1w, 0w
BENCH
12) Pikky Ya France - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 6w, 7r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 9r 0w, 0w, 7r 0w, 34r 2w
13) Ben Shikongo - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w
14) Malan Kruger - RHB
Last 10 - 29*, 9, 6, 21, 23, 39, 21, 32*, 24
15) JP Kotze - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 31, 11*, 13, 39, 39, 33, 1
Safe C/VC Choices
Gerhard Merwe Erasmus, David Wiese
B) ZIMBABWE (ZIM) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Innocent Kaia - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 37, 1, 15, 37, 4, 42, 0, 52*, 12, 32
2) Craig Ervine - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 32, 0, 54*, 17, 10, 0, 4, 6*
3) Nick Welch - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 66, 50, 59, 23, 10, 25, 0, 18, 24*
4) Sean Williams - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 23r 3w, 12r 0w, 45r 0w, 0r 0w, 0, 8*, 34*, 1r 0w, 5, 4*
5) Sikandar Raza - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2r 4w, 2r 0w, 52r 0w, 82r 0w, 39r 0w, 19r 0w, 3r 0w, 12r 1w, 8r 0w, 22r 2w
6) Wesley Madhevere - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 63r 2w, 2w, 38r 2w, 4, 7r 0w, 11r 1w, 23r 0w, 22r 0w, 48r 0w
7) Ryan Burl - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 52r 0w, 19r 1w, 13r 2w, 15*, 7r 1w, 14r 0w, 59r 1w, 1*, 19, 6
8) Clive Madande - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 31, 26, 30, 16, 5*, 5, 81
9) Luke Jongwe - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 13r 0w, 42r 0w, 55r 0w, 24, 2w, 0w, 22r 1w, 2r 2w, 0r 0w
10) Tendai Chatara - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w
11) Blessing Muzarabani - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w
BENCH
12) Richard Ngarava - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w
13) Wellington Masakadza - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w
14) Tadiwanashe Marumani - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 48, 11, 34*, 31, 8, 1, 0, 0, 39, 10
15) Carl Mumba - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 3w, 8r 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 34r 0w, 20r 1w, 2w
Safe C/VC Choices
Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams
Differential GL C/VC choices
NAM - JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Michael Van Lingen, Shaun Fouché/Malan Kruger
ZIM - Ryan Burl, Craig Ervine, Nick Welch, Luke Jongwe
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