28/09Result

5th Match, Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Harare, Sep 28 2025

NamibiaNamibiaNAM
235/6
NigeriaNigeriaNGA
118/9 (20 ov)

Namibia won by 117 runs

Player of the Match

Jan FrylinckNamibia

Match Centre

Match Details

Harare Sports Club

Series

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final 2025

Toss

Nigeria , elected to field first

Match days

28 September 2025 (20-over match)

Umpires

Bongani Jele

Langton Rusere

Reserve Umpire

Claus Schumacher

Match Referee

Gerrie Pienaar

Points

Namibia 2, Nigeria 0

Scorecard Summary

NAMIBIA 235/6(20 OVERS)

Jan Frylinck134 (65)
Louren Steenkamp51 (27)

Isaac Okpe2/46 (4)
Isaac Danladi4/22 (3)

NIGERIA 118/9(20 OVERS)

Sulaimon Runsewe28 (30)
Sylvester Okpe24 (22)

Jan-Izak de Villiers2/19 (4)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton3/24 (4)

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | NGA: 118/9 (118 runs required, RR: 5.90)

Chiemelie Udekwe6 (5b)
Peter Aho11 (3b)

Gerhard Erasmus3-0-25-0
Bernard Scholtz4-0-22-2

19.6

Erasmus to Udekwe, FOUR,

19.5

Erasmus to Aho, 1 run,

19.4

Erasmus to Aho, FOUR,

19.3

Erasmus to Udekwe, 1 run,

19.2

Erasmus to Udekwe, no run,

19.1

Erasmus to Udekwe, no run,

Men's T20WC Africa QLF News

Konstas dropped, Weatherald called up for first Ashes Test
Labuschagne in the 15-man squad along with both allrounders in Green and Webster with all options on the table
Steve Waugh sees his own career in Sam Konstas' early challenges
The opener has lost his Test place after a lean start to the summer, but has been offered words of encouragement
Rauf gets two-match ban; Suryakumar, Bumrah sanctioned after Asia Cup drama
Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Sahibzada Farhan have also picked up demerit points
A new dawn: Reflections on the Women's World Cup
Our reporters pick their key takeaways from the 2025 tournament
Record World Cup tally takes Wolvaardt past Mandhana to No. 1 in ODI rankings
Rodrigues, Perry, Sutherland, Deepti and Kapp also move up on rankings tables after the World Cup

Nigeria INNINGS		R	B
SI Runsewe	lbw	28	30
Selim Salau	caught	2	5
S Adedeji	bowled	16	25
I Danladi	caught	7	4
P Useni	caught wk	7	7
SA Okpe	caught wk	24	22
VD Adewoye	caught	0	2
IO Okpe	caught	12	12
R Abdulkareem	bowled	1	5
P Aho	not out	11	3
C Udekwe	not out	6	5
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 3)
TOTAL	118 (9 wkts; 20 ovs)

Namibia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
BM Scholtz	4.0	0	22	2	5.5
B Shikongo	3.0	0	16	1	5.33	(1w)
JI de Villiers	4.0	1	19	2	4.75
R Trumpelmann	2.0	0	11	1	5.5	(1w)
JN Loftie-Eaton	4.0	0	24	3	6	(1w)
MG Erasmus	3.0	0	25	0	8.33

Nigeria 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	SI Runsewe	Selim Salau
2nd	39	SI Runsewe	S Adedeji
3rd	8	SI Runsewe	I Danladi
4th	2	SI Runsewe	P Useni
5th	18	SA Okpe	P Useni
6th	0	VD Adewoye	SA Okpe
7th	17	IO Okpe	SA Okpe
8th	7	SA Okpe	R Abdulkareem
9th	2	SA Okpe	P Aho
10th	17	P Aho	C Udekwe

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier

Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NAM	3	3	0	6	6.556
KENYA	3	1	2	2	-1.553
NGA	3	1	2	2	-1.822
MWI	3	1	2	2	-2.613
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ZIM	3	3	0	6	5.262
TAN	3	2	1	4	-1.013
UGA	3	1	2	2	0.394
BOT	3	0	3	0	-5.198

Harare Sports Club

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

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Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

NAMIBIA 235/6(20 OVERS)

NIGERIA 118/9(20 OVERS)

END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs | NGA: 118/9 (118 runs required, RR: 5.90)

Konstas dropped, Weatherald called up for first Ashes Test

Steve Waugh sees his own career in Sam Konstas' early challenges

Rauf gets two-match ban; Suryakumar, Bumrah sanctioned after Asia Cup drama

A new dawn: Reflections on the Women's World Cup

Record World Cup tally takes Wolvaardt past Mandhana to No. 1 in ODI rankings

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | NGA: 118/9 (118 runs required, RR: 5.90)