2026 NAM vs SA 1st T20I Highlights: Gerhard Erasmus-led Namibia secured an 18-run victory against Bjorn Fortuin-led South Africa in the 1st match of the Namibia T20I Tri-Series played at the Namibia Cricket Ground, Namibia.
| Match No | Namibia T20I Tri-Series 2026 |
| Match | Namibia vs South Africa, 1st Match |
| Date | August 28, 2026 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl |
| Venue | Namibia Cricket Ground, Namibia |
| Result | Namibia won by 18 runs |
2026 NAM vs SA 1st T20I Playing 11
Namibia
Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Zane Green(w), Alexander Volschenk, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell, Max Heingo
South Africa
Jordan Hermann, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Dewald Brevis, Rubin Hermann, Duan Jansen, Bjorn Fortuin(c), Nqobani Mokoena, Prenelan Subrayen, Lutho Sipamla
2026 NAM vs SA 1st T20I Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Namibia | 163-9 (20 ov) |
| South Africa | 145-9 (20 ov) |
2026 NAM vs SA 1st T20I Scoreboard
Namibia Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Lauren Steenkamp | b Fortuin | 41 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 141.37 |
| Jan Frylinck | c Beaked b Brevis | 60 | 38 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 157.89 |
| Gerhard Erasmus (c) | c Mokoena b Fortuin | 19 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 111.76 |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | c †Esterhuizen b Subrayen | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Zane Green † | lbw b Subrayen | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125 |
| Alexander Busing-Volschenk | not out | 13 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 86.66 |
| JJ Smith | b Subrayen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Trumpelmann | lbw b Jansen | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Bernard Scholtz | b Jansen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brassell | c Fortune b Beak | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
South Africa Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
| Duan Jansen | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Win Mokoena | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Prenelan Subrayen | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Nothing Sipamla | 1.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10.66 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bjorn Fortuin | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hermann | 0.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewald Brevis | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Lhuan-dre Pretorius | c Busing-Volschenk b Trumpelmann | 9 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Jordan Hermann | c Trumpelmann b Brassell | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Dewald Brevis | c Brassell b Trumpelmann | 75 | 50 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 150 |
| Tony de Zorzi | b Heingo | 9 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 |
| Rubin Hermann | b Trumpelmann | 12 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Connor Esterhuizen † | c Frylinck b Smit | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Duan Jansen | not out | 25 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 147.05 |
| Bjorn Fortuin (c) | b Erasmus | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Win Mokoena | c Trumpelmann b Smit | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prenelan Subrayen | c sub (JC Balt) b Smit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Namibia Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
| Gerhard Erasmus | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Trumpelmann | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brassell | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Smith | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7.75 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Heingo | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Scholtz | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
JJ Smith | Namibia
No, it feels surreal. God, I believe we beat the Proteas again. Just a really proud moment for Cricket Namibia and Namibia as a whole.
Yeah, I felt it. I’m not going to lie. Luckily Merv calmed me down and we just settled it, yeah. Yeah, just looking forward to the next game. I’m going to work on my batting a little, struggling in that department, but yeah, looking forward to the next match.