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Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022
	Zimbabwe	Namibia
Dates	17 – 24 May 2022
Captains	Craig Ervine	Gerhard Erasmus
Twenty20 International series
Results	Namibia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Wesley Madhevere (163)	Craig Williams (139)
Most wickets	Sikandar Raza (6) Tendai Chatara (6)	Bernard Scholtz (7)

The Namibia cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The matches were played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, and it was the first men's T20I series between Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Zimbabwe won the opening match of the series by seven runs, with captain Craig Ervine scoring an unbeaten 55 runs. Namibia then won the second match by eight wickets to level the series, and recorded their first win against Zimbabwe in international cricket. Zimbabwe won the third T20I by eight wickets, with Wesley Madhevere finishing 73 not out. Namibia went on to win the fourth match, with captain Gerhard Erasmus scoring 59 not out. Zane Green hit the winning runs off the last ball of the game, to level the series at 2–2, with one match to play. In the fifth and final match, Namibia won by 32 runs, to win the series 3–2. It was the first time that Namibia had won a bilateral series against a Full Member side.

Squads

T20Is
Zimbabwe	Namibia
Craig Ervine (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Tendai Chatara Tanaka Chivanga Brad Evans Luke Jongwe Innocent Kaia Wesley Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Ernest Masuku Brandon Mavuta Tony Munyonga Richmond Mutumbami Victor Nyauchi Sikandar Raza Milton Shumba Donald Tiripano	Gerhard Erasmus (c) JJ Smit (vc) Jan Frylinck Zane Green Divan la Cock Dylan Leicher Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo Ruben Trumpelmann Michael van Lingen David Wiese Craig Williams Pikky Ya France

T20I series

1st T20I

Zimbabwe  153/4 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 146/5 (20 overs)
Craig Ervine 55* (39) Bernard Scholtz 2/19 (4 overs)		Divan la Cock 66 (43) Milton Shumba 3/16 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tanaka Chivanga (Zim) and Divan la Cock (Nam) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

Zimbabwe  122/8 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 124/2 (18 overs)
Milton Shumba 29 (26) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs)		Craig Williams 62* (53) Luke Jongwe 1/16 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

Namibia  128/8 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 129/2 (17.1 overs)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 28 (23) Sikandar Raza 3/16 (4 overs)		Wesley Madhevere 73* (61) Jan Frylinck 1/21 (3 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Brad Evans (Zim) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I

Zimbabwe  157/8 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 161/4 (20 overs)
Wesley Madhevere 50 (32) Bernard Scholtz 3/25 (4 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 59* (43) Luke Jongwe 2/35 (4 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Victor Nyauchi (Zim) made his T20I debut.

5th T20I

Namibia  127/8 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 95 (19.1 overs)
Craig Williams 48 (39) Wesley Madhevere 2/15 (4 overs)		Tony Munyonga 28 (31) Gerhard Erasmus 2/9 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Regis Chakabva captained Zimbabwe for the first time in T20Is.

Notes

1. Regis Chakabva captained Zimbabwe for the fifth T20I.

References

1. "Namibia Men's team to tour Zimbabwe for T20I series". Czarsportz. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
2. "Zimbabwe announce upcoming international fixture schedule". Cricket World. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
3. "Zimbabwe announce busy international schedule". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
4. "Namibia sense 'opportunity' ahead of Zimbabwe series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
5. "Namibia brace for first ever T20I series against Zimbabwe". The Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
6. "Ervine and Shumba lead Zimbabwe to narrow win over battling Namibia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
7. "Wiese, Williams power Namibia to big win over Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
8. "Namibia secure historic victory against Zimbabwe". The Namibian. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
9. "Madhevere, bowlers help Zimbabwe crush Namibia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
10. "Namibia square T20 series". The Namibian. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
11. "Erasmus the star as Namibia level series with last-ball win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
12. "Namibia 3-2 Zimbabwe: A look back at the Eagles' history-making series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
13. "Eagles make history". The Namibian. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
14. "Zimbabwe gear up for strong outing against Namibia in T20I series". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
15. "Richelieu Eagles off to play Zimbabwe Men's Team". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
16. "Namibia earn historic T20I series win after successfully defending 127 against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2022 in Namibian cricket
• 2022 in Zimbabwean cricket
• International cricket competitions in 2022
• International cricket tours of Zimbabwe
• Namibia in international cricket
• Namibia–Zimbabwe sports relations