Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
Namibia won by 8 wickets
Namibia won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchJJ Smit
Namibia (159/2) beat Nepal (157) by 8 wickets in Match 115 of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 2023-27 at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht on Tue 21 Jul 2026. JN Frylinck top-scored with 77 off 89 balls and JJ Smit took 6/27 and was player of the match.
Updated
Live score updates give the score only for this match. Full commentary, ball by ball with an over summary, is added about a day after the final ball.
| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal1st innings | 157 (157 all out) | 46.5 | 3.35 | – |
| Namibia2nd innings | 159/2 (159 for 2) | 37.4 | 4.22 | 158 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtelb JJ Smit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Aasif Sheikhc A Busing-Volschenk b JT Brassell | 16 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 39.02 |
| Ishan Pandeyb JJ Smit | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 25.81 |
| Rohit Paudelc ZE Green b JT Brassell | 31 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 51.67 |
| Dipendra Singh Aireeb BM Scholtz | 30 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 58.82 |
| Aarif Sheikhlbw b BM Scholtz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gulshan Jhac Gerhard Erasmus b JJ Smit | 20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 52.63 |
| Sompal Kamic A Busing-Volschenk b JJ Smit | 15 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Karan KCc JT Brassell b JJ Smit | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 120.00 |
| Nandan Yadavc sub (MB Kruger) b JJ Smit | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Sandeep Lamichhanenot out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras b 2, lb 3, w 10, nb 0 | 15 | ||||
| Total all out, 46.5 ov, RR 3.35 | 157 | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Smit | 9.5 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 2.75 | 42 | 2 | 0 |
| Ruben Trumpelmann | 10 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | 45 | 4 | 0 |
| JT Brassell | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
| BM Scholtz | 10 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2.20 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4.67 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerhard Erasmus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M van Lingenb Rohit Paudel | 51 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 64.56 |
| A Busing-Volschenkc Aasif Sheikh b Nandan Yadav | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 |
| JN Frylincknot out | 77 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 86.52 |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eatonnot out | 17 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 43.59 |
| Extras b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 2 | 12 | ||||
| Total 2 wkts, 37.4 ov, RR 4.22 | 159 | ||||
Did not bat L Steenkamp, Gerhard Erasmus, ZE Green, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, BM Scholtz, JT Brassell
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Sompal Kami | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Nandan Yadav | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2.88 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulshan Jha | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Paudel | 5.4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3.53 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
The worm, the Manhattan, the run rate and the partnerships are drawn from the ball-by-ball data. This match has the score only so far, so the graphs are added about a day after the final ball.
Also played this season Lalit Rajbanshi, Bhim Sharki, Anil Sah, Kushal Malla, Basir Ahamad, Arjun Kumal, Binod Bhandari, Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Rijan Dhakal, Hemant Dhami, Pawan Sarraf, Sundeep Jora
Also played this season N Davin, JP Kotze, MB Kruger, T Lungameni
Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). Cricsheet is at cricsheet.org, and the licence is at opendatacommons.org.
