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Namibia vs Netherlands Scorecard, Match 10, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 10 2026, Tue - 11:00 AM (IST)
NAMIBIA156/8
NETHERLANDS159/3
Netherlands won by 7 wickets
CRR:8.83
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 10 2026, Tue - 11:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Delhi |
| Venue: | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Toss: | Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Netherlands Playing XI: | Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c) (wk), Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen |
| Namibia Playing XI: | Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, WP Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Max Heingo |
- This will be the third meeting between Netherlands and Namibia at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with both sides picking up a win apiece; Netherlands won their most recent such clash (by 5 wickets in 2022).
- Including their opening game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (3-wicket loss to Pakistan), Netherlands have lost each of their last four games in the competition; a loss here will give them their longest losing streak in competition history.
- Namibia have lost their opening game at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in only one of their previous three appearances a seven-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in 2021; however, they enter this game on the back of a three-game losing run in the competition and a loss here will equal their longest losing streak (4 consecutive losses in the 2021 edition).
- Namibia have won six of their last seven men’s T20Is (L1), registering a four-wicket win over South Africa in their most recent game; their sole loss in this stretch came by a seven-wicket margin against Zimbabwe (4 October 2025).
- Netherlands recorded a collective batting average of 24.5 in men’s T20Is in 2025, their third best in a single calendar year in the format (25.5 in 2019 & 25.4 in 2015); however, eight batters were dismissed for less than 25 runs in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 opener against Pakistan.
- Namibia recorded a collective batting strike rate of 167.7 at the Africa Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the best of any team; in fact, their batting dot ball rate of 32.1% was the second best behind Zimbabwe (31.2%).
- Aryan Dutt (Netherlands) bowled 41 dot balls at the Europe Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, four more than any other player in the campaign; he bowled 11 dots against Pakistan in his side’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 opener, with nine of those coming in the powerplay overs.
- Ruben Trumpelmann (49 wickets) is one away from becoming the fifth Namibia bowler to pick up 50+ wickets in men’s T20Is; he has picked up at least one wicket in four of his last five innings in the format including bowling figures of 3/28 against South Africa in his most recent game – his best against a full-member side in the format.
- Netherlands duo Max O’Dowd (33.4%) and Scott Edwards (23.9%) scored a higher percentage of their team’s runs when they played than any other player at the Europe Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; Edwards was the top scorer for the Netherlands in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan, scoring 37 off 29 balls.
- Ben Shikongo (Namibia) induced a false shot rate of 60.4% at the Africa Qualifier tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the highest among players with more than 30 balls bowled.