United States of America vs Namibia, 49th Match

World Cup League Two 2023/2027 · ODI · Sat, 8 Feb 2025, 06:00 UTC · Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat

United States of America won by 114 runs (United States of America 293/8, Namibia 179).

United States of America: 293/8 (43 ov)
Namibia: 179 (40.2 ov)

Match report

United States of America (USA) faced Namibia (NAM) in the 49th Match of World Cup League Two 2023/2027, a ODI match, at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat. Play began on Saturday, 8 February 2025 at 06:00 UTC. Each side bats for up to 50 overs.

Namibia won the toss and chose to bowl. The on-field umpires were Harikrishna Pillai and Rahul Asher, with Narayanan Kutty as match referee.

United States of America made 293/8 in 43 overs, with Andries Gous top-scoring on 76 from 83 balls. JJ Smit was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 46. Namibia made 179 in 40.2 overs, with Malan Kruger top-scoring on 32 from 44 balls. Milind Kumar was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 48.

Result: United States of America won by 114 runs. Milind Kumar was named player of the match.

The full scorecard, fall of wickets and every ball of the commentary are on the Scorecard and Commentary tabs, and the Crease Cam replays each delivery as an animation.

United States of America · 1st innings: 293/8 (43 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Smit Patel	b JJ Smit	3	9	0	0	33.33
Andries Gous	b JJ Smit	76	83	4	3	91.57
Monank Patel	c Ben Shikongo b Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton	65	60	8	1	108.33
Saiteja Mukkamalla	c Gerhard Erasmus b JJ Smit	31	31	4	0	100
Milind Kumar	c Jean-Pierre Kotze b Bernard Scholtz	54	34	6	2	158.82
Aaron Jones	lbw b Bernard Scholtz	2	7	0	0	28.57
Sanjay Krishnamurthi	c Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton b Bernard Scholtz	18	15	1	1	120
Harmeet Singh	c Malan Kruger b JJ Smit	18	9	2	1	200
Shadley van Schalkwyk	not out	21	10	0	2	210
Nosthush Kenjige	not out	0	0	0	0	0

Extras: 5 · Did not bat: Saurabh Netravalkar

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ruben Trumpelmann	8	0	65	0	8.13
JJ Smit	9	2	46	4	5.11
Ben Shikongo	4	0	40	0	10
Bernard Scholtz	9	1	47	3	5.22
Shaun Fouche	2	0	17	0	8.5
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton	7	0	37	1	5.29
Gerhard Erasmus	4	0	40	0	10

Namibia · 1st innings: 179 (40.2 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jean-Pierre Kotze	c Nosthush Kenjige b Saurabh Netravalkar	2	9	0	0	22.22
Zane Green	c Monank Patel b Milind Kumar	16	22	3	0	72.73
Jan Frylinck	c Shadley van Schalkwyk b Nosthush Kenjige	16	25	2	0	64
Gerhard Erasmus	c Shadley van Schalkwyk b Harmeet Singh	18	30	0	0	60
Malan Kruger	c Sanjay Krishnamurthi b Milind Kumar	32	44	1	2	72.73
JJ Smit	lbw b Milind Kumar	15	22	0	1	68.18
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton	c Sanjay Krishnamurthi b Milind Kumar	10	8	0	1	125
Ruben Trumpelmann	b Harmeet Singh	21	17	1	1	123.53
Shaun Fouche	c Milind Kumar b Shadley van Schalkwyk	22	37	1	0	59.46
Bernard Scholtz	c Milind Kumar b Sanjay Krishnamurthi	16	27	0	0	59.26
Ben Shikongo	not out	1	2	0	0	50

Extras: 10

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Saurabh Netravalkar	5	1	20	1	4
Shadley van Schalkwyk	6	0	33	1	5.5
Milind Kumar	9	0	48	4	5.33
Nosthush Kenjige	9	0	27	1	3
Harmeet Singh	9	0	35	2	3.89
Sanjay Krishnamurthi	2.2	0	12	1	5.14

Latest overs

Over 41 (NAM, Sanjay Krishnamurthi): 1 runs, 176/10 – W 1
Over 40 (NAM, Shadley van Schalkwyk): 1 runs, 175/9 – • 0b W • 1 •
Over 39 (NAM, Sanjay Krishnamurthi): 6 runs, 174/8 – 1 • 2 1 1 1
Over 38 (NAM, Shadley van Schalkwyk): 4 runs, 168/8 – • 1 1 • 1 1
Over 37 (NAM, Sanjay Krishnamurthi): 5 runs, 164/8 – 1 1 1 1 1 •
Over 36 (NAM, Nosthush Kenjige): 3 runs, 159/8 – 1 1 • • 1 •