Namibia T20 Tri-Series
Finished
Namibia v 
South Africa
Key match-ups
Fri 28 Aug, 12:00 UTC
South Africa
playing XI (11)
Namibia
playing XI (11)
A pre-match read, kept as it
was: what the numbers said before a ball was bowled, not a report of
what happened.
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
For the batter
−25%
−10%
even
+10%
+25%
against par for that bowling type in
those overs
Overall
Namibia lead the match-ups by
9
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 24 6 JJ Smit · 8 players | 53 11 BM Scholtz · 9 players | 77 |
| South Africa | 42 14 D Brevis · 7 players | 26 10 P Subrayen · 4 players | 68 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
Batting side
South Africa batting v Namibia bowling
42 for South Africa
53 for Namibia
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 J Hermann LHB | JT Brassell +11% BM Scholtz -11% MG Erasmus -11% JN Frylinck -11% A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton, M Heingo L Steenkamp R Trumpelmann JJ Smit | M Heingo +25% JN Loftie-Eaton +15% JT Brassell +12% A Busing-Volschenk L Steenkamp JJ Smit R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck MG Erasmus BM Scholtz | A Busing-Volschenk MG Erasmus JT Brassell M Heingo 6 not readable |
| 2 LG Pretorius LHB | JT Brassell +14% R Trumpelmann +13% BM Scholtz +11% JJ Smit +11% L Steenkamp A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton, M Heingo JN Frylinck MG Erasmus | M Heingo +31% JN Loftie-Eaton +21% JT Brassell +17% L Steenkamp +16% A Busing-Volschenk +14% JJ Smit BM Scholtz R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck MG Erasmus | rarely bats here |
| 3 T de Zorzi LHB | R Trumpelmann -13% JJ Smit -15% JN Frylinck -21% MG Erasmus -21% JT Brassell A Busing-Volschenk BM Scholtz JN Loftie-Eaton, M Heingo L Steenkamp | M Heingo +23% L Steenkamp +15% JN Loftie-Eaton +14% BM Scholtz +12% JT Brassell A Busing-Volschenk MG Erasmus JJ Smit R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck | rarely bats here |
| 4 C Esterhuizen RHB | M Heingo +17% JT Brassell +11% BM Scholtz -16% R Trumpelmann A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton JN Frylinck JJ Smit MG Erasmus 1 not readable | M Heingo +11% BM Scholtz -18% JT Brassell L Steenkamp JN Loftie-Eaton A Busing-Volschenk R Trumpelmann MG Erasmus JN Frylinck JJ Smit | JT Brassell +27% JN Loftie-Eaton +26% A Busing-Volschenk +19% JJ Smit -10% M Heingo R Trumpelmann MG Erasmus JN Frylinck 2 not readable |
| 5 D Brevis RHB | M Heingo +11% BM Scholtz -18% JT Brassell A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck JJ Smit L Steenkamp MG Erasmus | L Steenkamp +25% R Trumpelmann +22% M Heingo +16% MG Erasmus +16% JN Frylinck +14% JT Brassell +14% JN Loftie-Eaton +12% A Busing-Volschenk +11% JJ Smit +11% BM Scholtz +10% | JT Brassell +25% JN Loftie-Eaton +24% A Busing-Volschenk +17% JN Frylinck -13% JJ Smit -14% M Heingo R Trumpelmann BM Scholtz MG Erasmus 1 not readable |
| 6 RA Herman LHB | BM Scholtz -11% MG Erasmus -16% JT Brassell R Trumpelmann JJ Smit A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton, M Heingo JN Frylinck 1 not readable | M Heingo +27% JN Loftie-Eaton +17% JT Brassell +13% A Busing-Volschenk +10% L Steenkamp JJ Smit BM Scholtz R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck MG Erasmus | JJ Smit -13% JN Frylinck -15% A Busing-Volschenk JT Brassell MG Erasmus M Heingo R Trumpelmann 3 not readable |
| 7 D Jansen LHB | MG Erasmus -11% R Trumpelmann -12% JJ Smit -13% JN Frylinck -22% JT Brassell M Heingo 4 not readable | M Heingo +19% MG Erasmus -11% JN Loftie-Eaton JT Brassell A Busing-Volschenk L Steenkamp JJ Smit R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck BM Scholtz | A Busing-Volschenk, JN Loftie-Eaton, JT Brassell, M Heingo MG Erasmus R Trumpelmann JJ Smit JN Frylinck 2 not readable |
| 8 BC Fortuin RHB | rarely bats here | M Heingo -10% JT Brassell -12% JN Loftie-Eaton -14% MG Erasmus -16% BM Scholtz -18% A Busing-Volschenk -21% R Trumpelmann JN Frylinck JJ Smit 1 not readable | MG Erasmus -14% JN Frylinck -15% M Heingo -16% JJ Smit -17% BM Scholtz -21% JT Brassell JN Loftie-Eaton R Trumpelmann A Busing-Volschenk 1 not readable |
| 9 N Mokoena RHB | rarely bats here | M Heingo JT Brassell JN Loftie-Eaton A Busing-Volschenk 6 not readable | JN Frylinck -13% MG Erasmus -14% JJ Smit -14% M Heingo -15% R Trumpelmann JT Brassell JN Loftie-Eaton A Busing-Volschenk 2 not readable |
| 10 P Subrayen RHB | rarely bats here | JN Loftie-Eaton -11% BM Scholtz -12% JJ Smit -13% MG Erasmus -15% A Busing-Volschenk -19% R Trumpelmann M Heingo JT Brassell JN Frylinck 1 not readable | M Heingo -13% BM Scholtz -19% R Trumpelmann JT Brassell JN Loftie-Eaton A Busing-Volschenk MG Erasmus JN Frylinck JJ Smit 1 not readable |
| 11 L Sipamla RHB | rarely bats here | BM Scholtz -12% JN Loftie-Eaton -12% A Busing-Volschenk -20% M Heingo JT Brassell 5 not readable | JN Loftie-Eaton -11% JN Frylinck -13% A Busing-Volschenk -14% JJ Smit -15% BM Scholtz -16% M Heingo -22% R Trumpelmann JT Brassell 2 not readable |
Namibia batting v South Africa bowling
24 for Namibia
26 for South Africa
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 L Steenkamp RHB | L Sipamla +12% BC Fortuin -11% P Subrayen -17% N Mokoena D Jansen 3 not readable | L Sipamla +16% D Jansen -10% N Mokoena P Subrayen D Brevis BC Fortuin 2 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 2 JN Frylinck LHB | L Sipamla +19% BC Fortuin +15% N Mokoena +12% D Jansen C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi P Subrayen 1 not readable | N Mokoena L Sipamla D Brevis D Jansen C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi BC Fortuin P Subrayen | L Sipamla +14% P Subrayen -16% D Jansen N Mokoena D Brevis 3 not readable |
| 3 MG Erasmus RHB | P Subrayen -15% L Sipamla D Jansen BC Fortuin N Mokoena 3 not readable | L Sipamla +16% D Brevis N Mokoena BC Fortuin C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi P Subrayen D Jansen | L Sipamla +23% BC Fortuin -15% N Mokoena D Jansen P Subrayen D Brevis 2 not readable |
| 4 JN Loftie-Eaton LHB | L Sipamla +17% P Subrayen -11% N Mokoena D Jansen BC Fortuin 3 not readable | C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi +12% D Jansen -11% N Mokoena L Sipamla P Subrayen D Brevis BC Fortuin | L Sipamla +29% D Jansen -11% P Subrayen -12% N Mokoena BC Fortuin D Brevis 2 not readable |
| 5 ZE Green LHB | N Mokoena -13% D Jansen -16% P Subrayen -16% L Sipamla 4 not readable | P Subrayen -11% D Jansen -14% BC Fortuin -15% D Brevis C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi N Mokoena L Sipamla | L Sipamla +21% BC Fortuin +17% P Subrayen -13% N Mokoena D Jansen D Brevis 2 not readable |
| 6 A Busing-Volschenk RHB | rarely bats here | L Sipamla +12% D Brevis N Mokoena BC Fortuin P Subrayen D Jansen 2 not readable | L Sipamla +20% BC Fortuin -16% N Mokoena D Brevis P Subrayen D Jansen 2 not readable |
| 7 JJ Smit RHB | rarely bats here | C Esterhuizen, T de Zorzi +16% P Subrayen +14% D Jansen +12% BC Fortuin +11% L Sipamla D Brevis N Mokoena | L Sipamla +23% BC Fortuin -17% N Mokoena D Brevis P Subrayen D Jansen 2 not readable |
| 8 R Trumpelmann RHB | rarely bats here | D Brevis +11% P Subrayen -14% N Mokoena -15% BC Fortuin L Sipamla D Jansen 2 not readable | L Sipamla +15% P Subrayen -11% BC Fortuin -15% N Mokoena D Brevis D Jansen 2 not readable |
| 9 BM Scholtz RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | N Mokoena -12% BC Fortuin -18% L Sipamla D Brevis P Subrayen D Jansen 2 not readable |
| 10 JT Brassell RHB | rarely bats here | L Sipamla N Mokoena 6 not readable | N Mokoena -14% L Sipamla P Subrayen D Jansen 4 not readable |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
The two totals
- Namibia hold 77 — 24 while they bat, 53 from their bowlers.
- South Africa hold 68 — 42 while they bat, 26 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 9 more for Namibia.
Who holds them
- D Brevis (South Africa) is the best set up with the bat — 14 match-ups in his favour, 3 against.
- LG Pretorius (South Africa) is the best set up with the bat — 9 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- C Esterhuizen (South Africa) is the best set up with the bat — 6 match-ups in his favour, 3 against.
- BC Fortuin (South Africa) is the one to bowl at — 11 against him, 0 in his favour.
- L Sipamla (South Africa) is the one to bowl at — 9 against him, 0 in his favour.
- P Subrayen (South Africa) is the one to bowl at — 7 against him, 0 in his favour.
- BM Scholtz (Namibia) holds the most with the ball — 11 in his favour, 3 batters the other way.
- P Subrayen (South Africa) holds the most with the ball — 10 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- JJ Smit (Namibia) holds the most with the ball — 9 in his favour, 2 batters the other way.
In short
- The numbers favour Namibia by 9, on 145 match-ups between the sides.