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Namibia vs Pakistan Scorecard, Match 35, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 18 2026, Wed - 03:00 PM (IST)
PAKISTAN199/3
NAMIBIA97
Pakistan won by 102 runs
CRR:5.54
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 18 2026, Wed - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wk), Khawaja Nafay, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Ali Mirza, Usman Tariq |
| Namibia Playing XI: | Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Alex Busing-Volschenk, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, WP Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell |
- Pakistan won their only previous men’s T20I against Namibia at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 by 45 runs thanks largely to a 113-run opening partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
- Namibia have lost their last four men’s T20Is outside of Namibia after winning their previous five such matches; they have lost the toss in seven of their last eight games (W4 L4).
- Pakistan lost by 61 runs against India in their last men’s T20I in Sri Lanka after only losing one of their previous six matches (W5); they will be looking to avoid losing back-to-back games in the country for the first time in format history.
- Pakistan are undefeated in their 22 men’s T20Is against associate teams (W21 T1); Namibia have alternated between wins and losses in their last four matches against full member sides with a 93-run loss in their most recent such match against India (12 February 2026).
- Namibia have scored at 9.1 runs per over in their 15 men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, including scoring at 9.5 runs per over in matches in 2025; it was 1.3 runs per over better than any previous calendar year (8.2 in 2019).
- Pakistan bowlers have taken at least eight wickets in four of their last five men’s T20Is including taking all 10 wickets twice in that span; they had only reached that mark three times in eight previous games in the format.
- Louren Steenkamp (Namibia) has produced a strong connection on 20% of his 65 deliveries faces in the ICC Men’s World Cup 2026, the best of any Namibia batter (min 5 balls faced); his 93 runs in the tournament are also the most of any Namibia batter.
- Salman Ali Mizra (Pakistan) has induced a play-and-miss on 21.7% of his 23 deliveries at the ICC Men’s World Cup 2026, the most of any Pakistan bowler; he is also the only Pakistan bowler to induce a false shot on more than half of his deliveries (56.5%).
- Mohammad Nawaz (97) is three away from becoming the fourth player to take 100 wickets for Pakistan in men’s T20Is (Haris Rauf - 133, Shaheen Afridi - 131, Shadab Khan - 120); he has taken 25 wickets in his last 16 matches.
- Gerhard Erasmus (79 for Namibia) is set to become the third player to captain his side in 80 men’s T20Is (Clinton Rubagumya - 90, Babar Azam - 85); his winning rate of 59.5% is the second best of any player to have captained his country in more than 60 matches (Rohit Sharma - 79%).
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