Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022
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The Namibia cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The matches were played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo,[3][4] and it was the first men's T20I series between Zimbabwe and Namibia.[5]
Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022 | |||
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Zimbabwe | Namibia | ||
Dates | 17 – 24 May 2022 | ||
Captains | Craig Ervine[n 1] | Gerhard Erasmus | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Namibia won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
Most runs | Wesley Madhevere (163) | Craig Williams (139) | |
Most wickets |
Sikandar Raza (6) Tendai Chatara (6) | Bernard Scholtz (7) |
Zimbabwe won the opening match of the series by seven runs, with captain Craig Ervine scoring an unbeaten 55 runs.[6] Namibia then won the second match by eight wickets to level the series,[7] and recorded their first win against Zimbabwe in international cricket.[8] Zimbabwe won the third T20I by eight wickets, with Wesley Madhevere finishing 73 not out.[9] Namibia went on to win the fourth match, with captain Gerhard Erasmus scoring 59 not out.[10] Zane Green hit the winning runs off the last ball of the game, to level the series at 2–2, with one match to play.[11] In the fifth and final match, Namibia won by 32 runs, to win the series 3–2.[12] It was the first time that Namibia had won a bilateral series against a Full Member side.[13]