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RESULTODI2nd ODI · Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Namibia vs Ireland
Namibia won by 31 runs
Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl
- Match
- Namibia vs Ireland, 2nd ODI
- Date
- 24 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
- Start
- 13:00 IST · 07:30 GMT
- Venue
- Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
- Toss
- Ireland won the toss and chose to bowl
Venue guide
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- Namibia
| Gerhard ErasmusNamibia · All-rounder | 156* (125)Bat · R (B) | 144s | 46s | 124.8SR | not outOut | 3.3-0-13-2Bowl · O-M-R-W | 3.71Econ |
NAMNamibia 321/6 (50.0)
IREIreland 290 (47.3)
RUNS PER OVER
SCORE BY OVER
Final overs
Full commentary- A captain's performance from Gerhard Erasmus has helped Namibia level the series with three games to go. The next game is on the 27th of this month. We will be there nice and early for that one. Do join us then. For now it's bye bye from all of us here.
- Erasmus 4/4: [On achieving his career-best performance and scoring his first ODI hundred against a Full Member nation, Ireland] Yeah, it feels like all my firsts are against Ireland. This is my first ODI hundred against a Full Member, obviously against Ireland. My debut 16 years ago, in 2011, was against Ireland. It's always special to play them. From the years of Porterfield and Joyce, who are now coaches - they were playing and now they're coaches - I feel like one of the old guys. So, yeah, it's probably my time to score my runs now as a senior statesman of the team. I always really enjoy my battles against them, and I've got very, very good friends amongst others from playing in leagues as well with the Irish boys.
- Erasmus 3/4: [On receiving the Player of the Match award and reflecting on his all-round contribution as captain] Yeah, yeah. I'm a guy that doesn't smile too often on the cricket field because I'm quite a serious captain, I guess. But every now and again, you have to pat yourself on the back when you've played well. And, yeah, I felt like I really steadied the ship and had the right tempo and sort of built up through the innings, and then obviously in the field I had to do my thing with the captaincy and the ball. [On when he felt settled at the crease during his innings] Yeah, to be honest, it probably wasn't my smoothest first 60 or 70 runs. I felt like I inside-edged a lot of balls and sort of didn't quite get my full face through the ball. But I felt that when they sort of dropped their lengths back, yeah, I could sort of play around with their lengths, and that's when I started feeling really settled, I think around 60 or 70. And then obviously, often when you go past a hundred, you try and release a bit, and so you kind of often top the first one, but luckily I got a few more in the middle towards the end.
- Erasmus 2/4: [On Jack Brassell taking four wickets on a familiar surface where he has played a lot of cricket in recent months] Yeah, definitely. He's bowled phenomenally well at times and then let himself down, you would say, at times with some indifferent, erratic stuff in between, but he himself would say that. And he's got such a high ceiling that, as a captain and, I guess, as management, you want him to reach it earlier rather than later, and he knows it himself, so he gets frustrated at times when he's a little bit off. But with that kind of pace and bounce, you're always in the reckoning for a wicket, and I don't believe we would have won that game had it not been for his four wickets. [On the pressure Namibia faced towards the end despite eventually securing the win] Yeah, definitely. I felt like, in a sense, we switched off when we could really kill off the game, and that, to me as a captain, is very disappointing. You know, you've got 11 members in the side, and it feels like someone just needs to put their hand up and rally the boys again. And it didn't quite come, and it didn't quite come, and it just sort of dragged on, and they got back in the game. And, yeah, it's just such a difficult ground to defend at the end, that even if you need two wickets, it always feels like a few massive blows from even a decent batter at number nine could sort of make it 10 runs an over. So, with three overs to go and 36 to get, I wasn't quite pleased on the field, and then tried to just take matters into my own hands and sort of just close down the game.
- Gerhard Erasmus | Player of the Match and Namibia captain 1/4: [On Namibia's batting performance and building a strong foundation through a big partnership with his partner] Yeah, I thought we obviously set up a very good foundation with a big partnership between myself and Frylinck. We set up a good foundation, I believe, and when it was time to go, we managed to really score big at the back end. [On Frylinck's contribution in supporting his innings and helping the team build momentum] Yeah, awesome. He obviously had to go in quite early and sort of steady the ship after the first wicket fell. Yeah, so he's been in red-hot form and he batted really well, and same with Loftie-Eaton and the other guys chipping in towards the back end. But, yeah, we know this ground very well, and we know that we can make it tough to defend at the back end of the innings, if - and that's what I tried to do.
- Paul Stirling | Ireland captain: [On Namibia's total of 321 and assessing the team's performance in the match] Yeah, I think so. I think we were outplayed today, to be honest with you. I think the difference between the two sides was their skipper, who knocked probably between 100 and 150. Those runs came really quickly, and he took the game away from us. We're pretty happy enough getting close to 300, but I think we should have been chasing roughly that or less. So, yeah, he took the game away from us, and fair play to Namibia. [On where the team fell short in bowling and batting] Yeah, I think in all departments again. I think we were slightly off. We constantly talk about putting 100 overs together, and we never quite get there. So, slightly off in the skill, slightly off in the execution, and that results in, you know, a 30 or 40-run loss. So, with the bat, I think we lost a cluster of wickets at the same time. We lost a few wickets in about five minutes. That really kills us in that chase. We need those wickets in hand to go hard in the last 10 overs. So, lots of areas we need to work on. Our death bowling was shy today as well. I'm not sure of the numbers yet, but I'm sure we went for well over 50 in those last five overs. So, yeah, lots for us to work on. And again, it's really good to be out here. We're finding our weaknesses as we go on, and certainly they got exposed today.
- 17:18 Local Time, 15:18 GMT, 20:48 IST: Gerhard Erasmus with a performance he won't forget in a hurry. Made 156 with the bat and then when the Moondra and Hoey threatened to pull off an unlikely heist, he takes 2 in the same over to end the game. Ireland started off steadily with a 54-run stand but a collapse saw them slip from 98-1 to 125/5. When Stirling fell as the 5th wicket, it looked like an easy win for Namibia but Dockrell and Campher rebuilt with a nice stand of 85. And then Moondra and Hoey added 58 in quick time to bring down the equation to 34 off 18. Erasmus brought himself on and ended things. Earlier Brassell was impressive as he took a four-fer with some key scalps in them. The series is level 1-1 with three matches to go. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff....
- Over 48 · 3 runs (wd W 1 1lb W) · 2 wkt
- 47.3WGerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, out Caught by Jack Brassell!! Fittingly Gerhard Erasmus ends things. What a game he has had. It's a flat good length on middle, Gavin Hoey pulls and the top-edge flies behind Zane Green. Short fine runs back and takes a simple catch. Namibia win by 31. Gavin Hoey c Jack Brassell b Gerhard Erasmus 31(21) [6s-3]
- Gerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 47.21lbGerhard Erasmus to Byron McDonough, leg byes, 1 run, fired down leg, good length and Byron McDonough flicks and misses. They take a legbye
- 47.21Gerhard Erasmus to Byron McDonough, 1 run
- Byron McDonough, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 47.1WGerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, out Caught&Bowled!! The skipper comes back and gets Jai Moondra. It's tossed up full outside off, Moondra gets forward to drive and doesn't keep it down. Erasmus takes it to his left. That was bowled from 24 yards something which Erasmus does often. Jai Moondra c and b Gerhard Erasmus 20(19) [4s-2]
- Gerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!
- 47.1wdGerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, wide, fired wide outside off. Past the tramline and left alone. Wide called
- Gerhard Erasmus [3.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 47 · 9 runs (2 0 4 2 1lb 0)IRE 288/8Gavin Hoey 31(20) · Jai Moondra 20(18) · Ruben Trumpelmann 10-1-63-0
- 46.6Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, no run, full outside off, Gavin Hoey sinks low to reverse-sweep and misses
- 46.6Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, no run
- 46.5Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, leg byes, 1 run, low full-toss and sliding down leg, Jai Moondra shimmies around in his crease. Flicks and misses. But they take a legbye
- 46.5Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 1 run, to cover
- 46.4Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 2 runs, short on off, pacy delivery and Jai Moondra gets forward to pull, splices it and it falls in front of deep mid-wicket running in. They come back for two
- 46.34Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, FOUR, good improvisation from Jai Moondra. It's short on the stumps, Moondra backs away to ramp it over the keeper for a four
- 46.2Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, no run, good back of the hand slower-ball and on a length outside off, Jai Moondra swings and misses to leg. Doesn't carry to Zane Green
- 46.1Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 2 runs, back of a length on off, Jai Moondra gets forward and pulls wide of long-on for two
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael van Lingenc Paul Stirling b Curtis Campher | 22 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 71.0 |
| Louren Steenkampc Lorcan Tucker b Byron McDonough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jan Frylinckc Jai Moondra b Gavin Hoey | 76 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 84.4 |
| Gerhard Erasmus*not out | 156 | 125 | 14 | 4 | 124.8 |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eatonc Paul Stirling b Gavin Hoey | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 68.2 |
| Zane Greenc Paul Stirling b Gavin Hoey | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Alexander Volschenkcaught b Jai Moondra | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 150.0 |
| JJ Smit*not out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
Extras16 (b 0, lb 5, w 11, nb 0)
Total321/6 (50.0 ov, RR 6.42)
Did not bat: Ruben Trumpelmann, Max Heingo, Jack Brassell
Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Louren Steenkamp, 1.1 ov), 49-2 (Michael van Lingen, 10.3 ov), 166-3 (Jan Frylinck, 33.0 ov), 211-4 (Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 40.2 ov), 225-5 (Zane Green, 42.4 ov), 317-6 (Alexander Volschenk, 49.2 ov)
| Bowler · IRE | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jai Moondra | 10 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 6.30 |
| Byron McDonough | 9 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 7.89 |
| Andy McBrine | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.13 |
| Curtis Campher | 10 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 7.40 |
| Gavin Hoey | 10 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 5.30 |
| George Dockrell | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 |
Namibia- 1Michael van LingenAll-rounder
- 2Louren SteenkampAll-rounder
- 3Jan FrylinckAll-rounder
- 4Gerhard Erasmus(c)All-rounder
- 5Jan Nicol Loftie-EatonWicketkeeper
- 6Alexander VolschenkAll-rounder
- 7Zane Green(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 8JJ SmitAll-rounder
- 9Ruben TrumpelmannBowler
- 10Max HeingoBowler
- 11Jack BrassellBowler
Bench
Ireland- 1Paul Stirling(c)All-rounder
- 2Andrew BalbirnieBatter
- 3Cade CarmichaelBatter
- 4Harry TectorBatter
- 5Lorcan Tucker(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 6Curtis CampherAll-rounder
- 7George DockrellAll-rounder
- 8Andy McBrineAll-rounder
- 9Gavin HoeyBowler
- 10Jai MoondraBowler
- 11Byron McDonoughBowler
Bench
- 47.3WGerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, out Caught by Jack Brassell!! Fittingly Gerhard Erasmus ends things. What a game he has had. It's a flat good length on middle, Gavin Hoey pulls and the top-edge flies behind Zane Green. Short fine runs back and takes a simple catch. Namibia win by 31. Gavin Hoey c Jack Brassell b Gerhard Erasmus 31(21) [6s-3]
- 47.1WGerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, out Caught&Bowled!! The skipper comes back and gets Jai Moondra. It's tossed up full outside off, Moondra gets forward to drive and doesn't keep it down. Erasmus takes it to his left. That was bowled from 24 yards something which Erasmus does often. Jai Moondra c and b Gerhard Erasmus 20(19) [4s-2]
- 46.34Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, FOUR, good improvisation from Jai Moondra. It's short on the stumps, Moondra backs away to ramp it over the keeper for a four
- 45.66Smit to Gavin Hoey, SIX, beautiful strike. Ireland still in this. Full and on leg-stump, Gavin Hoey gets forward and clears the front leg to loft. Has the elevation to clear the leap of long-on
- 45.36Smit to Gavin Hoey, SIX, full on middle, Gavin Hoey gets forward and clears the front leg to loft. Clears the leap of long-on on the fence
- 44.66Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, SIX, full outside off, Gavin Hoey gets forward and slices the loft. Lots of height on this and the elevation too. Flies over long-off
- 44.14Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, FOUR, poor delivery and four. Ruben Trumpelmann tries to follow Jai Moondra with a low full-toss down leg, flicked away fine for four
- 41.6DDropped catchMax Heingo to Jai Moondra, no run, just in front of Steenkamp running in from extra-cover. Full on middle, Jai Moondra gets forward to loft and it's off the bottom of the bat
- 40.5WGerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, out Andy McBrine Run Out!! What was Andy McBrine thinking there? It had to go past the bowler and McBrine just runs. Easy run-out in the end. Length delivery on off, driven to the right of Gerhard Erasmus who gets across and cuts it off. McBrine is halfway down when the throw is sent back to Zane Green who does the rest. A waste of a wicket as Namibia inch closer. Andy McBrine run out (Gerhard Erasmus/Zane Green) 7(9) [4s-1]
- 39.6WJack Brassell to George Dockrell, out Caught by Zane Green!! Another contentious decision? George Dockrell thinks so. It's a length delivery outside off, he comes down the track to swipe and was there a bottom-edge on that? It goes low to Zane Green who takes it. The standing ump checks with the square-leg one if it carried, and then raises the finger. Dockrell was surprised to see the finger go up. George Dockrell c Zane Green b Jack Brassell 48(48) [4s-5 6s-2]
- 39.54Jack Brassell to George Dockrell, FOUR, fine-leg is down and is holding his left shoulder. It's short on middle, George Dockrell goes on the back foot and pulls, wide of fine-leg and he can't prevent the four despite the dive. The physio is out there and there to have a look. Volschenk the man and we have a break in play
- 39.24Jack Brassell to Andy McBrine, FOUR, short of length outside off, Andy McBrine hangs back and pulls neatly over mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes
- 38.64Smit to George Dockrell, FOUR, poor delivery and four. Full and sliding down leg, short fine was inside, George Dockrell gets forward to flick past that fielder. Runs away for consecutive fours
- 38.54Smit to George Dockrell, FOUR, hammered past JJ Smit. It's full on off, George Dockrell backs away and thrashes it past the legs of JJ Smit. Well wide of mid-off too
- 37.5WJack Brassell to Curtis Campher, out Caught by Zane Green!! Strangled down leg. But Curtis Campher is not happy with the call. He looks at the ump as he walks back. Short down leg, he goes on the back foot to pull, did he glove it? Instant appeal from Jack Brassell and Zane Green. The finger goes up and Campher felt he didn't get anything on it. No DRS here - remember. Curtis Campher c Zane Green b Jack Brassell 45(45) [4s-2 6s-1]
- 36.36Max Heingo to George Dockrell, SIX, helped away for six. It's short of length and down leg, George Dockrell just gives the ball direction and swings it all the way for six over fine-leg
- 34.24Max Heingo to Curtis Campher, FOUR, short of length on off, Curtis Campher goes on the back foot and pulls, the top-edge flies behind Zane Green and it's one bounce over the ropes for four
- 32.26Ruben Trumpelmann to George Dockrell, SIX, what a big hit. Short outside off, George Dockrell picks the bones out of this, goes on the back foot and smashes it over deep mid-wicket. Two young kids are playing on the grassbank and one of them throws the ball back
- 28.34Jack Brassell to George Dockrell, FOUR, short ball, angled in, George Dockrell got on top of the bounce and pulled it wide of deep square for a four. That was hit into the gap
- 28.14Jack Brassell to George Dockrell, FOUR, short ball, angled in, George Dockrell pulls that over mid-wicket for a four. That was hit into the gap by George Dockrell
- 27.46Loftie-Eaton to Curtis Campher, SIX, tossed up delivery, on the sticks, Curtis Campher knelt down and slammed the slog sweep over deep mid. That was a really long hit from the batter
- 25.54Loftie-Eaton to Curtis Campher, FOUR, slog swept for a four! That was hit hard and into the gap as he played the slog sweep
- 24.1WJack Brassell to Paul Stirling, out Lbw!! Full and quick, Paul Stirling has run out of luck. That was heading to the sticks. Paul Stirling wanted to clip it by walking across but missed the line of the delivery. The finger went up after the umpire had a good look at it. Ireland in huge trouble as half the side has been wiped out. Paul Stirling lbw b Jack Brassell 77(71) [4s-8 6s-3]
- 22.6WJack Brassell to Lorcan Tucker, out Caught by Smit!! Lorcan Tucker has thrown it away. That was short, outside off, Lorcan Tucker looked to pull it and got a top-edge. The ball sailed away and landed in the hands of the man at deep square. Poor shot indeed as he never got into position to play that. Paul Stirling is running out of partners. Lorcan Tucker c Smit b Jack Brassell 0(5)
- 21.5WLoftie-Eaton to Harry Tector, out Bowled!! Superb from Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton! That lands, turns, beats the poke and the off-pole has been pegged back. It turned enough to beat the edge. Was quicker through the air though and Harry Tector was completely bamboozled. The fielding has been poor but the bowling at times has been superb. This was an impressive ball from Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton. Harry Tector b Loftie-Eaton 6(10) [4s-1]
- 21.14Loftie-Eaton to Paul Stirling, FOUR, flatter one, outside off, Paul Stirling goes back and chops the ball down to third man for a four. Played it fine
- 20.54Max Heingo to Harry Tector, FOUR, little short, angled in, pulled down behind square for a four. Rolled the wrists over the ball to put it away
- 20.2DDropped catchMax Heingo to Paul Stirling, 1 run, dropped again! That was short, outside off, Paul Stirling tried to steer it and knew he had played it to the man at point. The fielder fluffed it. He got too close to the ball too early and was in no position at the end of it
- 20.16Max Heingo to Paul Stirling, SIX, stays inside of the line of the delivery, gets hold of the short ball and pulls it over long leg. Big blow from Paul Stirling. The ball has been lost it seems. Got into good position, got on top of the bounce and played the shot
- 19.2OTeam milestoneLoftie-Eaton to Harry Tector, 1 run, goes back and tucks the ball down to long-on for a single
- 18.5WMax Heingo to Cade Carmichael, out Bowled!! Peach of a delivery! The batter backs away to play that, the ball nipped away to miss the edge. The ball hit the top of the sticks. There was some confusion as to did the keeper whip the bails off but the square leg umpire had the angle covered. That was a superb delivery from Max Heingo. Cade Carmichael wasn't looking that confident and has to go. Cade Carmichael b Max Heingo 12(22) [4s-1]
- 18.26Max Heingo to Paul Stirling, SIX, charges down, gets to the pitch of the ball and launches it over long-off. That dropped chance will hurt Namibia is what we feel, Paul Stirling is a dangerous better
- 17.5DDropped catchLoftie-Eaton to Paul Stirling, 1 run, dropped! The man from deep square came in, got two hands and the ball popped out. Very poor from the fielder in the deep. Paul Stirling flayed that across the line as that was tossed up and found the fielder but is lucky to be there
- 17.44Loftie-Eaton to Paul Stirling, FOUR, fifty for Paul Stirling! Back-to-back fifties for the Irish skipper. That was tossed up and Paul Stirling knelt down to power the slog sweep over short fine
- 14.26Loftie-Eaton to Paul Stirling, SIX, dances down, gets to the pitch of the ball and slaps it over long-on. Long and flat hit from Paul Stirling. Played the shot so well but the use of the feet helped him
- 11.64Jack Brassell to Paul Stirling, FOUR, stays leg-side of the ball and dabs it down to third man for a four. That was done in a deft manner
- 11.34Jack Brassell to Cade Carmichael, FOUR, on the pads, Cade Carmichael clips the ball down wide of mid-on for a four. That was whipped away into the gap and wide of mid-on
- 10.6WMax Heingo to Balbirnie, out Balbirnie Run Out!! The man at cover got a hand to it. I guess that was hit hard, flat and might have been a chance. The fielder stopped it, then lobbed the ball to the keeper who slipped a little but disturbed the sticks in time. That was very well done indeed by the fielder. But the batter was culprit of looking at the ball and was too late for him when he was sent back. Even Paul Stirling was looking at the ball. Balbirnie run out (Malan Kruger/Zane Green) 22(34) [4s-2]
- 10.1OTeam fiftyMax Heingo to Paul Stirling, 1 run, short, well wide outside off, Paul Stirling looks to flay it away and edges the ball down to third man
- 8.14Smit to Paul Stirling, FOUR, length delivery, angled across, Paul Stirling backs away to slash it and edges the ball fine just wide of the keeper for a four
- 5.54Ruben Trumpelmann to Paul Stirling, FOUR, slapped over cover! Was a length delivery, Paul Stirling stayed leg-side of the ball and slammed it over cover. That was sweetly timed by Paul Stirling
- 5.34Ruben Trumpelmann to Paul Stirling, FOUR, whacks the pull away and the man at long leg lets it through his legs. That was a short of length delivery, angled across, Paul Stirling walked across and pulled it to get it away
- 3.54Ruben Trumpelmann to Balbirnie, FOUR, fuller length delivery, well outside off, Andrew Balbirnie kneels down and drills it wide of cover for a four. That was well done
- 3.24Ruben Trumpelmann to Balbirnie, FOUR, short ball, at the ribs, Andrew Balbirnie gets on to the back foot and pulls that wide of the man at long leg for a four. Lovely shot indeed
- 2.54Smit to Paul Stirling, FOUR, charges down the track, looks to heave it, gets an inside edge and the ball rolls down to fine leg for a four. That sped away quickly
- 0.54Smit to Paul Stirling, FOUR, short, angled across, rears up. Paul Stirling jabs at it with a horizontal blade and gets an edge. The ball flies over the head of the first slip for a four. That was lucky for Paul Stirling
- A captain's performance from Gerhard Erasmus has helped Namibia level the series with three games to go. The next game is on the 27th of this month. We will be there nice and early for that one. Do join us then. For now it's bye bye from all of us here.
- Erasmus 4/4: [On achieving his career-best performance and scoring his first ODI hundred against a Full Member nation, Ireland] Yeah, it feels like all my firsts are against Ireland. This is my first ODI hundred against a Full Member, obviously against Ireland. My debut 16 years ago, in 2011, was against Ireland. It's always special to play them. From the years of Porterfield and Joyce, who are now coaches - they were playing and now they're coaches - I feel like one of the old guys. So, yeah, it's probably my time to score my runs now as a senior statesman of the team. I always really enjoy my battles against them, and I've got very, very good friends amongst others from playing in leagues as well with the Irish boys.
- Erasmus 3/4: [On receiving the Player of the Match award and reflecting on his all-round contribution as captain] Yeah, yeah. I'm a guy that doesn't smile too often on the cricket field because I'm quite a serious captain, I guess. But every now and again, you have to pat yourself on the back when you've played well. And, yeah, I felt like I really steadied the ship and had the right tempo and sort of built up through the innings, and then obviously in the field I had to do my thing with the captaincy and the ball. [On when he felt settled at the crease during his innings] Yeah, to be honest, it probably wasn't my smoothest first 60 or 70 runs. I felt like I inside-edged a lot of balls and sort of didn't quite get my full face through the ball. But I felt that when they sort of dropped their lengths back, yeah, I could sort of play around with their lengths, and that's when I started feeling really settled, I think around 60 or 70. And then obviously, often when you go past a hundred, you try and release a bit, and so you kind of often top the first one, but luckily I got a few more in the middle towards the end.
- Erasmus 2/4: [On Jack Brassell taking four wickets on a familiar surface where he has played a lot of cricket in recent months] Yeah, definitely. He's bowled phenomenally well at times and then let himself down, you would say, at times with some indifferent, erratic stuff in between, but he himself would say that. And he's got such a high ceiling that, as a captain and, I guess, as management, you want him to reach it earlier rather than later, and he knows it himself, so he gets frustrated at times when he's a little bit off. But with that kind of pace and bounce, you're always in the reckoning for a wicket, and I don't believe we would have won that game had it not been for his four wickets. [On the pressure Namibia faced towards the end despite eventually securing the win] Yeah, definitely. I felt like, in a sense, we switched off when we could really kill off the game, and that, to me as a captain, is very disappointing. You know, you've got 11 members in the side, and it feels like someone just needs to put their hand up and rally the boys again. And it didn't quite come, and it didn't quite come, and it just sort of dragged on, and they got back in the game. And, yeah, it's just such a difficult ground to defend at the end, that even if you need two wickets, it always feels like a few massive blows from even a decent batter at number nine could sort of make it 10 runs an over. So, with three overs to go and 36 to get, I wasn't quite pleased on the field, and then tried to just take matters into my own hands and sort of just close down the game.
- Gerhard Erasmus | Player of the Match and Namibia captain 1/4: [On Namibia's batting performance and building a strong foundation through a big partnership with his partner] Yeah, I thought we obviously set up a very good foundation with a big partnership between myself and Frylinck. We set up a good foundation, I believe, and when it was time to go, we managed to really score big at the back end. [On Frylinck's contribution in supporting his innings and helping the team build momentum] Yeah, awesome. He obviously had to go in quite early and sort of steady the ship after the first wicket fell. Yeah, so he's been in red-hot form and he batted really well, and same with Loftie-Eaton and the other guys chipping in towards the back end. But, yeah, we know this ground very well, and we know that we can make it tough to defend at the back end of the innings, if - and that's what I tried to do.
- Paul Stirling | Ireland captain: [On Namibia's total of 321 and assessing the team's performance in the match] Yeah, I think so. I think we were outplayed today, to be honest with you. I think the difference between the two sides was their skipper, who knocked probably between 100 and 150. Those runs came really quickly, and he took the game away from us. We're pretty happy enough getting close to 300, but I think we should have been chasing roughly that or less. So, yeah, he took the game away from us, and fair play to Namibia. [On where the team fell short in bowling and batting] Yeah, I think in all departments again. I think we were slightly off. We constantly talk about putting 100 overs together, and we never quite get there. So, slightly off in the skill, slightly off in the execution, and that results in, you know, a 30 or 40-run loss. So, with the bat, I think we lost a cluster of wickets at the same time. We lost a few wickets in about five minutes. That really kills us in that chase. We need those wickets in hand to go hard in the last 10 overs. So, lots of areas we need to work on. Our death bowling was shy today as well. I'm not sure of the numbers yet, but I'm sure we went for well over 50 in those last five overs. So, yeah, lots for us to work on. And again, it's really good to be out here. We're finding our weaknesses as we go on, and certainly they got exposed today.
- 17:18 Local Time, 15:18 GMT, 20:48 IST: Gerhard Erasmus with a performance he won't forget in a hurry. Made 156 with the bat and then when the Moondra and Hoey threatened to pull off an unlikely heist, he takes 2 in the same over to end the game. Ireland started off steadily with a 54-run stand but a collapse saw them slip from 98-1 to 125/5. When Stirling fell as the 5th wicket, it looked like an easy win for Namibia but Dockrell and Campher rebuilt with a nice stand of 85. And then Moondra and Hoey added 58 in quick time to bring down the equation to 34 off 18. Erasmus brought himself on and ended things. Earlier Brassell was impressive as he took a four-fer with some key scalps in them. The series is level 1-1 with three matches to go. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff....
- Over 48 · 3 runs (wd W 1 1lb W) · 2 wkt
- 47.3WGerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, out Caught by Jack Brassell!! Fittingly Gerhard Erasmus ends things. What a game he has had. It's a flat good length on middle, Gavin Hoey pulls and the top-edge flies behind Zane Green. Short fine runs back and takes a simple catch. Namibia win by 31. Gavin Hoey c Jack Brassell b Gerhard Erasmus 31(21) [6s-3]
- Gerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 47.21lbGerhard Erasmus to Byron McDonough, leg byes, 1 run, fired down leg, good length and Byron McDonough flicks and misses. They take a legbye
- 47.21Gerhard Erasmus to Byron McDonough, 1 run
- Byron McDonough, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 47.1WGerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, out Caught&Bowled!! The skipper comes back and gets Jai Moondra. It's tossed up full outside off, Moondra gets forward to drive and doesn't keep it down. Erasmus takes it to his left. That was bowled from 24 yards something which Erasmus does often. Jai Moondra c and b Gerhard Erasmus 20(19) [4s-2]
- Gerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!
- 47.1wdGerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, wide, fired wide outside off. Past the tramline and left alone. Wide called
- Gerhard Erasmus [3.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 47 · 9 runs (2 0 4 2 1lb 0)IRE 288/8Gavin Hoey 31(20) · Jai Moondra 20(18) · Ruben Trumpelmann 10-1-63-0
- 46.6Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, no run, full outside off, Gavin Hoey sinks low to reverse-sweep and misses
- 46.6Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, no run
- 46.5Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, leg byes, 1 run, low full-toss and sliding down leg, Jai Moondra shimmies around in his crease. Flicks and misses. But they take a legbye
- 46.5Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 1 run, to cover
- 46.4Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 2 runs, short on off, pacy delivery and Jai Moondra gets forward to pull, splices it and it falls in front of deep mid-wicket running in. They come back for two
- 46.34Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, FOUR, good improvisation from Jai Moondra. It's short on the stumps, Moondra backs away to ramp it over the keeper for a four
- 46.2Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, no run, good back of the hand slower-ball and on a length outside off, Jai Moondra swings and misses to leg. Doesn't carry to Zane Green
- 46.1Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 2 runs, back of a length on off, Jai Moondra gets forward and pulls wide of long-on for two
- End of over 46 · 17 runs (0 1 6 2 2 6)IRE 279/8Gavin Hoey 31(19) · Jai Moondra 12(13) · JJ Smit 9-0-61-0
- 45.66Smit to Gavin Hoey, SIX, beautiful strike. Ireland still in this. Full and on leg-stump, Gavin Hoey gets forward and clears the front leg to loft. Has the elevation to clear the leap of long-on
- 45.52Smit to Gavin Hoey, 2 runs, full and following Gavin Hoey outside leg, flicked away wide of deep square-leg for two
- 45.42Smit to Gavin Hoey, 2 runs, dug in short and slower on the stumps, Gavin Hoey gets forward to pull, the top-edge clears Zane Green as they come back for the 2nd
- 45.36Smit to Gavin Hoey, SIX, full on middle, Gavin Hoey gets forward and clears the front leg to loft. Clears the leap of long-on on the fence
- 45.21Smit to Jai Moondra, 1 run, full outside off, Jai Moondra throws the bat on that, off the toe-end and it dribbles to short third man
- 45.1•Smit to Jai Moondra, no run, full and wide outside off, Jai Moondra sinks on his back knee to loft and misses
- JJ Smit [8.0-0-44-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 45 · 14 runs (4 1 1 wd 1 0 6)IRE 262/8Gavin Hoey 15(15) · Jai Moondra 11(11) · Ruben Trumpelmann 9-1-55-0
- 44.66Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, SIX, full outside off, Gavin Hoey gets forward and slices the loft. Lots of height on this and the elevation too. Flies over long-off
- 44.5•Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, no run, wide yorker outside off, Gavin Hoey too moves as he reaches for it to squeeze it out, misses. The ump tells Hoey he moved so no wide
- 44.41Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 1 run, back of a length on middle, Jai Moondra goes on the back foot and pulls to deep mid-wicket
- 44.4wdRuben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, wide, short and too high outside off, Jai Moondra pulls and misses. Called a wide for height
- 44.31Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, 1 run, high full-toss outside off, Gavin Hoey throws the bat on that, it takes the toe-end and bounces in front of Zane Green who can't stop it cleanly
- 44.21Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 1 run, slower-ball on short of length outside off, Jai Moondra goes on the back foot and cuts hard and straight to sweeper cover
- 44.14Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, FOUR, poor delivery and four. Ruben Trumpelmann tries to follow Jai Moondra with a low full-toss down leg, flicked away fine for four
- End of over 44 · 5 runs (0 wd 0 2 2 0 0)IRE 248/8Gavin Hoey 8(12) · Jai Moondra 5(8) · Jack Brassell 10-0-52-4
- 43.6•Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, no run, slower-ball on a good length on middle, Gavin Hoey backs away to pull, did he get an inside-edge? Anyway it doesn't carry to Zane Green
- 43.5•Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, no run, full outside off, Gavin Hoey shuffles across and looks to reverse-scoop, off the toe-end of the bat and rolls to extra-cover
- 43.42Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, 2 runs, dug in short on middle, Gavin Hoey pulls wide of deep mid-wicket for two
- 43.32Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, 2 runs, full on off, Gavin Hoey backs away to loft, skies it and clears mid-off running back. Hoey got lucky there
- 43.2•Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, no run, over middle-stump. Length delivery and it's extra bounce that saves Gavin Hoey as he makes room to go over extra-cover. Flies over the bat
- 43.2wdJack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, wide, dug in too short on the stumps, Gavin Hoey backs away to pull, misses. Called a wide
- 43.1•Jack Brassell to Gavin Hoey, no run, short of length on middle, Gavin Hoey backs away and it rears up on him, he fends at it, the ball flies over the outside-edge
- Jack Brassell [9.0-0-47-4] is back into the attack
- End of over 43 · 7 runs (1 0 2 1 wd 1 wd 0)IRE 243/8Jai Moondra 5(8) · Gavin Hoey 4(6) · Ruben Trumpelmann 8-1-41-0
- 42.6•Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, no run, good length down leg, Jai Moondra flicks and misses? The ump gestures it flicked something of Moondra on the way to Zane Green
- 42.6wdRuben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, wide, short at Jai Moondra who lets it go and it's too short. Called a wide for height
- 42.51Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, 1 run, full outside off, Gavin Hoey gets forward to drive and it's off the bottom of the bat, wide of Ruben Trumpelmann to his right
- 42.5wdRuben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, wide, way outside off, and Zane Green dives to his right to save more runs as it's left alone
- 42.41Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 1 run, slower-ball on a length on off, Jai Moondra gets forward to punch to backward point and they take a quick single
- 42.32Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, 2 runs, short of length and down leg, Jai Moondra flicks and it's a thin inside-edge on the thigh pad. Wide of fine-leg for two
- 42.2•Ruben Trumpelmann to Jai Moondra, no run, short outside off, left alone
- 42.11Ruben Trumpelmann to Gavin Hoey, 1 run, short of length on off, Gavin Hoey gets forward to pull to long-on
- Ruben Trumpelmann [7.0-1-34-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 42 · 4 runs (0 1 0 0 1 wd wd 0)IRE 236/8Jai Moondra 2(4) · Gavin Hoey 2(4) · Max Heingo 8-0-48-1
- 41.6•Max Heingo to Jai Moondra, no run, just in front of Steenkamp running in from extra-cover. Full on middle, Jai Moondra gets forward to loft and it's off the bottom of the bat
- 41.6wdMax Heingo to Jai Moondra, wide, another slower-ball off-cutter is well wide outside off, another wide
- 41.6wdMax Heingo to Jai Moondra, wide, slower-ball and the off-cutter is well wide outside off, left alone
- 41.51Max Heingo to Gavin Hoey, 1 run, slower-ball and going down leg, Gavin Hoey flicks and gets a slight inside-edge on to pad. Rolls to Max Heingo's right for one
- 41.4•Max Heingo to Gavin Hoey, no run, full on leg-stump, Gavin Hoey gets forward to drive, he times it but Max Heingo bends low to stop to his right
- 41.3•Max Heingo to Gavin Hoey, no run, good length and tight on middle, Gavin Hoey gets forward to defend to the left of mid-wicket
- 41.21Max Heingo to Jai Moondra, 1 run, slower-ball and full outside off, Jai Moondra gets forward to loft and doesn't time it, finds long-on
- 41.1•Max Heingo to Jai Moondra, no run, short of length and just outside off, Jai Moondra pulls and misses. Flies over the stumps
- Max Heingo [7.0-0-44-1] is back into the attack
- End of over 41 · 3 runs (1 1 0 0 W 1) · 1 wktIRE 232/8Jai Moondra 1(1) · Gavin Hoey 1(1) · Gerhard Erasmus 3-0-12-0
- 40.61Gerhard Erasmus to Jai Moondra, 1 run, full on middle, Jai Moondra gets forward to drive to long-off
- Jai Moondra, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- 40.5WGerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, out Andy McBrine Run Out!! What was Andy McBrine thinking there? It had to go past the bowler and McBrine just runs. Easy run-out in the end. Length delivery on off, driven to the right of Gerhard Erasmus who gets across and cuts it off. McBrine is halfway down when the throw is sent back to Zane Green who does the rest. A waste of a wicket as Namibia inch closer. Andy McBrine run out (Gerhard Erasmus/Zane Green) 7(9) [4s-1]
- Gerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!
- 40.4•Gerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, no run, flat good length outside off, Andy McBrine goes on the back foot to cut and mistimes it to backward point
- 40.3•Gerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, no run
- 40.21Gerhard Erasmus to Gavin Hoey, 1 run, quicker off-break and turns in sharply to off, Gavin Hoey goes on the back foot to punch, the thick inside-edge goes to the right of mid-wicket
- 40.11Gerhard Erasmus to Andy McBrine, 1 run, good length on leg-stump, Andy McBrine gets forward to turn it in front of mid-wicket for a quick single
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