# Namibian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2022

The Namibia cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The matches were played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, and it was the first men's T20I series between Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Zimbabwe won the opening match of the series by seven runs, with captain Craig Ervine scoring an unbeaten 55 runs. Namibia then won the second match by eight wickets to level the series, and recorded their first win against Zimbabwe in international cricket. Zimbabwe won the third T20I by eight wickets, with Wesley Madhevere finishing 73 not out. Namibia went on to win the fourth match, with captain Gerhard Erasmus scoring 59 not out. 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. In the fifth and final match, Namibia won by 32 runs, to win the series 3–2. It was the first time that Namibia had won a bilateral series against a Full Member side.

## Squads

T20Is :
| Zimbabwe | Namibia |
| Craig Ervine (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Tendai Chatara Tanaka Chivanga Brad Evans Luke Jongwe Innocent Kaia Wesley Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Ernest Masuku Brandon Mavuta Tony Munyonga Richmond Mutumbami Victor Nyauchi Sikandar Raza Milton Shumba Donald Tiripano | Gerhard Erasmus (c) JJ Smit (vc) Jan Frylinck Zane Green Divan la Cock Dylan Leicher Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo Ruben Trumpelmann Michael van Lingen David Wiese Craig Williams Pikky Ya France |

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 17 May 2022 13:00 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 153/4 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 146/5 (20 overs) |
| Craig Ervine 55* (39) Bernard Scholtz 2/19 (4 overs) | | Divan la Cock 66 (43) Milton Shumba 3/16 (3 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 7 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Craig Ervine (Zim)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tanaka Chivanga (Zim) and Divan la Cock (Nam) both made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 19 May 2022 13:00 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 122/8 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 124/2 (18 overs) |
| Milton Shumba 29 (26) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs) | | Craig Williams 62* (53) Luke Jongwe 1/16 (3 overs) |
* Namibia won by 8 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Christopher Phiri (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Craig Williams (Nam)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd T20I

* 21 May 2022 13:00 Scorecard
| Namibia 128/8 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 129/2 (17.1 overs) |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 28 (23) Sikandar Raza 3/16 (4 overs) | | Wesley Madhevere 73* (61) Jan Frylinck 1/21 (3 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Wesley Madhevere (Zim)
* Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Brad Evans (Zim) made his T20I debut.

### 4th T20I

* 22 May 2022 13:00 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 161/4 (20 overs) |
| Wesley Madhevere 50 (32) Bernard Scholtz 3/25 (4 overs) | | Gerhard Erasmus 59* (43) Luke Jongwe 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Namibia won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* Victor Nyauchi (Zim) made his T20I debut.

### 5th T20I

* 24 May 2022 13:00 Scorecard
| Namibia 127/8 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 95 (19.1 overs) |
| Craig Williams 48 (39) Wesley Madhevere 2/15 (4 overs) | | Tony Munyonga 28 (31) Gerhard Erasmus 2/9 (3 overs) |
* Namibia won by 32 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Craig Williams (Nam)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Regis Chakabva captained Zimbabwe for the first time in T20Is.