22/10Result

1st ODI, Ireland tour of Namibia at Windhoek, Oct 22 2026

Ireland won by 55 runs

Player of the Match

Gavin HoeyIreland

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

PR Stirling

56(71) 8x4 - 1x6

Control %76%

Productive Shot
square drive
13 runs
2x4 - 0x6

R Trumpelmann

50(43) 4x4 - 3x6

Control %86%

Productive Shot
on drive
11 runs
0x4 - 1x6

Best performances - Bowlers

JN Loftie-Eaton

R36

Eco4

RHB
OFFLEG


1W	1W
		1W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

G Hoey

R29

Eco3.22

RHB
OFFLEG


	1W

	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



		1W

Match Details

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Series

Ireland tour of Namibia

Toss

Namibia , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Gavin Hoey

Series result

Ireland led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

ODI no. 5042

Season

2026/27

Match days

22 October 2026 (50-over match)

Scorecard Summary

IRELAND 229/9(50 OVERS)

Paul Stirling56 (71)
Cade Carmichael45 (80)

JJ Smit2/47 (10)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton4/36 (9)

NAMIBIA 174(37.5 OVERS)

Louren Steenkamp26 (38)
Ruben Trumpelmann50 (43)

George Dockrell2/22 (4)
Gavin Hoey3/29 (9)

37.5

McCarthy to Trumpelmann, OUT,

R Trumpelmann b McCarthy 50 (43b 4x4 3x6) SR: 116.27

37.4

McCarthy to Trumpelmann, FOUR,

37.3

McCarthy to Trumpelmann, FOUR,

37.2

McCarthy to Brassell, 1 run,

37.1

McCarthy to Trumpelmann, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
37 | 2 Runs | NAM: 164/9 (66 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.43, RRR: 5.07)

Jack Brassell3 (17b)
Ruben Trumpelmann41 (39b)

Curtis Campher5-0-22-1
Jai Moondra8-0-27-2

36.6

Campher to Brassell, no run,

Ireland in Namibia 2026-27 News

JJ Smit sets up Namibia's first-ever bilateral ODI series win
Namibia also won their first-ever match against a Full Member nation when they sealed a 31-run win in the second ODI
Injured Stirling flies home as Ireland seek turnaround in Namibia
Lorcan Tucker to deputise as captain while Tim Tector flies in as cover
Matthew Humphreys back for Ireland's ODI tour of Namibia
Ireland Wolves squad, featuring many of the same players, are set to travel to Zimbabwe for two four-day games and five one-day matches in November

Namibia INNINGS		R	B
M van Lingen	caught wk	23	22
L Steenkamp	caught	26	38
JN Frylinck	caught wk	9	6
MG Erasmus	lbw	22	31
ZE Green	bowled	4	7
JN Loftie-Eaton	run out	9	21
JJ Smit	caught	9	17
R Trumpelmann	bowled	50	43
W Smith	caught	6	19
BM Scholtz	bowled	1	5
JT Brassell	not out	4	18
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 3, w 5)
TOTAL	174 (all out; 37.5 ovs)

Ireland BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
J Moondra	8.0	27	2	3.37	(2w)
L McCarthy	5.5	43	1	7.37	(1w)
C Campher	5.0	22	1	4.4	(1w)
G Hoey	9.0	29	3	3.22
AR McBrine	6.0	25	0	4.16
GH Dockrell	4.0	22	2	5.5	(1w)

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	48	L Steenkamp	M van Lingen
2nd	7	JN Frylinck	L Steenkamp
3rd	13	JN Frylinck	MG Erasmus
4th	6	MG Erasmus	ZE Green
5th	19	MG Erasmus	JN Loftie-Eaton
6th	12	MG Erasmus	JJ Smit
7th	5	JJ Smit	R Trumpelmann
8th	37	R Trumpelmann	W Smith
9th	9	BM Scholtz	R Trumpelmann
10th	18	R Trumpelmann	JT Brassell

Best performances - Batsmen

Best performances - Bowlers

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

Series result

Match number

Season

Match days

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

IRELAND 229/9(50 OVERS)

NAMIBIA 174(37.5 OVERS)

END OF OVER:37 | 2 Runs | NAM: 164/9 (66 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.43, RRR: 5.07)

JJ Smit sets up Namibia's first-ever bilateral ODI series win

Injured Stirling flies home as Ireland seek turnaround in Namibia

Matthew Humphreys back for Ireland's ODI tour of Namibia

END OF OVER:
37 | 2 Runs | NAM: 164/9 (66 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.43, RRR: 5.07)