NAM vs IRE 1st ODI Highlights - Windhoek (22 October 2026)

Short of a length, around off, Ruben Trumpelmann dabs it to cover for no runs. 

Tossed up, on off, turning away. Ruben Trumpelmann pushes it to the left of cover and gets a single.

Short, outside off, Bernard Scholtz tries to drive it to cover, but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Short, outside off, slower through the air. Bernard Scholtz tries to defend but it sneaks past the outside edge. 

On a length, around middle, Bernard Scholtz nudges it to square leg for one. 

Full, on off, Ruben Trumpelmann defends it down.

OUT! CASTLED! Oh my word... that is an outrageous delivery from Moondra. He pitches it on the back of a good length, just outside off, angling in sharply to attack the stumps. Bernard Scholtz, with no footwork, tries to work it away, but it sneaks past the inside edge and rattles into the top of the leg stump. 

Full, angling in, on off, Jack Brassell drills it to mid on.

That's gone through. Fuller one, angled in from wider on the crease, pitching it outside off. Jack Brassell jams the bat down and misses and the ball skids along the ground, going through the legs of the keeper for a bye.

Hard length, shaping in, on middle and leg, Ruben Trumpelmann tucks it to mid-wicket for one.

Slightly behind the fuller length, outside off, Jack Brassell tries to punch it away, but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Shaping in, fuller, on off and middle. Jack Brassell lunges and blocks it to the off side.

Pitches it up, around off, Ruben Trumpelmann defends it back to the bowler.

Short, on off, Ruben Trumpelmann dabs it back to the bowler.

Short of a length, outside off, Ruben Trumpelmann punches hard on the ground. It bounces on one of the practice pitches and loops to the right of the short cover fielder, but he does exceptionally well to dive away and extends his right hand to grab it mid-air. 

Short, on middle and leg, Ruben Trumpelmann punches it to long on for one.

Full, outside off, Jack Brassell pushes it to cover.

A touch fuller, outside off, Jack Brassell slices it to sweeper cover and gets a single. 

Swing and a miss! Moondra bangs into the deck and gets some bounce off it, into the channel of uncertainty. Jack Brassell tries to cut it through point, but gets beaten on the top edge. 

Much fuller, just behind the fuller length, around off and middle. Jack Brassell jams it back to the bowler.

Short of a length, just outside off. Jack Brassell tries to defend it down, but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Change of a run out goes begging! Hard-length delivery, angling in sharply at the hips. Jack Brassell tucks it off the pads to the right of short mid-wicket. He takes off instantly, sprinting down the pitch, but gets a frantic 'NO' and is sent back from halfway. He turns, scrambles back, and survives with no harm done in the end as the fielder fumbles and failed to throw it at the keeper's end in one go.

WIDE! Bangs a bumper, over middle. Jack Brassell ducks and makes way for it.

Yorker, on off, Jack Brassell defends it down.

On a length, well outside off, angling in, Jack Brassell guides it to deep third and gets a single.

Fuller, on off and middle, Jack Brassell blocks it to mid on.

Attacking the stumps, fuller in length, on middle and leg, Jack Brassell clips it to mid-wicket for a single.

Pitches it up, on middle and leg, Ruben Trumpelmann clips it to deep square leg for a single.

Peach of a delivery! Just a shade behind the good length, pitching it just outside off and shaping in sharply. Jack Brassell tries to defend it down, but it finds the gap between the bat and pad.

Hard length, around off, Brassell drives it to mid off. 

Much fuller, on off and middle. Jack Brassell drives it through the line. Campher does well to make a half-stop. 

Pitches it up, on middle and leg, Ruben Trumpelmann clips it to deep square leg for one.

Pitches it fuller, outside off, Jack Brassell pushes it through cover for one. 

FOUR! Thumped away! Hard length, outside off, Ruben Trumpelmann slaps it toward the left of the bowler for a boundary. 

FOUR! What a way to bring up FIFTY! Trumpelmann has stood tall against the Irish bowlers and has notched his third half-century in ODIs. Short of a length, just outside off. Ruben Trumpelmann covers the stumps, goes deep into the crease and pulls it away to deep square leg for four runs. 

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Liam McCarthy has hammered the final nail into the coffin and with that, Ireland has won the first of the five-match ODI series by 55 runs against Namibia. He pitches it on a good length, just outside off, angling in, but nips it away at the very last moment. Ruben Trumpelmann prods forward to defend it with the full face of the bat, but it just misses the outside edge by a thin air and hit the top of the off stump.