NAM vs IRE 5th ODI Highlights - Windhoek (01 November 2026)

Dragged shorter and around off, punched down wide of cover-point for a single.

FOUR! Clean strike! This is tossed up at the stumps, Gerhard Erasmus leans ahead and lofts it straight down the ground for a boundary.

SIX! Banged away! Another one that is tossed up, full and around off, Erasmus sits down and whacks it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 100 up for Namibia and they are cantering to the win now.

Hoey pulls the length right back, bowling it outside off. Erasmus rocks back and punches it through the off side for a run.

Good length around off, Kruger camps back and dabs it wide of short third for one more.

Short and wide outside off, cut away square towards deep point for another single. 14 off the over.

FOUR! Excellent placement. Just fractionally short and outside off. Erasmus rocks back and cuts it brilliantly behind the backward point leg fielder and the ball skips away to the fence.

Tossed up on off, Erasmus leans on and punches it to short extra cover.

Brilliant running between the wickets. Flatter and a touch full, outside off. Erasmus stays back and smacks it to the left of sweeper cover for a couple of quick runs.

Drifted into the front pad, blocked off the front foot by Erasmus.

FOUR! Erasmus is finding the fence with regularity now. Marginally short on middle, Gerhard Erasmus gets low and swats it between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

OUT! BOWLED! Matthew Humphreys has the last laugh and the Namibian skipper is livid with himself. Humphreys slides a quicker in, towards middle and bowls it with a low-arm. Gerhard Erasmus stays low to swipe across the line but is beaten through the gate and the ball castles into the stumps.

FOUR! Kruger now follows in the footsteps of his skipper. Floated up around off, Kruger gets forward and nails it up and over extra cover for a boundary.

Pushed through on off and middle, Kruger lunges to defend.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Excellent work off his bowling by Gavin Hoey, and Namibia are just being a bit sloppy near the finish line. Flighted delivery, drifted onto the pads and this one holds a bit in the deck. Malan Kruger leans on and looks to clip it leg side but gets a leading edge. The ball lobs up wide of the bowler, but Hoey scampers to his left and dives in to pouch it. Namibia are now 117/5, still needing 13 more for the win.

Tossed up on off, Willem Myburgh watchfully defends.

Floated up on the stumps this time and Myburgh blocks it off yet again.

Gets it through the infield. Tossed up, full and around off, Myburgh leans on and drills it past the silly point fielder and wide of mid off for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Effortless from Green. Good length on off, Zane Green rocks back and just punches it square, past the pint fielder and the ball races away to the fence behind.

Dragged shorter and this is pulled away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

On a length and darted in with the arm. Myburgh backs away and keeps it out.

Full and flighted outside off, this is driven past the silly point fielder and straight to cover.

Quicker one, sliding it down leg, but just. Myburgh fails to clip it away and the keeper collects it sharply before dislodging the bails. Myburgh is well in, though.

Flatter again, angled into the arm, Myburgh rocks back and jams it to the left of square leg for a single.

Tossed up, full and around off, Myburgh punches it on the up bit straight to cover.

Ouch! Floated up again, on off, and Myburgh drills the drive straight into the shin of the silly point fielder. That will sting a bit.

Nagging length, landing it on middle and leg, and turning towards middle. Myburgh rocks back to defend.

No way through. On the shorter side and around off, cut away off the back foot but straight to the point fielder.

Tossed up, in and around off, Myburgh stays back and nudges it down to point.

A maiden over now, and the last few overs have had almost everything. Dragged length on off, Myburgh rocks back and just stabs it down to point.

Good length around off, angling it in. Zane Green hops back and taps it into the off side.

SIX! There it is! Zane Green seals the win for Namibia, who not only win this game by 5 wickets, but also clinch the ODI series 3-2 in the decider. This is tossed up on middle and leg, Green sits down, clears the front leg and tonks the ball a long way behind the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.