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2024 Namibia Tri-Nation Series

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The 2024 Namibia Tri-Nation Series was the fifth round of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that took place in Namibia in September and October 2024.[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of Namibia, United Arab Emirates and United States.[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3] Ahead of the series, the UAE Falcons played some warm-up fixtures against Namibia A.[2]

Following the ODI series, the three sides played a Twenty20 International (T20I) tri-nation series.[4] United Arab Emirates won the series after winning three of their four matches, topping the points table.[5]

Tour matches

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8 September 2024
10:30
Scorecard
UAE Falcons 
265/8 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia A
266/5 (47.4 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 47 (64)
Simon Shikongo 2/22 (6 overs)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 90* (66)
Rahul Bhatia 2/40 (7.4 overs)
Namibia A won by 5 wickets
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Edgris Baron (Nam) and Ewoud Lassen (Nam)
Player of the match: Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia A)
  • Namibia A won the toss and elected to field.

10 September 2024
10:30
Scorecard
UAE Falcons 
208/9 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia A
213/6 (45 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 99* (124)
Shaun Fouché 3/39 (10 overs)
Jan Frylinck 45 (38)
Akif Raja 3/61 (9 overs)
Namibia A won by 4 wickets
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Edgris Baron (Nam) and Jan Prinsloo (Nam)
Player of the match: Vriitya Aravind (UAE Falcons)
  • UAE Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

12 September 2024
10:30
Scorecard
Namibia A 
188 (46.5 overs)
v
 UAE Falcons
189/3 (40.5 overs)
Shaun Fouché 37 (74)
Rahul Bhatia 3/21 (10 overs)
Vishnu Sukumaran 74* (73)
Jan Balt 1/13 (7 overs)
UAE Falcons won by 7 wickets
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andre Maasz (Nam) and Herman Rust (Nam)
Player of the match: Vishnu Sukumaran (UAE Falcons)
  • UAE Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

14 September 2024
10:30
Scorecard
Namibia A 
253 (49.5 overs)
v
 UAE Falcons
254/1 (43 overs)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 61 (70)
Sanchit Sharma 3/31 (9 overs)
Dhruv Parashar 103* (136)
Peter-Daniel Blignaut 1/38 (8 overs)
UAE Falcons won by 9 wickets
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andre Maasz (Nam) and Jan Prinsloo (Nam)
Player of the match: Dhruv Parashar (UAE Falcons)
  • Namibia A won the toss and elected to bat.

League 2 series

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2024 Namibia Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2
Date16–26 September 2024
LocationNamibia
Teams
 Namibia  United Arab Emirates  United States
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus Muhammad Waseem Monank Patel
Most runs
Michael van Lingen (246) Vishnu Sukumaran (136) Saiteja Mukkamalla (245)
Most wickets
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (5)
Tangeni Lungameni (5)
Ali Naseer (4) Nosthush Kenjige (7)
Jessy Singh (7)
Saurabh Netravalkar (7)

Squads

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 Namibia  United Arab Emirates[6]  United States[7]

Fixtures

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1st ODI

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16 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
199/9 (50 overs)
v
 United States
200/4 (41.3 overs)
Jan Frylinck 70 (88)
Juanoy Drysdale 2/16 (6 overs)
Monank Patel 72 (82)
Gerhard Erasmus 2/34 (8 overs)
United States won by 6 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

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18 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
106 (31.2 overs)
v
 United States
107/0 (15.5 overs)
Rahul Chopra 32 (64)
Jessy Singh 4/18 (5 overs)
Andries Gous 66* (54)
United States won by 10 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Jessy Singh (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Andries Gous (USA) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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20 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
313 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
316/9 (49.3 overs)
Michael van Lingen 107 (85)
Ali Naseer 3/57 (10 overs)
Vishnu Sukumaran 97 (90)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 4/79 (8.3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 1 wicket
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Claus Schumacher (Nam) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Vishnu Sukumaran (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

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22 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
286/9 (50 overs)
v
 United States
287/3 (45 overs)
Andries Gous 81 (68)
Peter-Daniel Blignaut 1/28 (4 overs)
United States won by 7 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Andries Gous (USA)

5th ODI

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24 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
339/4 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
203 (36.2 overs)
Milind Kumar 155* (110)
Aayan Afzal Khan 2/49 (10 overs)
Rahul Chopra 52 (44)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/32 (7 overs)
United States won by 136 runs
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Milind Kumar (USA)

6th ODI

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26 September 2024
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
190 (43.2 overs)
v
 Namibia
194/2 (28.5 overs)
Ali Naseer 61 (62)
JJ Smit 3/50 (8.2 overs)
Michael van Lingen 67 (43)
Vishnu Sukumaran 1/20 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 8 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Claus Schumacher (Nam) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Michael van Lingen (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Muhammad Farooq (UAE) made his ODI debut.

T20I series

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2024 Namibia T20I Tri-Nation Series
Date29 September – 5 October 2024
LocationNamibia
Result United Arab Emirates won the series
Teams
 Namibia  United Arab Emirates  United States
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus Muhammad Waseem Monank Patel[n 1]
Most runs
Gerhard Erasmus (116) Muhammad Waseem (159) Andries Gous (153)
Most wickets
Gerhard Erasmus (6) Muhammad Jawadullah (9) Nosthush Kenjige (7)

Squads

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 Namibia[9]  United Arab Emirates  United States[7]

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 0 0 6 1.074
2  United States 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.843
3  Namibia 4 0 4 0 0 0 −1.996
Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Fixtures

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29 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
245/2 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
205/8 (20 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 89* (50)
Gerhard Erasmus 2/26 (3 overs)
Jean-Pierre Kotze 55 (32)
Muhammad Jawadullah 2/29 (3.1 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 40 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)

30 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United States 
175/9 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
160/8 (20 overs)
Saiteja Mukkamalla 85 (54)
Ali Naseer 4/26 (4 overs)
Basil Hameed 44* (26)
Abhishek Paradkar 3/24 (4 overs)
United States won by 15 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA)

1 October 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United States 
181/4 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
168/8 (20 overs)
Andries Gous 81 (50)
Jack Brassell 2/42 (4 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 77 (49)
Nosthush Kenjige 3/34 (4 overs)
United States won by 13 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Andries Gous (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

2 October 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
110/6 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
111/4 (14.1 overs)
Zane Green 52* (35)
Muhammad Jawadullah 2/24 (4 overs)
Asif Khan 48 (30)
Bernard Scholtz 2/19 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Asif Khan (UAE)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

4 October 2024
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
170/5 (20 overs)
v
 United States
164 (19.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 50 (30)
Nosthush Kenjige 2/32 (4 overs)
Shayan Jahangir 61 (32)
Basil Hameed 4/25 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Basil Hameed (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Utkarsh Srivastava (USA) made his T20I debut.

5 October 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
120/9 (20 overs)
v
 United States
124/4 (15.1 overs)
Shaun Fouché 40* (43)
Milind Kumar 5/16 (4 overs)
Andries Gous 37 (19)
Gerhard Erasmus 3/23 (4 overs)
United States won by 6 wickets
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Milind Kumar (USA)

Notes

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  1. ^ Jessy Singh captained United States in all their matches of the series.

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Namibia to host UAE and USA for ODI/T20I Tri-series in September 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Eagles prepare for crucial Tri-Nations series". The Namibian. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Eagles finally win". The Namibian. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Rahul Chopra handed reins after Muhammad Waseem steps down as UAE's ODI captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  6. ^ "UAE to take on USA and Namibia in ICC CWC league 2 series matches". Emirates Cricket. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b "USA Men's team announced for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) League 2 in Namibia". USA Cricket. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Fighting Back: Milind Kumar answers USA's middle order woes". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Richelieu Eagles Squad. It's the Castle Lite Series and we're back with action-packed T20I games at Wanderers". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 28 September 2024 – via Facebook.
  10. ^ "Namibia T20 Tri-Series 2024 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  11. ^ @EmiratesCricket (30 September 2024). "Captain Muhammad Waseem has reached the 2000-run milestone in T20Is! Waseem went past 2000 runs during his 89* against Namibia in UAE's 40-run win in the T20I tri-series match in Windhoek on Sunday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "USA Cricket: Milind's incredible 5 for 16 paves way for six-wicket win over Namibia". DreamCricket. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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