Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in the fifth T20I match of the bilateral series to complete the clean sweep at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Sunday, 23 March 2025. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton came to bat at number three and went berserk over the Canadian bowlers. He made 65 runs off just 32 balls which included seven fours and four sixes
Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in the fifth T20I match of the bilateral series to complete the clean sweep at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Sunday, 23 March 2025. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and opted to bowl first in the series finale. Dilpreet Bajwa and Navneet Dhaliwal started well for Canada and added 40 runs for the first wicket.
Namibia: Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Zane Green (wk), Jan de Villiers, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Tangeni Lungameni
Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa, Navneet Dhaliwal, Yuvraj Samra, Nicholas Kirton (c), Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Movva (wk), Kanwarpal Tathgur, Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heyliger, Akhil Kumar, Kaleem Sana
Canada captain Nicholas Kirton was the highest scorer for his side with 37 runs off just 26 balls. Shreyas Movva and Kanwarpal Tathgur played crucial cameos in the end to take their team to a respectable total of 142 runs.
Ruben Trumpelmann and Jack Brassell picked up a brace of wickets whereas Tangeni Lungameni, Jan de Villiers and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton took one wicket each for Namibia.
In response, Namibia lost their opener batter JP Kotze in the second over at a score of just six runs. The other opener Nicholas Daavin remained unbeaten and made 52 runs off just 41 balls.
Loftie-Eaton came to bat at number three and went berserk over the Canadian bowlers. He made 65 runs off just 32 balls which included seven fours and four sixes. He was also named Player of the Match for his all-round performance.
Akhil Kumar and captain Kirton were successful in taking one wicket each from the Canadian side. They lost the match in the 16th over. Namibia's JJ Smit was named Player of the Series.
Before this match, Namibia had already sealed the series 2-0 in their favour with a thumping 10-wicket victory against Canada in the fourth match on Saturday.
The series began with a washout as the first T20I was abandoned due to rain. However, Namibia took the lead in the second match with a thrilling three-wicket victory. The third T20I was also affected by rain and had to be abandoned without a ball being bowled.