South Africa vs Namibia 1st ODI Full Commentary

Live · Sep 09 2026, Wed - 01:00 PM (IST)

1st ODI, - Namibia Cricket Ground

322/5 (48.1)

NAM

Namibia elected to field

CRR:6.69

0.0

Out of the park!
48.1

SIX! Bosch shows he can clear the ropes too! Flatter and fuller around off, Corbin Bosch gets right underneath it and unleashes a powerful swing. He launches it high and mighty over the long-on fence, and this one has gone a long, long way. It clears the stadium altogether!
47.7

SIX! SMASHED! The bowler gets it wrong for once, serving up a full ball right in the slot on middle. Jason Smith is ready for it, staying deep in his crease with his head perfectly still. He brings the bottom hand into play, generating tremendous power and launching it high and handsome over the sightscreen. A clean, authoritative blow. Spoils a good over.
47.6

Wide! Too short and outside off, Smith leaves it.
47.5

Another delivery around leg, this has been worked in the gap at deep mid-wicket and they get two runs.
47.4

Smart bowling from JJ Smit, sticking to the plan and keeping the ball on the leg side. Too full and around leg, Corbin Bosch leans across and works it neatly through mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep tidies up, and they take a single.
47.3

Very full and around leg, it's clipped behind square leg for a single.
47.2

Goes short and on middle, Corbin Bosch gets back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
47.1

Fires it full and skidding down the leg side, Corbin Bosch looks to get his bat around the ball and flick it away, but misses completely. The ball crashes into his pads.
0.0

JJ Smit is back. 8-1-31-0 so far for Smit.
46.6

Flatter and on off, forced to covers for one more. Excellent stuff from Namibia at the death.

46.5

Eases a full ball in the gap at extra cover, for one.
46.4

Beaten! Quicker arm ball, around leg, Jason makes room to drive but is beaten.
46.3

Flatter and shorter, it's punched towards extra cover for one.
46.2

Quicker and drifting down the leg side, Corbin Bosch tries to sweep but fails to connect cleanly.
46.1

Short and on middle, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a brace. 300 up!
45.6

Fullish and on off, Corbin Bosch drives it firmly towards mid off and picks up a single. A tidy finish to the over from Ruben Trumpelmann, who completes an excellent spell with 4 for 68 from his 10 overs.
45.5

Digs it in short and around off, Corbin Bosch stays deep in the crease and swings hard at the pull, but fails to make contact. There is a brief appeal from Zane Green for a caught behind, but the umpire is unmoved. Nothing doing.
45.4

Fuller and wider outside off, with the pace taken off, Jason Smith reaches away from his body and opens the face of the bat. He guides it neatly through the off side towards deep point and picks up a single.
45.3

Around middle, on a length, Smith gets back and pushes it on the leg side. Ruben Trumpelmann makes the stop to his right. Tidy bowling.
45.2

Slants in a full ball on off, Bosch knocks it down to long on and takes a single.

45.1

Slower short ball, on off, Smith gets back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
44.6

Quicker and shorter, on off. Jason pats it through covers and crosses over.
44.5

Was there an edge? Angled in before it straightens off the deck, on a good length. Smith has a tentative prod at the ball and is beaten past the outside edge. Zane Green fumbles to gather the ball.
44.4

Around off, on the shorter side. Corbin punches it to wide long on for one more.
44.3

Stays short, on off, punched to cover.
44.2

Slightly fuller, on off. Corbin knocks it to the left of the bowler.
44.1

Bowled with a round-arm action, short and on off, that is punched off the back foot, but straight to cover.
43.7

At pace, into the deck, on middle. Bosch pulls it wide of deep square leg for a single.
0.0

Unlike the younger Hermann, Jordan, the elder Rubin Hermann, has an early exit. Corbin Bosch walks in next as South Africa are losing their way a bit at the death.

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