Pakistan National Cricket Team Vs Namibia National Cricket Team Match Scorecard – T20 World Cup 2026

Pakistan defeated Namibia by 102 runs in Match 35, Group A of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, on February 18, 2026. Sahibzada Farhan scored an unbeaten 100 off 58 balls– his maiden T20I century- while Usman Tariq claimed 4 wickets for 16 runs to bowl Namibia out for 97. The result confirmed Pakistan’s qualification for the Super 8 stage. This Pakistan National Cricket Team Vs Namibia National Cricket Team match scorecard covers the full batting and bowling figures, match awards, records, partnership data, over-by-over timeline, head-to-head history, and Super 8 implications.

Match Summary Card

The Pakistan vs Namibia T20 World Cup 2026 encounter was a Group A must-win fixture for Pakistan. A loss would have complicated their Super 8 qualification. Pakistan responded with their most complete team performance of the group stage.

Field	Details
Match	Pakistan vs Namibia, Match 35, Group A
Tournament	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026
Date	February 18, 2026
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Pakistan elected to bat first
Result	Pakistan won by 102 runs
Player of the Match	Sahibzada Farhan (100* off 58b)
Top Bowler	Usman Tariq (4/16 in 3.3 overs)
Top Scorer (NAM)	L Steenkamp (23 off 22b)

Match Highlights

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The Pakistan National Cricket Team Vs Namibia National Cricket Team match scorecard tells a one-sided story- but the margin, the records, and the manner of the win make it one of the most significant Pakistan performances in recent T20 World Cup history.

• Pakistan total: 199/3 in 20 overs (RR: 9.95)
• Namibia total: 97 all out in 17.3 overs (RR: 5.54)
• Win margin: 102 runs
• Player of the Match: Sahibzada Farhan- 100* off 58 balls (11 fours, 4 sixes)
• Best bowling: Usman Tariq- 4/16 in 3.3 overs
• Pakistan spinners combined: 8 wickets for 66 runs across 17.5 overs
• Powerplay Pakistan: 47/1 | Powerplay Namibia: 40/2

Full Scorecard: Pakistan Batting (199/3 in 20 Overs)

Pakistan posted 199/3– their second-highest total in T20 World Cup history- driven entirely by Sahibzada Farhan‘s unbeaten century and a rapid late partnership with Shadab Khan. Babar Azam did not bat, a reflection of how completely Pakistan managed their innings without needing their most experienced batter.

Pakistan Batting Figures

Batsman	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sahibzada Farhan	Not Out	100	58	11	4	172.41
Saim Ayub	c Green b Brassell	14	12	2	0	116.66
Salman Agha (c)	c Erasmus b Brassell	38	23	3	2	165.21
Khawaja Nafay	c & b Erasmus	5	5	1	0	100.00
Shadab Khan	Not Out	36	22	1	3	163.63
Extras	lb 2, w 4	6	—	—	—	—
Total		199/3	20 Ov			RR: 9.95

Did Not Bat: Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq

Fall of Wickets: 40-1 (Saim Ayub, 5.1 ov) | 107-2 (Salman Agha, 12.1 ov) | 118-3 (Khawaja Nafay, 13.2 ov)

Powerplay Score: 47/1 in 6 overs

Namibia Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JT Brassell	4	0	48	2	12.00
MG Erasmus	3	0	25	1	8.33
BM Scholtz	4	0	33	0	8.25
R Trumpelmann	4	0	36	0	9.00
JJ Smit	3	0	28	0	9.33
WP Myburgh	2	0	27	0	13.50

Full Scorecard: Namibia Batting (97 All Out in 17.3 Overs)

Namibia were bowled out for 97– the first sub-100 total by any team in T20 World Cup 2026. No Namibia batter passed 25. Their top six combined for 71 runs. Pakistan’s spin-heavy bowling attack exploited the slow, low Colombo surface to dismantle Namibia’s chase in 17.3 overs.

Namibia Batting Figures

Batsman	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
L Steenkamp	c Usman Khan b Nawaz	23	22	3	1	104.54
JN Frylinck	b Salman Mirza	9	11	1	0	81.81
JN Loftie-Eaton	Run Out	5	5	1	0	100.00
MG Erasmus (c)	c Usman Khan b Shadab	7	6	1	0	116.66
A Busing-Volschenk	st Usman Khan b Shadab	20	20	1	1	100.00
JJ Smit	c Shadab b Usman Tariq	9	13	0	0	69.23
ZE Green	c Saim Ayub b Shadab	7	9	0	0	77.77
R Trumpelmann	b Usman Tariq	0	2	0	0	0.00
WP Myburgh	c Usman Khan b Usman Tariq	8	14	0	0	57.14
BM Scholtz	b Usman Tariq	1	2	0	0	50.00
JT Brassell	Not Out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	lb 3, w 4	7	—	—	—	—
Total		97 all out	17.3 Ov			RR: 5.54

Fall of Wickets: 32-1 | 39-2 | 43-3 | 49-4 | 79-5 | 81-6 | 81-7 | 95-8 | 96-9 | 97-10

Pakistan Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Usman Tariq	3.3	1	16	4	4.57
Shadab Khan	4	0	19	3	4.75
Mohammad Nawaz	4	0	22	1	5.50
Salman Mirza	2	0	11	1	5.50
Saim Ayub	2	0	10	0	5.00
Faheem Ashraf	2	0	16	0	8.00

Records and Milestones

This Pakistan National Cricket Team Vs Namibia National Cricket Team match scorecard is one of the most statistically significant in recent T20 World Cup history. Multiple verified records were set in a single match.

Records Created in This Match

• Farhan became only the second Pakistan batter to score a T20 World Cup century, after Ahmed Shehzad (111* vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2014)
• Farhan’s individual score of 100* exceeded Namibia’s team total of 97– the only instance of this in T20 World Cup 2026
• Farhan later scored a second century in the same tournament (vs Sri Lanka), becoming the first batter in T20 World Cup history to score two centuries in a single edition
• Usman Tariq’s 4/16 is his career-best T20I bowling figure
• Pakistan’s 102-run win is their largest winning margin in T20 World Cup history
• Pakistan’s 199/3 is their second-highest total in T20 World Cup history, behind 201/5 vs Bangladesh in 2016
• Namibia’s 97 all out is the first sub-100 total in T20 World Cup 2026
• Babar Azam’s DNB was only the second time in his T20I career he did not bat

Partnership Analysis

Pakistan’s batting was built on progressive partnerships that made a recovery target unreachable before Namibia faced a single delivery in the chase. The final unbroken 81-run stand between Farhan and Shadab Khan off just 46 balls was the decisive phase.

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Key Batting Partnerships

Partnership	Batters	Runs	Balls	RR
1st Wicket	Farhan + Saim Ayub	40	31	7.74
2nd Wicket	Farhan + Salman Agha	67	42	9.57
3rd Wicket	Farhan + Khawaja Nafay	11	11	6.00
4th Wicket (unbroken)	Farhan + Shadab Khan	81*	46	10.56

Pakistan were 118/3 after 13.2 overs. Farhan and Shadab then added 81 runs in the final 46 balls, taking Pakistan from 118 to 199. That partnership made the asking rate for Namibia an effective 15+ per over in the final stages of the chase.

Sahibzada Farhan’s Century: Phase-by-Phase Breakdown

The Sahibzada Farhan century against Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2026 was a clinical tempo-management performance. He did not go hard from ball one- he built, assessed the surface, and then accelerated with precision.

Farhan’s Innings Phases

Phase	Balls Faced	Runs	Boundaries
Overs 1–6 (Powerplay)	21	26	2 fours
Overs 7–13 (Middle)	21	31	3 fours, 1 six
Overs 14–20 (Death)	16	43	6 fours, 3 sixes

Farhan’s second fifty came off just 20 balls– among the fastest acceleration sequences recorded in T20 World Cup 2026. His strike rate in the death overs (14–20) was 268.75. He finished 100* off 58 balls and was not dismissed. Farhan subsequently won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2026, having scored 383 runs in 7 T20Is at an average of 76.60 and a strike rate of 160.25 during that period.

Usman Tariq: Career-Best Bowling Spell Explained

Usman Tariq’s 4/16 in 3.3 overs was the bowling highlight of this Pakistan National Cricket Team Vs Namibia National Cricket Team match. He was introduced with Namibia at 79/5 in the 12th over and took four lower-order wickets while conceding only 16 runs.

Tariq’s Bowling Breakdown

Tariq varied pace and spin angle effectively across his 21 deliveries. His dismissals:

• JJ Smit– caught at mid-on off a slower variation
• R Trumpelmann– bowled for a duck
• WP Myburgh– caught behind
• BM Scholtz– bowled

Pakistan’s four spinners combined for 8 wickets for 66 runs– making spin the defining weapon on the slow Colombo surface. Shadab Khan (3/19), Tariq (4/16), Nawaz (1/22), and Saim Ayub (0/10) collectively controlled 17.5 overs of the 17.3-over chase.

Match Timeline: Over-by-Over Turning Points

Understanding the flow of this match goes beyond the scoreline. The Pakistan vs Namibia T20 World Cup 2026 encounter had three clear momentum phases.

Pakistan Batting Phase

• Overs 1–6 (Powerplay): Pakistan reach 47/1. Farhan scores 26 off 21 balls. Saim Ayub (14) dismissed in the 6th over by Brassell.
• Overs 7–12: Farhan and Salman Agha build a 67-run stand off 42 balls. Pakistan reached 107/2 at an accelerated pace. Salman Agha hits 38 off 23.
• Overs 12–14: Pakistan lose two wickets in 1.2 overs. Score moves from 107/1 to 118/3 in 13.2 overs.
• Overs 14–20: Farhan and Shadab add 81 runs off 46 balls. Farhan reaches his century. Pakistan finished 199/3.

Namibia Chase Phase

• Overs 1–6: Namibia reach 40/2. Steenkamp (23) removed by Nawaz. Frylinck (9) bowled by Salman Mirza.
• Over 7 (43/3): Shadab dismisses Erasmus for 7. Three wickets down for 43 in 7 overs.
• Over 8 (49/4): Fourth wicket falls. Namibia needed 151 off 72 balls at that point.
• Over 12 (79/5): Busing-Volschenk stumped off Shadab for 20. Five down with 119 required from 48 balls.
• Over 13 (81/7): Two wickets in three balls. Trumpelmann bowled for a duck. Score moves from 81/5 to 81/7 inside three deliveries.
• Over 17.3: Tariq takes his fourth wicket. Namibia all out for 97. Pakistan won by 102 runs.

Head-to-Head: Pakistan vs Namibia in T20Is

Pakistan hold a 100% win record against Namibia in T20 internationals. Both encounters have come at T20 World Cups and both times Pakistan batted first.

Metric	Pakistan	Namibia
Matches Played	2	2
Won	2	0
Highest Total	199/3	144
Lowest Total Conceded	97	189
Win %	100%	0%

Match 1: Pakistan beat Namibia by 45 runs- Abu Dhabi, November 2, 2021, T20 World Cup 2021

Match 2: Pakistan beat Namibia by 102 runs- Colombo, February 18, 2026, T20 World Cup 2026

Group A Final Standings

Pakistan finished second in Group A behind India, confirming their Super 8 spot as runners-up. This win directly secured their position above the USA on net run rate.

Team	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
India	4	4	0	8	+2.500
Pakistan	4	3	1	6	+0.976
USA	4	2	2	4	+0.788
Netherlands	4	1	3	2	-1.217
Namibia	4	0	4	0	-3.108

Under ICC T20 World Cup 2026 rules, if teams finish level on points, the first tiebreaker is Net Run Rate (NRR), followed by head-to-head record, and then ICC Men’s T20I Rankings. Pakistan’s NRR of +0.976 was sufficient to ensure second place in Group A without any tiebreaker calculation being required.

Pakistan Super 8 Schedule (Group 2)

After this win, Pakistan entered Super 8 Group 2 alongside England, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka.

Date	Match	Venue
Feb 21	Pakistan vs New Zealand	R. Premadasa, Colombo
Feb 24	Pakistan vs England	Pallekele, Kandy
Feb 28	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka	Pallekele, Kandy

Key Statistics at a Glance

Stat	Figure
Pakistan total	199/3 in 20 overs
Namibia total	97 all out in 17.3 overs
Win margin	102 runs
Pakistan’s highest scorer	Farhan- 100* (58b)
Pakistan’s best bowler	Tariq- 4/16 (3.3 ov)
Namibia’s top scorer	Steenkamp- 23 (22b)
Total fours (PAK)	18
Total sixes (PAK)	9
Pakistan spinners combined	8 wkts for 66 runs
Powerplay (PAK)	47/1
Powerplay (NAM)	40/2

Match Awards

Award	Winner	Performance
Player of the Match	Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan)	100* off 58 balls, 11 fours, 4 sixes
Best Bowling	Usman Tariq (Pakistan)	4/16 in 3.3 overs (career-best)
ICC Player of the Month (Feb 2026)	Sahibzada Farhan	383 runs in 7 T20Is, avg 76.60, SR 160.25

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