Namibia will clash with South Africa in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Wednesday, September 9.
South Africa will enter this ODI series after suffering a 1-2 ODI series defeat to India away from home. Meanwhile, Namibia, led by Gerhard Erasmus, secured three crucial wins in the recent ODI Tri-Series vs Nepal and the Netherlands in July 2026.
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1, Match Details
Match: Namibia vs South Africa, ODI Series 2026, Match 1
Time & Date: 1:00 PM IST, Wednesday, September 9
Venue: Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Probable XIs
Namibia
Michael van Lingen, Malan Kruger, Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Zane Green (wk), JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell
South Africa
Matthew Breetzke, Rubin Hermann, Tony de Zorzi, Jordan Hermann, Connor Esterhuizen, Dewald Brevis, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Bjorn Fortuin (c), Duan Jansen, Kwena Maphaka
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Pitch Report
With the average first-innings score across the last three ODIs at this venue being 193, we can expect batters and bowlers to do equally well. Interestingly, two of those three games saw the team chasing to come out on top.
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Top Picks
Gerhard Erasmus
Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus accumulated 149 runs from four innings and scalped five wickets with the ball in the recent T20I tri-series.
Jan Frylinck
Namibia batter Frylinck scored 162 runs from four innings in the recently concluded T20I tri-series.
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Captain picks
Matthew Breetzke
Breetzke is one of the most consistent batters for South Africa in this format, and we can expect him to do well.
Dewald Brevis
Dewald Brevis concluded the recent T20I tri-series as the second-leading run-scorer, amassing 226 runs from five innings.
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Head-to-Head Dream11 team
Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke (c), Rubin Hermann, Connor Esterhuizen, Gerhard Erasmus (vc), Jordan Hermann, Corbin Bosch, Jan Frylinck, Duan Jansen, Bjorn Fortuin, Prenelan Subrayen
NAM vs SA, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Grand League Dream11 team
Dewald Brevis (c), Matthew Breetzke, Rubin Hermann, Connor Esterhuizen, Gerhard Erasmus, Jordan Hermann, Corbin Bosch, Jan Frylinck (vc), Duan Jansen, Bjorn Fortuin, Prenelan Subrayen
