The Namibia national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Eagles. The team qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2021, after finishing at 4th position in the 2019 qualifier, they have qualified for tournament three times in a row since then. In three editions that they have contested, the team has 4 wins in 11 matches.
In their maiden appearance, the team advanced from the first round into the Super 12 stage. They also managed to register their first-ever victory against a full member nation, after defeating Ireland in the first round.[1] In the next edition, they defeated Sri Lanka, once again in the first round but were unable to progress to the next stage.[2]
| ICC T20 World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Super 12 | 10/16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| First round | 13/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not participate (qualified automatically) | |||||||
| Group stage | 15/20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/9 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 66 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 3 | |
| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Ab | Win % | First played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2021 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.67 | |
| Source:[3] Last Updated: 15 June 2024 | |||||||||
See main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Event | First round (Group A) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| 2021 | L by 7 wickets | W by 6 wickets | W by 8 wickets | 2 | W by 4 wickets | L by 62 runs | L by 45 runs | L by 52 runs | L by 9 wickets | 5 | Did not advance | Super 12 | ||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[4] | ||||||||||||||
See main article: 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Event | First round (Group A) | Super 12 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||||||
| 2022 | W by 55 runs | L by 5 wickets | L by 7 runs | 2 | Did not advance | First round | ||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[5] | ||||||||||||||
See main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Event | Group stage (Group B) | Super 8 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||||
| 2024 | Tied (W the S/O) | L by 5 wickets | L by 9 wickets | L by 41 runs (DLS) | 4 | Did not advance | Group stage | |||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Score | Opponent | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166/4 (19 overs) | 2021 | |||
| 163/7 (20 overs) | 2022 | |||
| 155/9 (20 overs) | 2024 | |||
| 144/5 (20 overs) | 2021 | |||
| 141/8 (20 overs) | 2022 | |||
| Last updated: 15 June 2024[7] | ||||
This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Gerhard Erasmus has played a total of 15 matches, and has captained the team in all of their World Cup matches.
| Matches | Player | Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2021-2024 | ||||||
| 2021-2024 | |||||||
| 2021-2024 | |||||||
| 2021-2024 | |||||||
| 14 | 2021-2024 | ||||||
| 2021-2024 | |||||||
| 13 | 2021-2024 | ||||||
| 2021-2024 | |||||||
| Last updated: 15 June 2024[8] | |||||||
| Runs | Player | 100s | 50s | Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344 | 15 | 15 | 66* | 34.40 | 2 | 2021–2024 | |||
| 305 | 15 | 15 | 53* | 23.46 | 2 | 2021–2024 | |||
| 184 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 20.44 | 2021–2024 | ||||
| 148 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 13.45 | 2021–2024 | ||||
| 146 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 18.25 | 2021–2022 | ||||
| Last updated: 15 June 2024[9] | |||||||||
| Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 (4th wicket) | David Wiese (63) & Gerhard Erasmus (30) | v | 2021 | ||
| 70 (7th wicket) | JJ Smit (31) & Jan Frylinck (31) | v | 2022 | ||
| 70 (8th wicket) | David Wiese (41) & Ruben Trumpelmann (24) | v | 2022 | ||
| 53* (3rd wicket) | David Wiese (28*) & Gerhard Erasmus (23*) | v | 2021 | ||
| 51 (3rd wicket) | Gerhard Erasmus (37) & Zane Green (13) | v | 2024 | ||
| Last updated: 15 June 2024[10] | |||||
| Wickets | Player | Matches | 4W | 5W | Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 15 | 25.14 | 7.23 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 26.46 | 7.81 | 4/21 | 1 | 0 | 2021–2024 | ||
| 12 | 14 | 20.00 | 7.16 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 | ||
| 10 | 14 | 24.70 | 6.33 | 2/18 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 | ||
| 7 | 15 | 39.57 | 7.91 | 2/24 | 0 | 0 | 2021–2024 | ||
| Last updated: 15 June 2024[11] | |||||||||