Netherlands vs Namibia T20 World Cup 2026, Live Score Updates

Leg bye! Drifting into the batter, slightly short, JJ Smit fails to flick and it rolls off the pads to fine leg for a leg bye.

A quick single to get the acceleration period underway. Logan serves it in the channel, around off, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton drops it in front of point for a single.

DRINKS! Namibia have a decent platform to launch, with wickets in hand, but they will need Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton to stay till the end as he is batting on 41 off 36. This is not a wicket where new batters can come in and play their shots freely.

An armball, flat and close to the off pole. JJ Smit bends low and cuts it to point. 6 runs off the over.

Floats it up, around leg and slower in the air. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton skips down and works it to long on for one.

Tosses it up, full and on middle, JJ Smit drills it down to long on for a single.

A half-tracker on the quicker side and on off, JJ Smit punches it square to point.

Corrects the line and fires it onto the stumps. JJ Smit keeps it out on the off side.

FOUR! Greets Roelof van der Merwe with a boundary! Starts with a flighted delivery, wide outside off. JJ Smit bends across and flashes it past point, in the gap and it rolls to the fence. 100 up for Namibia.

We will see Roelof van der Merwe with the ball for the first time in this game.

Length delivery, pace-off, outside off, punched to mid off and JJ Smit keeps the strike.

Straighter delivery, hard-length and on off, JJ taps it back to Bas de Leede.

WIDE! Fuller delivery, going down the leg side, JJ Smit lets it be.

Pushes it full and around the fifth stump line. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton heaves it off the inner half of the bat to long on for one.

Short of a good length and on leg, JJ Smit turns it to deep square leg for a single. Smit is underway.

The bowling change has worked for the Netherlands. JJ Smit is the next man in.

OUT! TAKEN! A much-needed wicket for the Netherlands as Namibia's skipper was playing with intent in his short stay. Bas de Leede bowls into the surface and around off, Gerhard Erasmus picks the short ball but it is too close to his body for the pull shot, no space to swing his arms cleanly and he picks the man at the catching mid-wicket position. Aryan Dutt gets on his toes to take it over his head. Erasmus departs for a quick-fire 18 off 9, and Namibia are 95/3 now.

Good idea but not the execution! On a good length and on top of off. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton shuffles across to play it behind square leg but fails to pick the slower delivery, hits it to mid-wicket for a single.

Bas de Leede has been introduced into the attack now. He will be desperate to make amends for his dropped catch.

FOUR MORE! That's 29 runs off the last two overs. Again, well played! Timm van der Gugten corrects and bowls around off but a bit too short. Gerhard Erasmus hoicks it across and gets it over mid-wicket for four runs. He does not get it from the middle, and Roelof van der Merwe from mid on chases it, but the ball still trickles away to the fence.