South Africa Playing XI vs Namibia- Only T20I, South Africa Tour of Namibia 2025
Published - 11 Oct 2025, 03:51 PM | Updated - 11 Oct 2025, 04:00 PM
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South Africa will face Namibia in a one-off T20I match. This article provides details about South Africa's Playing 11 vs Namibia for this particular match.
South Africa Playing XI vs Namibia- Only T20I, South Africa Tour of Namibia 2025:
Openers: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks
The Proteas will look to continue what has been a fruitful year for them so far when they take on Namibia in a historic T20I match.
The game is historic because it will be the first time that the two teams will go head-to-head against each other in any format of the game at the international level.
Africa would like their batters to come good and post an above-par total while batting first.
Africa would bank on the batters to have a good outing if South Africa ends up batting second as well.
South Africa will open the innings with Quinton de Kock, who has reversed his decision and has come out of retirement in white-ball cricket
Quinton de Kock will be partnered by Reeza Hendricks, who has been in and out of the team in the recent past.
Both batters will look to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs to provide a platform for the middle-order batters.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Rubin Hermann, Donovan Ferreira (c), Bjorn Fortuin, Gerald Coetze
The opening duo will be followed by a middle order that, although inexperienced as far as international cricket is concerned but has a lot of ability which they would like to showcase in the match against Namibia.
The hopes of the Proteas would be on the top five batters, which comprises names like Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Rubin Hermann, and the captain for this particular series, Donovan Ferreira, to score the majority of the runs.
A score of at least 170-180 is what the Proteas should target while batting with the kind of power the team has in the arsenal, as far as batting is concerned.
To add to that, if a batter like Donovan Ferreira has a good day, the team can also entertain the thought of crossing the 200-run mark while batting first.
Bowlers: Nandre Burger, Nqabayomzi Peter, Andile Simelane, Lizaad Williams
When it comes to the African bowling attack, it includes bowlers who are considered specialists in T20 cricket and would hope to have a good game.
Although bowlers like Nandre Burger, Nqabayomzi Peter, Andile Simelane, and Lizaad Williams are short of experience at the international but, all of them play T20 leagues around the world, which will come in handy.
Along with the above-mentioned names, Gerald Coetze, who has earned a reputation to be a bowler who bowls fast, will also be entrusted with the responsibility of picking wickets.
The only thing that the visitors will have to be cautious about would be complacency, which might kick in when you play a lower-ranked team like Namibia, given that South Africa has a history of losing to associate nations.
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