Namibia will battle it out with Canada for the opening match of the T20I bilateral series at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. The hosts are coming off a win in the ODI match against Canada which was part of the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two 2023-27. The Gerhard Erasmus-led Namibia dominated Canada in the match as they won by 12 runs, with skipper shining with ball in hand by picking four wickets.
Canada would be hoping to make amends in the T20I series and look to settle the scores. The shortest format is the one were the European nation thrives.
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Namibia vs Canada Match Preview
While Namibia edged Canada in the ODI format, they will be vary of the fightback the team in the T20 format. Namibia had lost four matches to UAE, & USA in September & October in a four-match T20I series at home, as they failed to fire as a unit. Namibia also failed to qualify for the Super 8s in the T20 World Cup 2024 as they faced defeats against Scotland, Australia, and England.
On the other hand, Canada emerged victorious in their previous T20 tri-nation series at home, by managing to win three games against Nepal and Oman. Canada possess some powerful hitters in Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Kirton, along with wicket-taking bowlers like Saad Bin Zafar and Dillon Heyliger. Canada would be eager to continue their good form in the T20Is, and assert their dominance on Namibia.
Namibia vs Canada 1st T20I Live Streaming Details
When will the Namibia vs Canada match be played?
The match will be played on March 18, Tuesday.
Where will the Namibia vs Canada match be played?
It will be played at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek
What time will the Namibia vs Canada match start?
The match will start at 5:30 PM IST.
How to watch the Namibia vs Canada match live on TV?
There won't be a live telecast of Namibia vs Canada match
Where to watch the Namibia vs Canada match Live?
The match will be live-streamed on the Prime Video and Fancode app.
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Namibia vs Canada Full Squads
Namibia
Zane Green (wk), Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Jan de Villiers, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Shaun Fouche, Dylan Leicher, Ben Shikongo, Michael van Lingen, Lohandre Louwrens, Jan Frylinck
Canada
Yuvraj Samra, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton (c), Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar, Dillon Heyliger, Parveen Kumar, Shahid Ahmadzai, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Rishiv Raghav Joshi, Ravinderpal Singh, Akhil Kumar, Ansh Patel, Dilpreet Bajwa
