Overview
- Namibia beat South Africa by 18 runs at the Namibia Cricket Ground, with Jan Frylinck scoring 60 and Ruben Trumpelmann and JJ Smit taking three wickets each to defend 163.
- Dewald Brevis produced consecutive match-defining 75s and drove South Africa to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe with 38 balls to spare on Saturday.
- Proteas bowlers corrected course after the opening loss, with Prenelan Subrayen and Duan Jansen combining to restrict Zimbabwe and give Brevis a platform to chase.
- Teams are using the double round-robin to finalise combinations and assess young players ahead of a final in early September and the 2027 World Cup.
- The Namibia Cricket Ground has offered competitive T20 totals and the series has highlighted broadcast and logistic challenges for fixtures in Windhoek as interest in regional cricket grows.