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Namibia v Ireland, 1st ODI: Ireland won by 55 runs

Namibia 174; our pre-match call 63%. Ireland 229-9; our pre-match call 37%.

Namibia v Ireland ODI series 2026, 1st ODI

Ireland won by 55 runs

Thursday 22 October 2026, 9:30am GMT+2Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Prediction locked in 22nd October, 17:30 UTCWhen we've said 60–65%, the favourite won 72 of 119

Our call and the result

Our callResultWinner
Namibia 63%favourites
Ireland(called wrong)won by 55 runs
First innings
252projected for Ireland batting first; par 270
229229-9 (50 overs), 41 under par

Ireland 229-9 (50 overs). Namibia 174 all out (37.5 overs).

Scorecard

Ireland batting
BatterRB4s6sSR
Andy Balbirniec Brassell b Scholtz20253080.0
Paul Stirling (c)c Lingen b Loftie-Eaton56718178.9
Cade Carmichaellbw b Smit45804056.3
Harry Tectorc Scholtz b Loftie-Eaton28421166.7
Lorcan Tucker (wk)c Smit b Loftie-Eaton28362177.8
Curtis Campherb Trumpelmann17191089.5
George Dockrellst Green b Loftie-Eaton07000.0
Andy McBrinenot out8100080.0
Gavin Hoeyb Smit03000.0
Liam McCarthyb Brassell8601133.3
Jai Moondranot out2100200.0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 6)17
Total (50 overs)229-9

Fall of wickets 1–70 (Andy Balbirnie, 12.3 overs), 2–95 (Paul Stirling, 20.5 overs), 3–149 (Harry Tector, 32.2 overs), 4–176 (Cade Carmichael, 40.3 overs), 5–200 (Lorcan Tucker, 43.4 overs), 6–204 (George Dockrell, 45.2 overs), 7–214 (Curtis Campher, 47.4 overs), 8–217 (Gavin Hoey, 48.3 overs), 9–227 (Liam McCarthy, 49.5 overs)

Namibia bowling
BowlerOMRWEcon
Ruben Trumpelmann1004114.10
JJ Smit1004724.70
Bernard Scholtz1003713.70
Jack Brassell904414.89
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton903644.00
Waldo Smith201306.50

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