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Malan Kruger

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Right-handed watchful top-order batter

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1NovNamibia v Ireland ODI series 2026Namibia22 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 · Next: v Ireland, Sun 1 Nov

ODI record

Batting

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100/50	HS
ODIs	30	29	632	21.79	65.0	0/3	80
v Ireland	2	2	42	21.00	85.7	0/0	42
Last 10	10	10	215	21.50	61.4	0/1	64

Batting style

Watchful top-order batter

Weak against spin
Weak against pace

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Average	22.7	31.1
Strike rate	64	81
Boundary %	5.5	9.5
Dot %	61.6	56.4
Average v pace	22.9	29.7
Average v spin	22.4	32.5
Strike rate v pace	63	84
Strike rate v spin	65	78

924 balls in ODIs · Feb 2024 – Oct 2026

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NamibiaNamibia v Ireland ODI series 2026Batter · 30 ODIs · Last ODI Oct 2026

ODI streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	1/10	10%	0	1	5163615643403420
5163615643403420

Malan Kruger has made 50 or more in 1 of the last 10 ODI innings.

Last 10 ODIs

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
30 Oct 2026	Namibia	Ireland	High Performance Oval	0 (3)	–	Lost by 130 runsL 130 runs
27 Oct 2026	Namibia	Ireland	High Performance Oval	42 (46)	–	Won by 63 runsW 63 runs
7 Oct 2026	Namibia	United States of America	Grand Prairie Stadium	3 (17)	–	Lost by 4 wicketsL 4 wkts
11 Sept 2026	Namibia	South Africa	Namibia Cricket Ground	0 (4)	–	Lost by 157 runsL 157 runs
9 Sept 2026	Namibia	South Africa	Namibia Cricket Ground	34 (60)	–	Lost by 99 runs (DLS)L 99 runs (DLS)
31 Jul 2026	Namibia	Netherlands	Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd	64 (109)	–	Won by 6 wicketsW 6 wkts
27 Jul 2026	Namibia	Nepal	Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd	15 (22)	–	Won by 3 runsW 3 runs
25 Jul 2026	Namibia	Netherlands	Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd	36 (66)	–	Lost by 58 runsL 58 runs
12 Apr 2026	Namibia	Scotland	Namibia Cricket Ground	16 (13)	–	Lost by 7 wicketsL 7 wkts
10 Apr 2026	Namibia	Oman	Namibia Cricket Ground	5 (10)	–	Won by 1 wicketW 1 wkt