Ireland won the 1st ODI of their tour of Namibia by 55 runs at the High Performance Oval, Windhoek, on 22 Oct 2026. Namibia won the toss and elected to bowl first.
PR Stirling top-scored for Ireland with 56 off 71 balls, including 8 fours and 1 six, before he was caught by van Lingen off Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton. C Carmichael made 45 off 80 balls before falling lbw to JJ Smit, and HT Tector added 28 off 42. Ireland were 217/8 when Gavin Hoey was bowled by Smit for 0, and 227/9 when Liam McCarthy was bowled by Brassell for 8. They finished on 229/9 from their 50 overs.
Loftie-Eaton led Namibia's attack with 4 for 36 from 9 overs, while Smit took 2 for 47 from 10.
Namibia's reply began briskly. M van Lingen made 23 off 22 balls before he was caught by Tucker off Moondra with the score on 48/1, and L Steenkamp fell for 26 off 38 at 55/2. Wickets then fell regularly: Namibia slipped to 74/4, then 105/6 when Gerhard Erasmus was lbw to George Dockrell for 22, and 110/7 when Smit was caught by Campher off Dockrell. Loftie-Eaton was run out by Tector and Tucker for 9.
R Trumpelmann offered resistance with 50 off 43 balls, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes, but he was the last man out, bowled by McCarthy, as Namibia were dismissed for 174 in 37.5 overs.
Hoey was Ireland's leading bowler with 3 for 29 from 9 overs, and Dockrell took 2 for 22 from 4. Moondra also claimed two wickets, those of van Lingen and Bernard Scholtz.
