IRELAND PACE BOWLER Jai Moondra enjoyed a career-best 6-26 from 10 overs to lead the visitors to a dominant 130-run win over Namibia at the National Cricket Ground today, levelling the ODI series at 2-2 ahead of Sunday’s decider.
Lorcan Tucker stood in as captain to replace the injured Paul Stirling, as Ireland was sent in to bat first. They made a steady start in the first 10 overs, with Andrew Balbirnie (19) partnered at the top of the order with ODI debutant Tim Tector.
Tector played and missed a few early before finding his groove on a pitch that was playing true – the 23-year old younger brother of Harry brought up his 50 off 64 balls, going on to make an eye-catching 73 off 81 balls (with seven fours and three sixes).
A minor stumble saw Ireland at 153-4 in the 32nd over, but brilliant late-order batting by Curtis Campher (66 off 50 balls) and George Dockrell (47* off 34 balls) saw 111 runs plundered off the last 10 overs.
Campher has been in exceptional form with the bat, with scores of 17, 45, 106 and 66 for the series to date, helping Ireland reach 298-8 from their 50 overs.
Advertisement
A place in the record books for Jai! ☘️
#BackingGreen | #IREvNAM | #FailteSolar https://t.co/k2IGu6OjxB
The Irish bowlers then set about demolishing the Namibian top order, having the home side at 88-7 in the 27th over, led by a remarkable spell of bowling by Jai Moondra. The left-arm seamer bowled a superb line and length, not only gumming up the run-scoring but taking wickets at regular intervals. Moondra finished with 6-26, which are the best figures ever in ODI cricket for Ireland.
All five of Ireland’s attack took a wicket, and bowled a disciplined line, but today belonged to Moondra who only made his international debut in June, but already has 18 wickets from nine games across formats.
Namibia Men v Ireland Men, 4th ODI, 30 October 2026 - Ireland win by 130 runs
Ireland 298-8 (50 overs; T Tector 73, C Campher 66m, G Dockrell 47*; JJ Smit 4-34)
Namibia 168 (41 overs; Z Green 45; J Moondra 6-26)
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
Moondra enjoys career-best 6-26 from 10 overs as Ireland tie series with victory over Namibia
IRELAND PACE BOWLER Jai Moondra enjoyed a career-best 6-26 from 10 overs to lead the visitors to a dominant 130-run win over Namibia at the National Cricket Ground today, levelling the ODI series at 2-2 ahead of Sunday’s decider.
Lorcan Tucker stood in as captain to replace the injured Paul Stirling, as Ireland was sent in to bat first. They made a steady start in the first 10 overs, with Andrew Balbirnie (19) partnered at the top of the order with ODI debutant Tim Tector.
Tector played and missed a few early before finding his groove on a pitch that was playing true – the 23-year old younger brother of Harry brought up his 50 off 64 balls, going on to make an eye-catching 73 off 81 balls (with seven fours and three sixes).
A minor stumble saw Ireland at 153-4 in the 32nd over, but brilliant late-order batting by Curtis Campher (66 off 50 balls) and George Dockrell (47* off 34 balls) saw 111 runs plundered off the last 10 overs.
Campher has been in exceptional form with the bat, with scores of 17, 45, 106 and 66 for the series to date, helping Ireland reach 298-8 from their 50 overs.
The Irish bowlers then set about demolishing the Namibian top order, having the home side at 88-7 in the 27th over, led by a remarkable spell of bowling by Jai Moondra. The left-arm seamer bowled a superb line and length, not only gumming up the run-scoring but taking wickets at regular intervals. Moondra finished with 6-26, which are the best figures ever in ODI cricket for Ireland.
All five of Ireland’s attack took a wicket, and bowled a disciplined line, but today belonged to Moondra who only made his international debut in June, but already has 18 wickets from nine games across formats.
Namibia Men v Ireland Men, 4th ODI, 30 October 2026 - Ireland win by 130 runs
Ireland 298-8 (50 overs; T Tector 73, C Campher 66m, G Dockrell 47*; JJ Smit 4-34)
Namibia 168 (41 overs; Z Green 45; J Moondra 6-26)
With reporting by Cricket Ireland
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Cricket Cricket Ireland Nambia ODI