Netherlands Vs Namibia Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Edwards, De Leede Lead NED To Seven-Wicket Win Over NAM

Good morning, cricket fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the Netherlands’ T20 World Cup 2026 match against Namibia. Stay tuned for pre-match and toss updates as they take place.

• Fixture: Netherlands vs Namibia, Group A Match 10

• Series: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026

• Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

• Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

• Time: 11:00 AM IST

The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 match between Netherlands vs Namibia will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. The television broadcast of the game will take place on the Star Sports 1 and 2 (SD & HD) channels. Regional commentary will be available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.

Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (wk) (c), Zach Lion Cachet, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen.

Namibia: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Max Heingo.

Scott Edwards (Netherlands): "We're going to have a bowl first. Early morning, if there's anything in the wicket, it's probably going to be now. We feel like we played a lot of good cricket (against Pakistan), and we probably missed in certain parts of the game. So, for us, it's another opportunity to execute when those moments come."

Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia): "It was a bit of 50-50 for us. Would have bowled first as well. We've had 7 days in Dubai and then in Bengaluru. Feeling really good. Our fourth consecutive World Cup."

Namibia open their innings through Steenkamp and Frylinck, with Aryan Dutt having the new ball. Netherlands almost get an early breakthrough as Frylinck looks to steal a quick single. Steenkamp has to put in a dive, and replays show that he just about made it.

Aryan Dutt draws first blood for Netherlands! Brilliant bowling for the spinner, as the pace and bounce beats Steenkamp. It's an easy stumping for Edwards. Loftie-Eaton, the new batter, gets off the mark.

An eventful over to end the powerplay. In the second ball, Ackerman hit the top of Loftie-Eaton's pads. It looked to be going down the leg side, but Netherlands take the review. It's closer than it looked, but it's umpire's call. The batter punishes the bowler with a brute-force shot that goes over the ropes, and closes the over with another boundary.

Netherlands have been so good in the field, but they shoot themselves in the foot. Loftie-Eaton goes for the switch hit, and it looks like an easy catch for de Leede, who runs towards midwicket. He fails to get underneath it properly and the ball bounces out of his hand. Then there's a run out chance at the non-striker's end, but the throw is poor and the bowler fails to collect it.

Great bowling change from Edwards as van Beek gets the breakthrough. Frylinck is early in his shot and gets a thin inside edge that is taken by the wicketkeeper. Erasmus is the new batter for Namibia and gets off the mark immediately.

De Leede dismisses the dangerous Erasmus!! The skipper looked like he had gotten Namibia's innings going with a big over against van der Gugten, hitting two fours and a six. Edwards brings de Leede back into the attack, and he dismisses Erasmus in the second ball. The batter tries to go big but can't get enough power under the shot, finding Aryan Dutt, who takes a jumping catch. Smit is the new batter.

It's the second wicket of the day for van Been, and it's the scalp of Loftie-Eaton, who was nearing his half-century. The batter attempts a big shot, but the slower ball gives him no pace to work with. An easy catch for van der Merwe at long-on. Green comes on as the new batter.

Yet another wicket for the Netherlands as de Leede castles Smit. As has been the case for Namibia, it's the wrong shot at the wrong time, and the Eagles are in deep trouble. Trumpelmann is the new batter, and he is hit on the pads in the final ball of the over. Umpire says no, but the bowler reviews. It's umpire's call again.

A disappointing end to the Namibian innings, with Green holing out to Levitt, and the Netherlands getting two easy run outs. Namibia have set a target of 158, but there's doubts whether that will be enough. A big chase awaits.

Levitt and O'Dowd opens the chase for Netherlands, with Scholtz given the new ball. After a steady start, Levitt hammers the final ball over long-off for a six. Beauty of a shot, that!

A very good start for the Netherlands suffers a speed bump as O'Dowd throws away his wicket cheaply. There's a change of field by Namibia, and the batter hits Scholtz's delivery straight into the hands of Erasmus at mid-on. De Leede comes on as the new batter.

Levitt tries one shot too many, and his luck finally runs out. After sending Trumpelmann out of the park off the very first ball, he attempts another big shot, but this time holes it to Myburgh. That's the 50th T20I wicket for Trumpelmann. Ackermann comes on as the new batter as the powerplay comes to an end.

After a boundary off Scholtz's first ball in the eighth over, Namibia pull back the run rate with a couple of quiet overs. Still, as the total is so low, Netherlands can afford to take it slow as they need just 80 runs more to win in 10 overs.

After a six by de Leede, Ackermann tries to join in the fun and go big against Loftie-Eaton. However, the batter can't time it properly and manages to only get it as far as Erasmus at long-off.

Dutch require 26 runs with four overs remaining however, they have seven wickets in hand and that could be beneficial for the batting team. NAM require some tight bowling and good fielding if they are to stop the Oranje from reaching their target.

Bas de Leede (72 not out) paves the way for the Netherlands to beat Namibia by seven wickets and open their account in the T20 World Cup 2026.