NAM VS ZIM - 1st T20I, Zimbabwe tour of Namibia 2023

That ends the first game. We will be back tomorrow for the 2nd one. Same place, same ground, same time. Do join us then. Till then, take care and sleep well. Bye.

Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia captain: We laid a really good foundation and we landed the first punches and hopefully that's a good foundation for the rest of the series. We want to stay unbeatable and it's a great matchup and our bowlers got it in the right areas. We put the ball in the right areas and good striking from Niko. Lots of cricket to be played still and more chances for guys to go out there and chip in.

Craig Ervine | Zimbabwe captain: I thought they put the pressure on us nice and early and we did not deal with it. Credit to them. We have got to learn so quickly, looking at the wicket today, you got to build our innings and formulate another plan and come tomorrow. 

Nikolaas Davin | Player of the Match: Definitely what I wanted that knock.

16:54 Local Time, 14:54 GMT, 20:24 IST: What a thrashing this has been for Zimbabwe. They have been thoroughly dominated and well beaten here in this first game. After restricting Zimbabwe to 121, Namibia have made light work of the chase. Davin the star as he belted the ball to all corners of the field in Windhoek. His 44-ball 80 at the top of the order means that the game has been done with 38 balls to spare. Zimbabwe were poor in the field as well, dropping a couple of catches. They were well off their game and Namibia capitalised to lead the series 1-0. Fine effort from the hosts who deservedly punished a lacklustre Zimbabwean side. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation...

Raza to Davin, SIX, Davin ends it on a high. Goes on the back foot and picks the fraction short delivery on the stumps, pulls and it carries all the way over deep mid-wicket

Raza to Davin, no run, Davin makes room outside the leg-stump, it's round-armish from Raza, fired into the pads, Davin flicks and misses

Raza to Davin, 2 runs, good length on the stumps, Davin goes on the back foot and punches in the air, just wide of the diving cover to his right, long-off gets across and cuts it off

Raza to Kotze, 1 run, good length on the middle and leg line, turned to the square leg region

Sikandar Raza [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack

Jongwe to Davin, 2 runs, a low full-toss on the pads, flicked wide of deep square leg and two more as they run aggressively

Jongwe to Davin, FOUR, another half-volley outside off, this time wide of sweeper cover. Again Davin launching that in the air and in the gap

Jongwe to Davin, FOUR, half-volley outside off, Davin crashes it over extra-cover, stand and deliver stuff

Jongwe to Davin, no run, slower ball short ball outside off, Davin cuts and misses

Jongwe to Davin, wide, down leg, Davin swings and misses

Jongwe to Kotze, 1 run, slower ball off-cutter outside off again, swiped to mid-wicket and the catch goes down. Nothing going right for Zimbabwe. Should have been taken. Akram the man there

Jongwe to Kotze, no run, slower ball off-cutter outside off, dabbed to backward point

Madhevere to Kotze, 1 run, tossed up outside off, but it's a low full-toss, swiped to long-on

Madhevere to Kotze, no run, quicker and fuller on the stumps, pushed back

Madhevere to Kotze, SIX,audacious from Kotze. It's outside off and on a good length, he reverse-swats it all the way over third man, flies away