Namibia vs Oman Head To Head Record & Stats in Kensington Oval, Barbados Ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 Match 3

Group B’s Associate nation teams, Namibia and Oman open their group stage campaign in match 3 of T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday (June 2).

Gerhard Erasmus-led Namibia and Aqib Ilyas’ Oman are set for their third T20 World Cup appearance. The two teams are in a group that includes two recent champions England and Australia as well as another minnow in Scotland.

Namibia vs Oman head to head record and stats ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 match 3

In their previous 2 T20 World Cup appearances, Namibia reached the Super 12 stage in 2021 after finishing second in group that included Sri Lanka, Ireland and Netherlands. They, however, only won once in the Super 12s. In 2022, Namibia exited from the first round group stage.

Oman, on the other hand, bowed out in the first round group stage in their two previous T20 World Cup appearance, winning only twice – once in 2016 vs Ireland and once in 2021 vs Papua New Guinea.

Namibia and Oman, who have crossed paths in the last few days, will be fighting in reality for third place in a tough group. The two sides clash for the first time in T20 World Cup, and clash at the Barbados venue for the very first time. Here is a look at the head to head numbers of Oman vs Namibia:

Namibia vs Oman Head to Head Record

In the 6 Oman vs Namibia head to head meetings in T20Is, Namibia has won 4 games against Oman, who have won two such clashes with all their encounters so far taking place in the Middle-Eastern country.

The two Associate nation teams, who had met for the first time in 2019 during the T20 World Cup qualifier, crossed paths in a bilateral series earlier this year in April. Here is a look at the Namibia vs Oman head to head stats:

Namibia vs Oman Head To Head Stats in T20

STAT	For Namibia vs Oman	For Oman vs Namibia
Wins Batting 1st	3	1
Wins Chasing	1	1
Highest Total	212	150
Lowest Total	101	107
Highest Successful Chase	114	104
Lowest Total Defended	161	137
Most Runs	Jean-Pierre Kotze (164 runs)	Aqib Ilyas (161 runs)
Highest scorer	Jean-Pierre Kotze (78)	Naseem Khushi (66)
Most Sixes	Gerhard Erasmus & David Wiese (8 sixes each)	Naseem Khushi (11 sixes)
Most Fours	Jean-Pierre Kotze (19 fours)	Aqib Ilyas (16 fours)
Most Fifties	Gerhard Erasmus (2 fifties)	Naseem Khushi & Aqib Ilyas (1 fifty each)
Most wickets	Gerhard Erasmus (11 wickets)	Fayyaz Butt (8 wickets)
Best Bowling	Bernard Martinus Scholtz (4/20)	Bilal Khan (4/19)

While Oman and Namibia play for the first time at the Kensington Oval, the venue in Bridgetown, Barbados has played hosts to several other T20 internationals. Here is a look at Kensington Oval record and stats:

Kensington Oval T20I Record and Stats

Played: 24
No Result: 1
Won Batting First: 16
Won Chasing: 7
Highest Total: 224/5 by West Indies vs England in 2022
Lowest Total: 80 All Out by Afghanistan vs South Africa in 2010
Highest Successful Chase: 172/6 in 18.1 overs by West Indies vs England in 2023
Lowest Total Defended: 133/7 by New Zealand vs Pakistan in 2010
Highest Individual Score: Rovman Powell (WI) – 107 off 53 balls vs England in 2022
Total Sixes: 318 sixes
Total Fours: 494 fours
Total Fifties: 25 fifties
Total Hundreds: 1 hundred
Best Bowling Innings: Jason Holder (WI) - 5 for 27 in 4 overs vs England in 2022