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USA vs Namibia T20 Cricket World Cup Predictions - Van Schalkwyk to cut through Namibia’s batters

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 14 Feb 2026

Simon Lewis 14 Feb 2026

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Shadley van Schalkwyk (11 wickets, ave 6.45) is 1st on the World Cup wickets list.
Jan Frylinck has scored 88, 30 and 22 in his last four innings.
Can the USA keep their Super 8 hopes alive by beating Namibia?

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Shadley van Schalkwyk is the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup (Getty Images).

USA vs Namibia Predictions

The USA have been in good form, despite losing to Pakistan and India. Namibia have suffered two big defeats in the World Cup and they don’t look like they have the game to challenge the in-form USA.

USA vs Namibia Predictions
Head-to-Head
USA Form
Namibia Form
USA vs Namibia Team News & Squads

USA’s Shadley van Schalkwyk has taken 4/25, 4/25 & 3/21 in his 3 CWC matches.
USA’s Shubham Ranjane (136 runs, ave 68.00) is 3rd in the World Cup runs list.
Namibia’s Jan Frylinck hit three sixes in his 44-ball 88 against Scotland.
Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton hit two sixes in his 38-ball 42 against the Netherlands.

Head-to-Head

The USA have won both of their previous T20Is against Namibia.

USA Form

The USA have won just one of their three matches, but they gave strong Pakistan and India sides a real run for their money in both of their two defeats.

The USA’s success in this World Cup owes a lot to the form of Shadley van Schalkwyk with the ball and Shubham Ranjane with the bat. Ranjane (48* of 24 balls) powered the USA to a score of 196/6 off their 20 overs after a strong start thanks to their top three batters.

Monank Patel (36 off 22), Shayan Jahangir (20 off 14) and Saiteja Mukkamalla (79 off 51) all starred with the bat to lift the USA to 159/4 in the 17th over ahead of Ranjane’s big-hitting in the last three overs.

Harmeet Singh (4/21, econ 5.25) made early inroads into the Netherlands top order as they crumbled to 66/5. Shadley van Schalkwyk (3/21, econ 7.41) and Mohammad Mohsin (2/19, econ 6.33) kept the pressure up as the Netherlands were rolled for 103 off 15.5 overs.

Namibia Form

After losing their opener against the Netherlands by seven wickets, Namibia suffered another big loss when they went down to India by 93 runs.

Gerhard Erasmus (4/20, econ 5.00) starred with the ball in the India innings, knocking over three of India’s top six as well as taking a catch and completing a run out. The rest of the Namibia bowlers all went for 9.50 runs or more per over.

Louren Steenkamp (29 off 20) and Jan Frylinck (22 off 15) got Namibia off to a flying start, adding 33 for the first wicket inside four overs. The rest of the Namibia batters failed to fire as Namibia lost 10 wickets for just 83 runs to lose by 93 runs.

USA vs Namibia Team News & Squads

USA captain Monank Patel admitted during the post-match interviews that he was extremely happy with his team’s performance in their win over the Netherlands.

“Batting first wasn't easy as the wicket was holding, but we showed the intent. Initially we wanted to look at the pitch but once set we wanted to make sure we punished the bad balls. We showed the right intent and put them under pressure,” said Patel.

Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus was down-hearted after losing their opening two matches.

“After the powerplay we thought dew might make bowling tough and we had a chance. but that spell from Varun broke the back of our chase. We have a lot of firepower we but aren't laying a foundation - we aren't playing at our 100%. The quality of India's bowling showed as overs six to 10 broke the back of our innings,” admitted Erasmus during his post-match TV interview.

USA squad: Monank Patel (c), Jessy Singh, Andries Gous, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane.

Namibia squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Balt, Zane Green, Malan Kruger, Dylan Leicher, Lauren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, William Myburgh, JJ Smit, Jack Brassel, Max Heingo, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Ruben Trumpelmann.

Verdict

USA v Namibia

I am backing the USA to win. I am also backing Shubham Ranjane to top score for the USA.

Jan Frylinck is a good bet to top score for Namibia.

Namibia Score

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