Eagles win historic series against Ireland

Source: The Namibian · 2026-11-02T06:53:50.000Z · World

The Namibian Eagles beat Ireland by five wickets yesterday to win their 50-over One Day International series by three matches to two. Going into yesterday’s final match, the series was evenly poised at two matches all, with all to play for, but Namibian all-rounder JJ Smit swung the final match and the series Namibia’s way with a brilliant bowling spell. After losing Tim Tector (5) and Andrew Balbirnie (9) early on, Ireland recovered to 84/3 before Smit struck with three wickets in four balls. He caught and bowled Lorcan Tucker for 20, then trapped Curtis Campher lbw for a golden

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