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First one-day international, Windhoek<\/b><\/p>\n
South Africa 348-6 (50 overs):<\/b> Hermann 150 (126), De Zorzi 72 (84); Trumpelmann 4-68<\/p>\n
Nambia 162-8 (31 overs):<\/b> Kruger 34 (60); Subrayen 4-29<\/p>\n
South Africa won by 99 runs (DLS method) and lead the three-match series 1-0<\/i><\/p>\n
Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\n Jordan Hermann struck 150 to equal the record for the highest score in a one-day international debut as South Africa beat Namibia by 99 runs in Windhoek.<\/b><\/p>\n The opener’s 126-ball innings saw him draw level with compatriot Matthew Breetzke, who scored 150 from 148 deliveries<\/a> against New Zealand in February 2025.<\/p>\n Hermann put on a 167-ball second-wicket partnership of 190 with Tony de Zorzi (70), hitting 17 fours and three sixes across his innings.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old reached his first fifty off 61 balls but his next two half-centuries came off 32 deliveries apiece.<\/p>\n Having reached 150 with a single in the covers, he was dismissed from the following delivery, caught at deep-midwicket by Louren Steenkamp off the bowling of seamer Ruben Trumpelmann (4-68) to leave his side on 275-3 in the 42nd over.<\/p>\n South Africa added a further 73 runs to finish on 348-6 having been put into bat but lost Jordan’s older brother Ruben, playing in his second ODI, for eight when he trapped lbw by Trumpelmann.<\/p>\n Nambia’s chase was affected by rain delays and was ultimately reduced to 31 overs, with the hosts falling well short of their target of 262, revised by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.<\/p>\n They closed on 162-8, with opener Malan Kruger top-scoring with 34, while South Africa spinner Prenelan Subrayen finished with figures of 4-29.<\/p>\n South Africa’s win, in the first ODI encounter between the neighbouring countries, sees them go 1-0 up in the three-matches series with further fixtures to follow at the same ground on Friday and Sunday (both 08:30 BST).<\/p>\n The visitors have named a rotated squad for the series, with Hermann, who has made six T20 appearances for South Africa, one of three debutants in this match alongside Connor Esterhuizen and Duan Jansen.<\/p>\n The reserve-heavy line-up won four of their five matches in a T20 tri-series against Namibia and Zimbabwe that preceded the ODIs, with Hermann playing every fixture alongside Ruben and top-scoring with 53 in Sunday’s final<\/a>.<\/p>\n He has not been selected for South Africa’s next assignment, a home series of three ODIs and three Tests against Australia, starting later this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n