Ruben comes up trumps as Namibia beat South Africa in T20 opener

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/namibia/8hqsGqUb/"]Namibia[/a] batted ‌first and posted 163 for nine ‌in their 20 overs, before restricting the visitors to 145 for nine in reply.[/p][p]The ‌result makes it two wins ⁠from two for ‌Namibia against their neighbours having won the ​first T20 clash between the sides last October, also in Windhoek.[/p][p]Namibia’s ​innings was anchored by a superb 60 from 38 balls by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/frylinck-jan/ERxlv1mI/"]Jan Frylinck[/a], ⁠who put ​on an opening stand of 84 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/steenkamp-louren/belPrJBg/"]Louren Steenkamp[/a] (41 from 29 balls).[/p][p]At one stage 200 looked on for the home ‌side, but they managed only 40 runs from the final 35 balls of the innings as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/tUhlKzIm/"]South Africa[/a] bowled well at the death.[/p][embed guid="4214467e-cdaf-45d3-80a0-2076e81d53d9" url="https://x.com/ProteasMenCSA/status/2093362699992178850?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Spinners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fortuin-bjorn/YDoCGV4s/"]Bjorn Fortuin[/a] (2-17) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/subrayen-prenelan/4vZHXFYn/"]Prenelan Subrayen[/a] (3-32) were the pick of South Africa's bowlers.[/p][p]South Africa struggled from the start of their reply and ‌when Brevis fell for a well-played ​75 from 50 balls, which included ‌five sixes, their chances of winning the game diminished.[/p][p]South Africa, who have rested the majority of their regular players, meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zimbabwe/pCUnmKBm/"]Zimbabwe[/a] in the second ⁠Tri-Series fixture ⁠at the same ‌venue on Saturday.[/p]