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Namibia vs Ireland 1st ODI: Match Details, Series Schedule and What to Watch

Namibia vs Ireland first ODI match details: HP Oval, Windhoek, the official 09:30 local / 13:00 IST scheduled start, and the five-match series schedule.

SportsHub4U Research Desk Published: 22 October 2026 3 min read

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Namibia and Ireland's opening match of a five-game men's ODI series was scheduled for 22 October 2026 at 09:30 in Windhoek (Africa/Windhoek), or 13:00 IST. At the editorial check at 14:24 IST on 22 October, the scheduled start time had passed. This article provides schedule and background information, not a live score or result report; it does not confirm the actual start, toss or playing XI. The scheduled local start is listed by Cricket Ireland.

Key Takeaways

The first ODI was scheduled for 22 October 2026 at HP Oval, Windhoek, from 09:30 local time.
The five-match series runs from 22 October to 1 November, with matches at HP Oval and FNB Namibia Cricket Ground.
Cricket Namibia describes these as the first men's ODI meetings between Namibia and Ireland.

Namibia vs Ireland 1st ODI: Match Details

Match: Namibia vs Ireland, 1st ODI
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
Venue: HP Oval, Windhoek
Scheduled start: 09:30 local time (Africa/Windhoek) / 13:00 IST
Format: Men's One Day International

The owner-supplied poster used with this article is promotional artwork, not verified match photography. The schedule details above come from the official tour and series updates cited below.

Five-Match ODI Schedule

Cricket Ireland lists the five fixture dates and scheduled 09:30 local starts. Cricket Namibia's series announcement supplies the venue pattern below:

22 October: HP Oval, Windhoek
24 October: FNB Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
27 October: HP Oval, Windhoek
30 October: FNB Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
1 November: FNB Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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Background and ODI Reader Context

Cricket Namibia says the series marks the first men's ODI meetings between the two countries. Its series update also records earlier non-ODI encounters: an eight-wicket Namibia win over Ireland at the 2021 T20 World Cup and an 11-run Namibia win in a 2022 warm-up match. Those results provide context, but they are not ODI results and do not establish what happened in this series.

An ODI gives each side one innings of up to 50 overs. Readers checking a scorecard can use the opening partnership, wickets lost, scoring rate, boundary count and final-overs total as markers of how an innings developed. Bowling figures, wickets and extras add context. These are general ways to read an ODI scorecard, not claims about either team's selection, tactics or likely performance.

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Schedule information was checked on 22 October 2026. Consult the official source updates below for match status and results.

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