Cricket player · Bowler · Namibia
Ben Shikongo
Ben Shikongo appears in 4 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (11 Oct 2025 to 12 Feb 2026). 0 runs in 1 innings. 2 wickets from 6 overs. 64 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.
Player profile
- Country
- Namibia
- Role
- Bowler
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm fast-medium
- Born
- 8 May 2000 Age 26
- Recorded matches
- 6463 internationals
Ben Shikongo is a bowler from Namibia with 64 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 63 internationals (23 ODIs, 40 T20Is).
Batting: 23 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in ODI cricket (22) and the highest recorded score is 4.
Bowling: 58 wickets in recorded matches, 32 of them in T20I cricket.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 23 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | 36.1 | 0/0 | 23 | 36.35 | 6.10 | 0 |
| T20I | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 14.3 | 0/0 | 32 | 24.06 | 7.16 | 0 |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0 |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Ben Shikongo at a glance
FairPlay holds 4 complete scorecards featuring Ben Shikongo, most recently for Namibia (T20 and shorter).
In those matches Ben Shikongo batted 1 time for 0 runs at a strike rate of 0.00.
With the ball: 2 wickets from 6 overs, an economy rate of 10.67. Best figures: 1 for 23 against South Africa.
How the 1 dismissal happened: LBW 1.
These matches were played at 3 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0/0 |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1/23 | 10.67 |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb 2026 | India v NamibiaBat 0 (1) · Bowl 1/41 (3) | ||
| 6 Feb 2026 | India A v NamibiaBat – · Bowl – | ||
| 4 Feb 2026 | Namibia v ScotlandBat – · Bowl – | ||
| 11 Oct 2025 | Namibia v South AfricaBat – · Bowl 1/23 (3) |
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