Antigua: England beat Namibia by 41 runs in a rain-affected match in the ICCT20 World Cup to enter the race for the Super 8 stage.
Chasing the target of 123 runs, the Namibian team could score only 84 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 10 overs. Michael Wayne played an innings of 33 runs for Namibia, while Nicholas Davis retired after scoring 18 runs. David Wiese scored 27 runs.
Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan got one wicket each for England.
Earlier, Namibia won the toss and invited England to bat first.
England opener Phil Salt scored 11 runs, captain Jos Buttler was out for zero, Jonny Bairstow scored 31 runs while Harry Brooks played an unbeaten innings of 47 runs, Moeen Ali scored 16 runs and Liam Livingstone scored 13 runs.
For Namibia, Ruben Trumpelman took 2, David Wiese and Bernard 1.
The match between the Group B teams at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua was also interrupted by rain after the organizers limited the match to 10 overs per side. It was very important for England to win this match to stay in the Super 8 race.
Australia have already qualified for the Super 8 from Group B. England will have to wait for the Kangaroos to win the Australia-Scotland match to advance to the Super 8 stage, as England and Scotland are second and third in the group with 5.5 points each.
Earlier on Saturday, the match between India and Canada in Florida was canceled due to rain, while the match between America and Ireland on Friday was also canceled due to rain, which left Pakistan out of the race to reach the Super Eight. .
