Bridgetown: Scotland beat Namibia by 5 wickets in Men’s T20 World Cup match.
In the Group B match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Scotland defeated Namibia by 5 wickets to get their first victory in the event.
Namibia scored 155 runs while batting first, Scotland reached the target of 155 runs with 9 balls to spare.
Namibia’s innings:
In the 12th match of the event at Bridgetown West Indies, Namibia won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 155 for 9 in the allotted 20 overs.
Namibia’s first wicket fell for nil when JP Kotze caught McMullen off the third ball, Gerhard Erasmus was the most prominent batsman, who played a brilliant innings of 52 runs.
Zane Green scored 28, Nicholas Dion 20 and Jean Frylink scored 12 runs, the hero of the last match David Wiese could only score 14 runs.
Scottish bowler Brad Wheel took 3 wickets, Brad Currie took 2 while Chris Soule, Chris Graves and Michael Lesk got one each.
Scotland’s innings:
Scotland’s opening batsmen gave the team a 23-run start, with George Monsey getting out for 7, while Michael Jones played an innings of 26 runs.
Brendan McMullen scored 19 runs, while a 74-run partnership between Scottish captain Richie Barrington and Michael Lezic contributed to the team’s success.
Michael Lees played an innings of 35 runs off 17 balls which included 4 sixes.
Scottish captain Richie Barrington played an unbeaten innings of 47 runs to cross the team’s new.
Scotland achieved the required target in 18.3 overs to claim their first win of the event, before the match against England was rained out, after which both teams were awarded a point apiece.
For Namibia, Gerhard Erasmus took 2 wickets while Ruben and Bernard 1 each.
Squad:
Namibia: JP Kotze, Nicolas Dion, Jean Fryelink, Gerhard Erasmus, Milan Krueger, Zane Green, David Wiese, Ruben Tropelman, JJ Smith, Bernard Shods, Tangini Lingamini.
Scotland: George Monsey, Michael Jones, Brendan McMullen, Richie Barrington, Matthew Cross, Michael Lees, Chris Graves, Mark Watt, Chris Soule, Brad Wheel, Brad Curry
