ENG vs NAM | All eyes on Scotland after gung-ho England hammer Namibia in rain-marred contest
England played their part to perfection in Antigua on Saturday to thrash Namibia by 41 runs in a 10-over contest after posting 122/5 on the board. The team's destiny now rests in Scotland's hands, given a win or no result against Australia would see them qualify for the Super 8 at England's expense.
Brief score: ENG 122/5 (10) [Brook 47*(20), Bairstow 31(18); Trumpelmann 2/31(2)] beat NAM 84/3 (10) [van Lingen 33(19), Wiese 27(12); Archer 1/15(2)] by 41 runs (DLS method)
After three hours of waiting for the rain to relent, an 11-over contest was announced with Namibia opting to bowl first. Veteran David Wiese got the side off to a brilliant start by just conceding one in his opening over and Ruben Trumpelmann capitalized with an inswinging jaffa to send skipper Jos Buttler packing for a duck. Wiese returned to cap off the three-over powerplay and produced a sensational knuckle ball first up to outfox Phil Salt, leaving the visitors reeling at 18/2 after three overs. However, Gerhard Erasmus erroneously decided to get spin into the game thereon, allowing Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow to put together an explosive half-century stand in just four overs. Moeen Ali continued in the same vein after the latter departed, his six-ball 16 split across a brief stop-in-play that cut down the game to 10 overs a side, before Liam Livingstone capped off the innings with two mammoth hits to propel England to 122/5.
The new-ball duo of Reece Topley and Jofra Archer executed well with the shiny new Kookaburra to restrict Michael van Lingen and Nikolaas Davin to 18 runs in the three-over powerplay. By the end of six overs, the required run rate had skyrocketed past 20, forcing Namibia to retire Davin out for the hard-hitting Wiese in a last-ditch attempt. The 39-year-old responded to the call of duty with a couple of huge maximums and was sent off by the opposition with heartwarming congratulations to commemorate a glorious career. Nonetheless, it made little difference to the result, as England cruised through their remaining overs to complete a breezy victory.
What a player!
This Van Lingen innings of 33(29) stands with S.Gavaskar's 36(174). Man, what a player he can retire now.#ENGvsNAM
— LazyPunter (@lazy_punter) June 15, 2024
Simple
46 needed off 6 balls #ENGVSNAM pic.twitter.com/WrmmmmEBn6
— Cricket Fan in Toronto (@HabsFanInTO) June 15, 2024
Lost
Namibia lost the match as need 46 from 6 balls 😴 Brilliant bowling by Namibia n equally batting but too late for them to chase, Davin lost 16 balls for 18 runs and retd hurt to make Wiese to bat 😳#t20inUSA #T20worldcup #Rain #INDvCAN #INDvsCAN #CANvsIND #ENGvsNAM pic.twitter.com/yeXcxnCiME
— Cric_Lover 🏏 (@ankit_bhattar) June 15, 2024
Respect
David Wiese is excelling with both bat and ball for Namibia 🫶
— Sai (@sai_whispers) June 15, 2024
Much respect @David_Wiese ♥️🫡🫡🫡#T20IWorldCup2024 #NAMvsENG #ENGvsNAM #CricketinUSA pic.twitter.com/CKEReBnhkn
Only if
Only if Namibia restricted England under 100 this could have been turned out to be another upset nevertheless England kept themselves in the race of super 8 lets see what Scotland and Australia cooks...#ICC #T20worldcup2024 #ENGvsNAM
— Abhishek Singh (@abbhishrek) June 15, 2024
Worst
Worst bowling and then worst opening costed this match to Nambia#ENGvsNAM #ENGvNAM
— Gautam (@Gautam90s) June 15, 2024
Power packed
6️⃣,6️⃣,4️⃣
— PANKAJ (@BuzzNeus76170) June 15, 2024
Adil Rashid faces the brunt of David Wiese's onslaught but is it too late for Namibia with a required rate of 28? 🤔#ENGvNAM #ENGvsNAM #NAMvENG
The wrongs
Wrong by Buttler, should 've gone Archer, Jordan , Adil. Can't believe CJ bowls this one & not Archer 🤦🏾♂️ #ENGvsNAM #T20WorldCup
— Sushant (@RedDevilsSupptr) June 15, 2024
LOL
lol so I slept and considered that it would be no match between England & Namibia but luckily @englandcricket got 10 overs to win 2 points...
— Aatif - An Astrologer🏹 (@AatifAzio1) June 15, 2024
Namibia 71/1 in 8 overs...
Just a few balls remaining
WIESE is a good hitter... #ENGVSNAM #t20worldcup #cricket #t20wcwithtok pic.twitter.com/yXIffRFFm9
Outrageous
Outrageous from Namibia management for taking so much time to retired out one of the player when the game was dine and dusted.
— Abhi aks (@abhiaks9231) June 15, 2024
Unreal man! Why would you wait for so long 🤦#ENGvsNAM
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