16/10Result

1st Match, First Round Group A (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Geelong, Oct 16 2022

NamibiaNamibiaNAM
163/7
Sri LankaSri LankaSL
108 (19/20 ov)

Namibia won by 55 runs

Player of the Match

Jan FrylinckNamibia

16/10Result

1st Match, First Round Group A (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Geelong, Oct 16 2022

NamibiaNamibiaNAM
163/7
Sri LankaSri LankaSL
108 (19/20 ov)

Namibia won by 55 runs

Player of the Match

Jan FrylinckNamibia

Match Day

761dAndrew Fidel Fernando

Namibia kick off World Cup in style with famous upset

Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Ben Shikongo show spirit and skill to hand Sri Lanka a heavy defeat

759dSteven Lynch

Is Namibia's win over Sri Lanka in the 2022 T20 World Cup their first against a Test-playing nation?

And how many players have scored a century and taken a wicket in all three international formats?

761dFirdose Moonda

How Namibia 'turned the tables' on Sri Lanka

Captain Gerhard Erasmus says the experience of the last T20 World Cup gave them an idea of the skills required at this level

761dAlex Malcolm

Sri Lanka pacers change their plan - and allow Namibia to change the mood at Kardinia Park

Captain Dasun Shanaka not happy with his bowlers after Namibia's match-turning late blitz with the bat

761dAndrew Fidel Fernando

Injured Dilshan Madushanka out of T20 World Cup; Binura Fernando named replacement

The left-arm seamer sustained a quadriceps tear on the eve of Sri Lanka's first match of the tournament

Videos

play03:07

'Don't be surprised if Namibia start winning big games' - former batter Craig Williams
03:07
Takeaways - Will Sri Lanka's loss turn the Super 12 Group 2 into 'group of death'?
02:48
Erasmus - 'It's going to take massive mental reset because you can get carried away'
08:36

Sri Lanka INNINGS		R	B
P Nissanka	caught	9	10
BKG Mendis	caught wk	6	6
DM de Silva	caught	12	11
MD Gunathilaka	caught wk	0	1
PBB Rajapaksa	caught	20	21
MD Shanaka	caught wk	29	23
PW Hasaranga	caught	4	8
C Karunaratne	caught	5	8
Pramod Madushan	run out	0	0
PVD Chameera	caught	8	15
M Theekshana	not out	11	11
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 2)
TOTAL	108 (all out; 19 ovs)

Namibia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Erasmus	1.0	0	8	0	8.00
D Wiese	4.0	0	16	2	4.00
BM Scholtz	4.0	0	18	2	4.50
B Shikongo	3.0	1	22	2	7.33
JJ Smit	3.0	0	16	1	5.33	(1w)
JN Frylinck	4.0	0	26	2	6.50	(1w)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	BKG Mendis	P Nissanka
2nd	9	DM de Silva	P Nissanka
3rd	0	MD Gunathilaka	DM de Silva
4th	19	PBB Rajapaksa	DM de Silva
5th	34	PBB Rajapaksa	MD Shanaka
6th	6	MD Shanaka	PW Hasaranga
7th	8	MD Shanaka	C Karunaratne
8th	0	C Karunaratne	Pramod Madushan
9th	4	PVD Chameera	C Karunaratne
10th	16	PVD Chameera	M Theekshana

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	3	2	1	4	0.667
NED	3	2	1	4	-0.162
NAM	3	1	2	2	0.73
UAE	3	1	2	2	-1.235
First Round Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ZIM	3	2	1	4	0.2
IRE	3	2	1	4	0.105
SCOT	3	1	2	2	0.304
WI	3	1	2	2	-0.563
Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NZ	5	3	1	7	2.113
ENG	5	3	1	7	0.473
AUS	5	3	1	7	-0.173
SL	5	2	3	4	-0.422
IRE	5	1	3	3	-1.615
AFG	5	0	3	2	-0.571
Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND	5	4	1	8	1.319
PAK	5	3	2	6	1.028
SA	5	2	2	5	0.874
NED	5	2	3	4	-0.849
BAN	5	2	3	4	-1.176
ZIM	5	1	3	3	-1.138