Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

GD Phillips
39(21) 1x4 - 3x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 11 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 2 0 6 1 9 21
JDS Neesham
JDS Neesham
35(23) 1x4 - 2x6
Control %56%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
1 4 3 3 15 7 2 0

Best performances - Bowlers

TG Southee
TG Southee
O4
M0
R15
W2
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TA Boult
TA Boult
O4
M0
R20
W2
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Hemant Brar

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | NAM: 111/7 (53 runs required, RR: 5.55)

  • JJ Smit9 (17b)
  • Ruben Trumpelmann6 (4b)
  • Adam Milne4-0-25-0
  • Trent Boult4-0-20-2

So, that is that for this game. I will leave you with this bit from S Rajesh: If India win their last two games - against Scotland and Namibia - by a combined margin of 120 runs (scoring 180), their NRR will improve further to 1.303. In that case, Afghanistan's rate will stay above India's only if they beat New Zealand by at least 12 runs (after scoring 150).

And now, let's move to Dubai where India will be facing Scotland.

Kane Williamson: We knew what to expect here, it was a real scrape. We tried to maximise the shorter boundary. We got some reasonable match-ups in the end and got what's about par on this wicket. Afghanistan are a really, really strong side, they have done so well in this tournament and have got match-winners throughout their side. So looking forward to playing them.

Gerhard Erasmus: We did well for 15-16 overs in the middle but death overs didn't go our way. We have got one more game to nail that, against India. It was quite a tough pitch, 160 was a bit too much on that pitch today. As I said, it got away from us in the end. Jimmy Neesham is the Player of the Match: For us it's just about trying to do what we do. Trying to set up a good total. We were trying to get bat on ball as much as possible. We knew anything above 150 would be good. My bowling hasn't been required as much in this tournament as we have been going with five frontline bowlers but I am always happy to contribute when called upon.

5.20pm A comprehensive win for New Zealand and they go second on the Group 2 points table. If they beat Afghanistan in their next game, they will qualify for the semi-finals without getting into the net-run-rate calculations. But if they lose against Afghanistan, then they will out of the tournament. So for them, the next game is the virtual quarter-final.

19.6
0
Milne to Smit, no run, another slower bouncer, another swing and a miss
19.5
0
Milne to Smit, no run, a yorker, just outside off. Squeezes it out towards backward point

Noman: "New Zealand only needs to win against Afghanistan. Because if they lose not only Afghanistan but India will play all out against Namibia for NRR."

19.4
0
Milne to Smit, no run, a slower ball banged into the pitch. Smit was too early into the pull and is beaten
19.3
1
Milne to Trumpelmann, 1 run, fuller around off, looks to go downtown once again, mistimes it towards long-on
19.2
4
Milne to Trumpelmann, FOUR, fuller outside off, smashed over mid-off. Boult puts in the jump but it just evades his outstretched right hand
19.1
0
Milne to Trumpelmann, no run, length ball outside off, 117kph. Looks to punch at it but misses

Milne to wrap it up

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st47SJ BaardM van Lingen
2nd4SJ BaardMG Erasmus
3rd4MG ErasmusZE Green
4th31D WieseZE Green
5th16JJ SmitZE Green
6th1JJ SmitJN Loftie-Eaton
7th2CG WilliamsJJ Smit
8th6JJ SmitR Trumpelmann

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543