Australia defeated Namibia by 9 wickets on Wednesday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, to advance to the Super Eights of the current T20 World Cup 2024.
At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday, Australia defeated Namibia by nine wickets to earn a spot in the Super Eights of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. North Sound [Antigua].After dominating the run chase, Australia needed just 73 runs to win the match, and they did so in just the sixth over.
Travis Head and David Warner combined for 21 runs as Australia’s opening pair.
Warner was unfortunate to get dismissed by David Wiese in the second over. Nevertheless, skipper Mitchell Marsh’s outstanding performance meant that the Australians were unaffected.
All three of the Australian batters had strikes exceeding 200 during the run chase.
Namibia had just one wicket-taker, Wiese. In his one-over stint throughout the game, he conceded 15 runs.After taking four wickets in the first innings, Adam Zampa was declared the “Player of the Match.” The spinner from Australia is the first person reach 100 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals.
Australia elected to bowl against Namibia following their toss victory. The Australians did, however, make a wise choice.
Only a 14-run opening combination between Michael van Lingen and Nikolaas Davin prevented Namibia from getting off to a successful start.
After getting rid of Davin in the third over of the opening inning, Josh Hazlewood produced the first breakthrough of the game.
The lone player on the team to stand out was Gerhard Erasmus, the captain of Namibia. Since no other batter was able to put up a strong showing, the hitting all-rounder was his team’s top run scorer.
After losing eight wickets, Namibia reached 50 runs in the fourteenth over.
The Australian bowling attack gave a tremendous performance in the contest, controlling the action from the start.Leading the Australian bowling attack, Zampa took four wickets at an economy rate of 3.00 in his four-over performance while conceding 12 runs. In the first inning, the 32-year-old claimed the wickets of Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, David Wiese, and Zane Green.
Marcus Stoinis and Hazlewood both claimed two wickets in their respective outings.
Australia 74 vs. Namibia 72 is the quick score.
