Preview: Australia, the 2021 winners, will face Namibia on Wednesday, June 12 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua in match 24 of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Australia just defeated England, their bitter rivals, by a score of 36 runs in Barbados. In the current iteration of the major event, the Australian team became the first to record a total of 200 or more. After reaching 201/7, they held the Three Lions to 165/6. Australia beat Oman by 39 runs in their opening encounter after scoring 164/5 in their 20 overs. The Men in Yellow have a game in hand and may advance to the Super Eight with a victory on Wednesday.
In the Super Over, Namibia triumphed in their first match against Oman despite failing to attain a pitiful target of 110 on a challenging course. They lost their following match against Scotland, therefore they were unable to build on this victory. With five wickets and nine balls remaining, the European team managed to chase down a target of 156 runs.
T20 World Cup 2024, 24th Match, AUS vs NAM
Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 12, 6:00 AM
Pitch Report: There have been 14 T20I matches played at the Sir Vivivan Richards Stadium thus far. Teams batting first have won nine games, while chasing teams have only won five. The first innings score is 138 on average. Teams will need to score as many runs as they can during the powerplay. It will be difficult to score in the later innings because the pitch may slow down and the ball will get softer.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Australia (AUS): David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Namibia (NAM): JP Kotze, Niko Davin, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus (C), Malan Kruger, Zane Green (WK), David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni
