T20 World Cup: Namibia prolong spectacular run with win over Scotland

Debutants Namibia bought themselves out of a tough state of affairs in a low-scoring recreation to report a memorable four-wicket win over Scotland of their opening Super 12 match within the ICC T20 World Cup right here on Wednesday.
Namibia, who had overwhelmed Ireland and Netherlands to qualify for the Super 12 stage, restricted Scotland to 109 for eight after left-arm pacer Ruben Trumpelmann struck thrice in a sensational first over.
It ought to have been a straight ahead chase however Scotland made it extraordinarily robust for Namibia on a sluggish pitch.
The Scottish spin trio of Chris Greaves, Mark Watt and Michael Lesk had been capable of keep the strain on Namibia batters however the seasoned David Wiese (16 off 15) and JJ Smith (32 not out off 23) discovered a strategy to break the shackles.
Wiese was dismissed when Namibia was near the ending line however Smit ensured his group crossed the ending line within the twentieth over with a six over level.
Openers Craig Williams (23) and Michael van Lingen (18) made a sedate begin to the run chase and although runs had been onerous to return by, the required run charge was by no means a difficulty.
Scotland bowled their coronary heart out however their batters incapacity to place sufficient runs on the board led to their downfall.
Earlier, 23-year-old Trumpelmann bought the ball to form again into the right-hander from the phrase go and the one which went away with the angle additionally troubled the Scotland top-order.
George Munsey performed on the primary ball of the match earlier than Trumpelmann had Calum Macleod caught behind off an angled supply because the batter anticipated a deadly inswinger.
The subsequent ball was the inswinger and Richard Berrington, who was main Scotland instead of injured Kyle Coetzer, might do little about it. He reviewed the on-field umpire’s determination however DRS discovered the ball clipping the leg-stump.
Scotland had been reeling at 18 for 4 after all-rounder David Wiese trapped Craig Wallace in entrance of the stumps with a ball that skidded on to the batter’s pads.
With their opponents in dire straits, Namibia might have attacked extra after the primary six overs. Michael Leask (44 off 27) joined opener Matthew Cross (19 off 33) within the center and the duo steadied the ship with a 39-run stand.
Another left-arm pacer, Jan Frylinck, discovered Wallace stumps’ from across the wicket to cut back Scotland to 57 for 5.Leask bought the much-needed boundaries to take the group nearer to the 100-run mark earlier than falling to JJ Smit within the seventeenth over.
Considering their disastrous begin, Scotland did properly to get previous 100.
Nambia had been additionally good within the final 5 overs, conceding solely 25 runs and taking three wickets.