Pakistan on Tuesday became the predominant team to qualify for the semi-finals of the continued ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with victory over Namibia by 45 runs on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan racked up 189 of their distributed 20 overs after which restricted Namibia’s acknowledge to 144/5 as Men in Inexperienced registered their fourth purchase in four games in the World Cup.
Chasing 190, Namibia struggled against the Pakistan scamper attack, with opener Michael van Lingen cleaned up by Hasan Ali in the powerplay. The African aspect’s uncover be taught 34/1 after the predominant six overs.
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With runs in shortage, Stephan Baard after a delicate 29 off 29 balls walked encourage to the dressing room in the Ninth over after getting speed out. Imad Wasim removed Gerhard Erasmus in the 13th over. Craig Williams adopted his countryman in the subsequent over.
JJ Smit was as soon as disregarded in the 17th over as Namibia slumped to 110/5. Within the pause, Namibia fell short 46 runs wanting the aim.
Earlier, opting to bat first, Pakistan made 189-2. Mohammad Rizwan high-scored with 79off 50 balls, alongside with his opening partner and captain Babar Azam continuing their fair appropriate partnership with a 70 off his non-public.
Mohammad Hafeez added polish to the innings with a fascinating 32 off moral 16 gradual on, with Pakistan scoring an look-watering 130 runs in the last ten overs.
Brief Rankings: Pakistan 189-2 (Mohammad Rizwan 79*, Babar Azam 70; David Wiese 1-30, Jan Frylinck 1-31) vs Namibia 144/5 (David Wiese 43*, Craig Williams 40; Hasan Ali 1-22, Imad Wasim 1-13)
