Trumpelmann, Smit assist Namibia stay dream International Cup run going

After dropping 3 wickets in 4 balls to start out the fit, Scotland may just put up handiest an under-par 109

Namibia 115 for six (Smit 32*, Williams 23, Leask 2-12) beat Scotland 109 for 8 (Leask 44, Greaves 25, Trumpelmann 3-17, Frylinck 2-10) via 4 wickets

After numerous clashes performed in relative obscurity, two Friends gunning to head one up at the different got here face to face in low, sluggish Abu Dhabi at the global degree. The surroundings will have been somewhat unfamiliar, however the similar could not were stated concerning the compelling nature of the competition.

Namibia now have 3 wins at the leap, having began the Tremendous 12s in a thumping model. Scotland will wish to regroup forward of probably 3 in their hardest clashes, in opposition to New Zealand, Pakistan and India.

Go, Leask revive Scotland
Over the last 3 weeks, Scotland have regularly spoken about enjoying an attacking logo of cricket. At 2 for three, may just they actually take a possibility despite the fact that? Matthew Go and Michael Leask weathered the early hurricane and noticed off the eventful powerplay that Scotland completed on 22 for 4, the second-lowest this International Cup in the back of Papua New Guinea’s 17 for 4 in opposition to Bangladesh.

Go used to be some distance from fluent however dug in to offer Leask strengthen and the 2 added 39 to transport on from that seismic shocks early on. A lot of the runs within the stand got here from Leask, who used the lengthy deal with successfully to pepper the quick instantly and leg-side boundary on one facet. Go, in seeking to observe go well with, perished to Jan Frylinck after lacking a instantly period supply he sponsored away to slap over quilt.

Namibia’s very good dying overs
The name of the game of Namibia’s good fortune with the ball lay in being uninteresting and robot with their ways: stump-to-stump, cutters into the pitch, tempo off and seeking to bowl clear of hitting arcs. It is a other topic that the batters were not ready to assault sufficient as a result of the early meltdown. Namibia’s superb dying bowling courtesy Wiese and Frylinck – they did not concede a unmarried boundary within the ultimate 25 balls – intended Scotland, regardless of Leask’s endeavor and the unusual large hits from Chris Greaves, ended with a below-par overall. They controlled simply 13 off the ultimate 3 overs.

Namibia tread warning with the bat
Namibia openers Craig Williams and Michael van Lingen began slowly, the primary 27 balls generating no barriers off the bat as Scotland saved it tight. Tempo off used to be running smartly, however their first try at bowling seam-ups and brief within the mid-120kph led to 2 successive fours as van Lingen adopted a thumping pull shot to the lengthy boundary with a ferocious slap down the bottom. However he perished in seeking to power the tempo as Safyaan Sharif were given him to slice a pull to further quilt. His first two overs went for simply 5 with Namibia finishing the powerplay on 29 for 1.

Scotland’s spin trio abnormal Namibia
In seeking to milk runs as an alternative of going for broke, Namibia allowed Scotland a shoe in, and their spinners made moderately a fist of it. A nice cocktail of Mark Watt’s skiddy left-arm spin and Leask’s crazy offbreaks resulted in a couple of flutters within the Namibian camp, after Greaves got rid of Zane Inexperienced on the midway mark.

Inexperienced did not select the googly and sliced a instantly hit to Munsey at long-off, leaving Namibia wanting 54 from the ultimate ten overs with 8 wickets in hand. However Leask left his mark seven balls later when he deceived Gerhard Erasmus with dip and switch to spin previous a wild swing. Williams used to be brilliantly stumped after working right down to Watt. At 67 for 4 within the twelfth over, it used to be recreation on.

Wiese, Smit allay drive
Scotland seemed to have had regulate, however in tying down Namibia with spin within the center, Berrington glance to get one over of Sharif out of the way in which. However with dew taking impact, the ball slid on, permitting Smit and Wiese to select off an important runs because the pair added 35 in 31 balls to make sure the asking charge by no means spiralled out of hand. Eighteen runs got here from overs fifteenth and sixteenth, at which level the wheels seemed to have fallen. Wiese fell in seeking to end it off temporarily, however via then he had executed sufficient to near out the sport. Namibia received sooner or later with 5 balls to spare with Smith scything a complete ball from Sharif to the purpose boundary for 6 to seal the deal.