1
0
1
4
W
0
= 6
Match Details
NAM vs NZ 36th Match, T20 WC 2021
NAM
111-720.0
New Zealand won by 52 runs
NZ
20.0163-4
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Player of the Match
Jimmy Neesham
New Zealand1/6
35(23)
NAM - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 37 | 36 | 10 Over | 60 | 56 | 15 Over | 88 | 86 |
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NZ - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 48 | 43 | 10 Over | 74 | 62 | 15 Over | 104 | 91 | 20 Over | 140 | 163 |
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That's it from us at OneCricket and Cricket Exchange. Do switch tabs as India lock horns against Scotland in a must-win game. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off on behalf of Ninaad Dixit and Arjun Bhalla. Bye Bye.
Kane Williamson | New Zealand Skipper: "The surface was a challenging one and we were under pressure for a bit but we managed to get a competitive total on the board. We managed to target the short side of the boundary in the end and helped us in the end. The surface wasn't a fluent one and it was a challenge for us to bat first and put runs on the board. We will face Afghanistan in our next match and they have match-winners in their side. We need to be at our best against them."
Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia Skipper: "The death overs didn't go as per plan. We bowled well for the 16 overs but let it slip in the end. Hope to put in a decent performance in the next game against India. 160 was probably too much on that wicket and we couldn't get across the line."
Jimmy Neesham: "We tried to concentrate on what we do well and we just tried to post a competitive total on the board. I and Phillips were discussing where we could get the boundaries. It wasn't easy to find boundaries and we concentrated on running twos. I'm feeling fresh and confident whenever the skipper needs me to bowl."
Jimmy Neesham is the player of the match.
Akshay: That’s it. A comprehensive victory by the Black Caps as they
defeat Namibia by 52 runs. The win sees them go above Afghanistan in the points table
in Group 2 and have increased their chances of qualification for the
semi-finals.
The lower-order batters set up the game nicely for New
Zealand as they posted 163 on the board after being asked to bat first. Glenn
Phillips and Jimmy Neesham remained unbeaten on 39 and 35 respectively to help
them post a respectable total on the board. Namibia bowled brilliantly in the
first phase of the innings but leaked runs in the end as the Kiwis finished on
163.
It was a steady start by the Namibian openers, scoring 36
runs in the powerplay. The pressure was building and the New Zealand bowlers
kept a lid on the scoring rate as the Namibian batters succumbed to the pressure
and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. There weren’t any healthy
contributions from them and eventually they finished on 117, falling short by 52 runs. Tim Southee and Trent Boult picked two wickets apiece with the spinners
doing a fine job in the middle overs.
OVER 20
Namibia
111/7
JJ Smit
9(17)
Ruben Trumpelmann
6(4)
Adam Milne
0-25(4.0)
19.6 A Milne to J Smit
0 AHH! Slower short of a length delivery that nips back in from a line well outside off, Smit drops his flat bat but fails to get any sort of connection. That is it. New Zealand finish off things in style. They win this one over Namibia by 52 runs.
19.5 A Milne to J Smit
0 Fuller and wider again, Smit leans good and jams it late but bunts it straigh to backward point.
19.4 A Milne to J Smit
0 Slower short of a length delivery, Smit drops his bat but fails to get any sort of connection as the ball lobs in front of the keeper.
19.3 A Milne to R Trumpelmann
1 Full again and angles it into the off-stump, Trumpelmann hangs deep to club it on the up towards long on for a single.
19.2 A Milne to R Trumpelmann
4 Trumpelmann goes an inch and then presses on the front foot, before lofting the ball over the man at mid-off for a boundary to deep. Goes very full outside off at full throttle but Trumpelmann hangs deep and swings with disdain over the leap of Boult at mid-off to send it racing to the fence.
19.1 A Milne to R Trumpelmann
0 Final over loading now. Change of pace, at back of a length outside off. Trumpelmann tries to square it but misses.
OVER 19
Namibia
106/7
JJ Smit
9(14)
Ruben Trumpelmann
1(1)
Trent Boult
2-20(4.0)
18.6 T Boult to R Trumpelmann
1 Hits the yorker length well outside off, Trumpelmann brings his bat down and bunts it in front of point to add a solitary run to the total.
18.5 T Boult to C Williams
W Another one bites the dust, this time Phillips backpedals and does the grabbing job. Full length delivery at the stumps this time, Williams hangs very deep in his crease and gets a leading edge on his swing across the line. Phillips back pedals at backward point and clings on with reverse-cupped palms.
18.5 T Boult to C Williams
WD Pulls his length back and bowls it outside the tramline. Wide ball that is.
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