Pacers Hamid Hassan and Naveen-ul-Haq shared six wickets between them in spectacular bowling spells as Afghanistan crushed Namibia by 62 runs of their Tremendous 12 match of the T20 World Cup 2021 on Sunday. Opting to bat, Afghanistan posted 160 for 5 due to useful contributions from Hazratullah Zazai (33), Mohammad Shahzad (45), Asghar Afghan (31) — who was enjoying his final worldwide match — and Mohammad Nabi (32 not out). With the ball, the Afghans restricted Namibia to 98 for 9 for his or her second win within the match.
Chasing 161, Namibia misplaced three wickets inside the ability play and will by no means recuperate from there. Naveen-ul-Haq (3/26) eliminated Craig Williams (1) and Michael van Lingen (11) early in a spell of two/2 after which added one other wicket in a while. Hamid Hassan (3/9 from 4 overs) tormented the Namibia middle-order as he received the wickets of captain Gerhard Erasmus (12), top-scorer David Wiese (26) and JJ Smit (0).
Namibia had been 29 for 3 in 5.2 overs with Gulbadin Naib (2/19) chipping in with the wicket of Jan Loftie-Eaton (11). Star spinner Rashid Khan (1/14 from 4 overs), who was launched within the eighth over, received Zane Inexperienced out for 1 in his first supply of the day as Namibia discovered themselves tottering. Inexperienced missed the ball fully and he was cleaned up.
The asking price was rising as Namibia wanted 106 from the again finish of their innings and having misplaced 4 wickets, their issues continued with captain Erasmus getting out within the eleventh over as a yorker from Hassan crashed on to his leg stump. Namibia had been 56 for 5 and the match was nearly as good as over by then however an unrelenting Hassan received his second wicket within the type of Smit three balls later.
Earlier, Afghan performed a pleasant little cameo to attain 31 off 23 balls in his farewell sport, which helped Afghanistan submit 160 for 5. Afghanistan made a robust begin, reaching to 50 for no loss on the finish of energy play, with the opening pair of Zazai and Shahzad sharing a 53-run stand in 6.4 overs. However Afghanistan fizzled out after that as wickets fell at common intervals and there was no substantial partnership. They recovered a bit in the direction of the top, scoring 51 from the final 5 overs, due to Afghan. The 33-year-old right-handed batter, who was earlier referred to as Asghar Stanikzai, has performed six Exams, 114 ODIs and 75 T20Is after making debut in 2009.
In his final sport for the nation, he supplied good assist to present captain Nabi (32 not out off 17 balls) and their quick-fire 35-run stand took the staff’s complete previous 150-run mark.
Zazai was the extra aggressive of the opening duo. He started with a six and a 4 within the first over bowled by Ruben Trumpelmann after which added three extra boundaries and one other most within the energy play.
However simply as he was trying ominous, Zazai holed out to deep sq. leg fielder off Smit within the seventh over. One-down Rahmanullah Gurbaz didn’t final lengthy as he was out for 4 within the tenth over, trapped LBW off the bowling of Jan Loftie-Eaton. The run-rate dropped as Afghanistan reached to 69 for 2 on the midway mark.
Shahzad was out within the thirteenth over, top-edging Trumpelmann for Bernard Scholtz to take a easy catch. He hit three fours and two sixes throughout his 45-run knock.
Afghanistan took 13 runs from the fifteenth over with Afghan clobbering him for a six however they misplaced the momentum as soon as once more as Najibullah Zadran (7) was out on the different finish.
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Afghan was out within the penultimate over off Trumpelmann after hitting three fours and one six. A number of Namibia gamers shook arms with Afghan whereas he walked off the bottom.
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