Namibia after electing to bat first, did not get the ideal start, it was Michael Van Lingen helped Namibia score 30 runs in the Powerplay himscoring 20 runs in that after Namibia lost three quick wickets. After that, Colin Ackermann stunned left-handed van Lingen by mistiming a flighted offbreak straight to mid-off, the Dutch had amassed three easily in just five overs.
Divan la Cock and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton both scored 2nd ball ducks. During a DRS referral, the TV umpire soon realised that he had missed an edge, preventing Netherlands from also getting a fourth wicket. To keep the left-right combination, Namibia slightly altered their batting order, but this didn’t significantly help their predicament. Namibia’s major batting strength lies in their middle order, but Netherlands did a remarkable job of controlling them with only nine boundaries overs up to the 18th.
when promoted Jan Frylinck released the hostage with a clean, massive swing over the deep midwicket ropes. Between overs 7 and 15, they only managed to score 40 runs, and they lost well-positioned Stephen Baard after left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merve enticed him with a slog sweep off his opening pitch. But Frylinck knock off 43 runs took Namibia to a total of 122 for 6 in their 20 overs.
Netherlands started their chase with flowing boundaries in the Powerplay, where 51 runs were scored in that opener Vikramjit itself scored 36 runs off 24 balls. Bernard Scholtz’s short ball in the eighth over put a stop to Vikramjit’s fireworks, but the opener gave Netherlands a good flatform. Midway through the 14th over, with Netherlands comfortably positioned at 92/1, and just as Max O’Dowd was picking up momentum after losing his initial partner.
In the middle overs, Namibia made a quick comeback by taking four wickets for just 10 runs, which was enough to cause Netherlands great concern. he paid the price for taking a risky single. For a run a ball 35, the opening wicket was lost, and the run out briefly caused Netherlands to crumble. Ackermann and Tom Cooper both tried to bat too aggressively, and JJ Smit captured two wickets in three balls
With Wiese rejoining the attack, the Netherlands equation changed in just three overs, going from a manageable 32 required off 42 to 20 required off the final three overs. Contrarily, De Leede and Pringle kept their cool and ran exceptionally well between the wickets to convert the chances into huge runs.
De Leede, who had lowered the requirement to six off six, hit the first ball over mid-off, outran the fielder’s frantic run to the ropes for a four, and then completed it with another perilous run for couple, propelling Netherlands to victory and taking them to the top of the table.
Brief Scoreboard : Namibia 122/6 in 20 overs (Jan Frylinck 43, Bas de Leede 2-18) lost to Netherlands 122/5 in 19.3 overs (Vikramjit Singh 39, Bas de Leede 30*. JJ Smit 2-24) by 5 wickets.
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