T20 World Cup: Debutants Nambia extend impressive run with win over Scotland in Super 12s

Namibia,
who
had
beaten
Ireland
and
Netherlands
to
qualify
for
the
Super
12
stage,
restricted
Scotland
to
109
for
eight
after
left-arm
pacer
Ruben
Trumpelmann
struck
thrice
in
a
sensational
first
over.

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It
should
have
been
a
straight
forward
chase
but
Scotland
made
it
extremely
tough
for
Namibia
on
a
slow
pitch.
The
Scottish
spin
trio
of
Chris
Greaves,
Mark
Watt
and
Michael
Lesk
were
able
to
maintain
the
pressure
on
Namibia
batters
but
the
seasoned
David
Wiese
(16
off
15)
and
JJ
Smith
(32
not
out
off
23)
found
a
way
to
break
the
shackles.

Wiese
was
dismissed
when
Namibia
was
close
to
the
finishing
line
but
Smit
ensured
his
team
crossed
the
finishing
line
in
the
20th
over
with
a
six
over
point.
Openers
Craig
Williams
(23)
and
Michael
van
Lingen
(18)
made
a
sedate
start
to
the
run
chase
and
though
runs
were
hard
to
come
by,
the
required
run
rate
was
never
an
issue.

Scotland
bowled
their
heart
out
but
their
batters
inability
to
put
enough
runs
on
the
board
led
to
their
downfall.

Earlier,
23-year-old
Trumpelmann
got
the
ball
to
shape
back
into
the
right-hander
from
the
word
go
and
the
one
that
went
away
with
the
angle
also
troubled
the
Scotland
top-order.
George
Munsey
played
on
the
first
ball
of
the
match
before
Trumpelmann
had
Calum
Macleod
caught
behind
off
an
angled
delivery
as
the
batter
anticipated
a
lethal
inswinger.

The
next
ball
was
the
inswinger
and
Richard
Berrington,
who
was
leading
Scotland
in
place
of
injured
Kyle
Coetzer,
could
do
little
about
it.
He
reviewed
the
on-field
umpire’s
decision
but
DRS
found
the
ball
clipping
the
leg-stump.

Scotland
were
reeling
at
18
for
four
after
all-rounder
David
Wiese
trapped
Craig
Wallace
in
front
of
the
stumps
with
a
ball
that
skidded
on
to
the
batter’s
pads.
With
their
opponents
in
dire
straits,
Namibia
could
have
attacked
more
after
the
first
six
overs.
Michael
Leask
(44
off
27)
joined
opener
Matthew
Cross
(19
off
33)
in
the
middle
and
the
duo
steadied
the
ship
with
a
39-run
stand.

Another
left-arm
pacer,
Jan
Frylinck,
found
Wallace
stumps’ from
around
the
wicket
to
reduce
Scotland
to
57
for
five.
Leask
got
the
much-needed
boundaries
to
take
the
team
closer
to
the
100-run
mark
before
falling
to
JJ
Smit
in
the
17th
over.

Considering
their
disastrous
start,
Scotland
did
well
to
get
past
100.
Nambia
were
also
brilliant
in
the
last
five
overs,
conceding
only
25
runs
and
taking
three
wickets.