Berrington seals it in style! A muscular bosh across the line, seizing the width and pumping it hard and flat over wide long-on. Scotland march to the top of Group B!
Namibia vs Scotland, 12th Match, Group B at Bridgetown, T20 World Cup, Jun 06 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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12th Match, Group B, Bridgetown, June 06, 2024, ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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6.42pm So that's a wrap for the match after the match that everyone's talking about. Scotland have secured a very significant victory, their first in T20Is against Namibia, and it's put qualification for the next round firmly in their hands for now. I daresay they wouldn't mind Australia doing them a favour against England on Saturday either... from Miller, Vish and Vairavan, good night!
Gerhard Erasmus: "It's a big rivalry and 150 on the board at a World Cup, we let that one slip. We weren't up to scratch with the ball or in the field today. Sweeter to score runs in a win, hopefully we'll regroup and come back stronger. We'll give it our best shot every game, four more points to come."
Matt Cross: "Berrington has a bit of cramp, but he'll be alright. An important win, we've given ourselves a chance to go through with two more big games to come. Currie's archer celebration, I can't say I'm a fan of it! Good to be out there and get the job done. Leasky can talk and we'll hear about his sixes later. Incredible striking. We have to turn up in a couple of days time, have to give ourselves a chance by winning against Oman then it's all guns blazing for Australia."
The Player of the Match is Michael Leask: "That means a lot, we've repaid the faith of the people that have come to watch. Last time they had us three-down in the first over, so this feels special. Two more big games to go. My role is simple, hit the ball hard, find gaps, if it's in the slot, hit it out of the ground. It came off. Put them under pressure, run hard..."
6.26pm Well, it was touch and go for a time, but after a ponderous first ten overs, Scotland turned up the heat through the back nine, with Michael Leask's 35 from 17 applying the humpty before the captain Richie Berrington brought them home with 47 not out from 35. Namibia's spinners applied a tourniquet through the middle with 3 for 49 in eight overs, but Ruben Trumpelmann's off-day came at a bad time for his side. David Wiese's first two overs for 3 couldn't be matched by his next nine balls, which sailed for 27.
18.3
6
Wiese to Berrington, SIX runs
18.2
1
Wiese to Greaves, 1 run
leg-sided, a very delicate flick and the keeper does well. That was four all the way
18.1
2
Wiese to Greaves, 2 runs
pace off, back of a length, lifted to the on-side
end of over 1813 runs • 1 wicket
SCOT: 148/5CRR: 8.22 • RRR: 4.00 • Need 8 runs from 12b
Chris Greaves1 (1b)
Richie Berrington41 (34b 2x4 1x6)
Ruben Trumpelmann 4-0-36-1
David Wiese 3-0-21-0
17.6
1
Trumpelmann to Greaves, 1 run
round the wicket, pace off on the yorker, clipped uppishly to the leg side. Scotland need only to hold their nerve now
Mr Matt: "121 metres? really?" That's what I heard on the TV comms... I may have been mistaken! Apparently it was 101... big either way
17.5
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Trumpelmann to Leask, OUT
holed out to long-on! Leask climbed into another mighty wipe down the ground, but this time the pace off, allied to a touch of width, leaves him reaching a touch too much. Wiese stoops low to gather, and ends a game-breaking knock
Michael Leask c Wiese b Trumpelmann 35 (17b 0x4 4x6 29m) SR: 205.88
17.4
1
Trumpelmann to Berrington, 1 run
steps into the length, lumped back over the bowler's head, without much timing, but the placement is good enough for the single
17.3
1
Trumpelmann to Leask, 1 run
free hit ... full length, attempts a cutesy sweep/ramp, loops behind square on the leg side
17.3
3nb
Trumpelmann to Leask, (no ball) 2 runs
the wheels are coming off now! Another big wind-up, but Trumpelmann has overstepped as well
17.2
6
Trumpelmann to Leask, SIX runs
Leask is off the leash! Seizes on the slower ball, and piledrives it 101 metres, into the prevailing wind, over wide long-on!
17.1
1
Trumpelmann to Berrington, 1 run
hits his length but Berrington gets away with it! Hard length from round the wicket, driven on the up into the covers, and loops over the in-field
Trumpelmann is the trump card. It's now or never to play it
end of over 1719 runs
SCOT: 135/4CRR: 7.94 • RRR: 7.00 • Need 21 runs from 18b
Michael Leask26 (13b 3x6)
Richie Berrington39 (32b 2x4 1x6)
David Wiese 3-0-21-0
Ruben Trumpelmann 3-0-23-0
16.6
6
Wiese to Leask, SIX runs
full toss, deposited high over deep midwicket! That might just have been the over. 18 runs pour from it, almost half the previous requirement. Scotland need 21 from 18 now
16.5
1
Wiese to Berrington, 1 run
drops all the pace off, outside off, cuffed to cover
16.4
4
Wiese to Berrington, FOUR runs
in the slot, on the pads, Berrington heaves across the line and through the gap! Bissects two leg-side boundary riders to take Scotland ever closer
16.3
1
Wiese to Leask, 1 run
smashed into the off side for the single
16.2
6
Wiese to Leask, SIX runs
mashed into the stands! A good take in the crowd at midwicket, as Leask takes no half-measures against the dangerman! A touch of width, and clobbered to bring up the fifty stand from 32 balls
16.1
1lb
Wiese to Berrington, 1 leg bye
very full, swinging into the pads, Wiese is up for the lbw, as the ball deflects through short third. An enthusiastic appeal, but missing leg
Ten an over is the requirement. Wiese has conceded 1.5 an over so far...
end of over 167 runs
SCOT: 116/4CRR: 7.25 • RRR: 10.00 • Need 40 runs from 24b
Richie Berrington34 (29b 1x4 1x6)
Michael Leask13 (10b 1x6)
Ruben Trumpelmann 3-0-23-0
Bernard Scholtz 4-0-20-1
15.6
1
Trumpelmann to Berrington, 1 run
another slower ball, chopped into the covers. Tidy enough from Trumpelmann, to take Namibia's challenge deep
15.5
2
Trumpelmann to Berrington, 2 runs
violent crack across the line! Pace off, and picked well by the batter, but it took a smart tumbling stop at deep midwicket to cut that off
15.4
2
Trumpelmann to Berrington, 2 runs
pace off, a hint of width, cut at the top of the bounce to deep point
15.3
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Trumpelmann to Berrington, no run
angled into the bat, a wristy chop to point. A valuable dot
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