IRE vs NAM, Men's T20 WC Qualifier 2019/20, 3rd place play-off at Dubai, November 02, 2019

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling	c Kotze b Scholtz	25	21	-	4	0	119.04

Kevin O'Brien	c Davin b Shikongo	17	14	-	0	1	121.42

Andy Balbirnie	c Shikongo b Williams	46	35	-	5	0	131.42

Gareth Delany	b Groenewald	4	6	-	0	0	66.66

Harry Tector	lbw b Groenewald	7	7	-	0	0	100.00

Gary Wilson (c)†	b Williams	11	12	-	0	0	91.66

Shane Getkate	c Davin b Smit	6	7	-	0	0	85.71

Mark Adair	c Davin b Williams	17	7	-	0	2	242.85

Simi Singh	c Viljoen b Smit	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Craig Young	not out	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Boyd Rankin	b Smit	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(w 1)	1
TOTAL	19.1 Ov (RR: 7.04)	135
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Kevin O'Brien, 4.5 ov), 2-49 (Paul Stirling, 6.3 ov), 3-71 (Gareth Delany, 9.1 ov), 4-85 (Harry Tector, 11.3 ov), 5-106 (Andy Balbirnie, 14.6 ov), 6-117 (Gary Wilson, 16.5 ov), 7-119 (Shane Getkate, 17.2 ov), 8-120 (Simi Singh, 17.6 ov), 9-135 (Mark Adair, 18.5 ov), 10-135 (Boyd Rankin, 19.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zhivago Groenewald	4	0	20	2	5.00	11	0	1	0	0
9.1 to GJ Delany, looking to go down the track and give himself some room, cuts and misses, the off stump is rattled.. 71/3 11.3 to HT Tector, sweeps and misses, strikes the pad in line, plumb in front.. 85/4
Christi Viljoen	1	0	9	0	9.00	3	2	0	0	0
JJ Smit	3.1	0	19	3	6.00	7	2	0	0	0
17.2 to SC Getkate, chips it in the air down to long off and taken.. 119/7 17.6 to Simi Singh, moves across to the off side and chips it in the air to deep square leg and taken.. 120/8 19.1 to WB Rankin, in the block-hole and knocks the stumps, that ends the Ireland's innings.. 135/10
Ben Shikongo	1	0	6	1	6.00	2	0	0	0	0
4.5 to KJ O'Brien, pulls and gets a top edge high in the air behind square leg, Davin running in from the deep, dives forward and takes a brilliant catch.. 35/1
Craig Williams	4	0	34	3	8.50	6	1	2	0	0
14.6 to A Balbirnie, pulls in the air to deep backward square leg and picks out the fielder.. 106/5 16.5 to GC Wilson, lovely delivery straight and on target, looking to run it down and misses it, the off stump is pegged back.. 117/6 18.5 to MR Adair, pulls in the air to deep midwicket and taken.. 135/9
Bernard Scholtz	4	0	29	1	7.25	8	3	0	0	0
6.3 to PR Stirling, uses his feet and mistimes it high in the air down to long on and taken by Kotze.. 49/2
Gerhard Erasmus	2	0	18	0	9.00	2	1	0	1	0

Namibia (T: 136 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephan Baard	c Simi Singh b Getkate	17	18	-	1	0	94.44

Nikolaas Davin	lbw b Delany	5	7	-	0	0	71.42

JP Kotze	c & b Simi Singh	4	7	-	0	0	57.14

Craig Williams	lbw b Delany	1	7	-	0	0	14.28

Gerhard Erasmus (c)	c Rankin b Adair	51	34	-	7	0	150.00

Zane Green †	st †Wilson b Simi Singh	9	11	-	1	0	81.81

JJ Smit	b Rankin	10	13	-	0	1	76.92

Christi Viljoen	c Adair b Simi Singh	4	5	-	0	0	80.00

Zhivago Groenewald	c O'Brien b Rankin	2	6	-	0	0	33.33

Bernard Scholtz	not out	2	3	-	0	0	66.66
Ben Shikongo	c Balbirnie b Adair	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
TOTAL	18.2 Ov (RR: 5.89)	108
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Nikolaas Davin, 1.4 ov), 2-11 (JP Kotze, 2.6 ov), 3-20 (Craig Williams, 5.3 ov), 4-42 (Stephan Baard, 8.4 ov), 5-78 (Zane Green, 11.6 ov), 6-92 (Gerhard Erasmus, 14.4 ov), 7-97 (Christi Viljoen, 15.5 ov), 8-106 (JJ Smit, 17.2 ov), 9-107 (Zhivago Groenewald, 17.6 ov), 10-108 (Ben Shikongo, 18.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Adair	3.2	0	9	2	2.70	12	0	0	0	0
14.4 to MG Erasmus, pulls it straight down the throat of short fine leg, Rankin takes it.. 92/6 18.2 to B Shikongo, chips it straight to short extra cover and taken by Balbirnie. Ireland win!!!. 108/10
Gareth Delany	4	0	23	2	5.75	14	3	0	0	0
1.4 to N Davin, moves across to the off side, sweeps and misses, strikes the pad in line and given.. 6/1 5.3 to CG Williams, uses his feet and looks to play through the onside, misses it and strikes low on the pad, loud appeal and given.. 20/3
Simi Singh	4	0	25	3	6.25	9	2	0	0	0
2.6 to JP Kotze, hits it back in the air to the left of the bowler, who does well to catch it with one hand, his left hand.. 11/2 11.6 to ZE Green, pushes forward and gets beaten, the keeper fumbles and then picks up the ball and stumps the batsman, was a close thing, a tough decision for the umpire and given out on the field.. 78/5 15.5 to C Viljoen, a leading edge, lobs up to short midwicket and taken by Adair.. 97/7
Shane Getkate	3	0	25	1	8.33	9	3	0	0	2
8.4 to SJ Baard, pulls in the air to deep midwicket, Simi Singh takes another excellent catch running to his left .. 42/4
Boyd Rankin	3	0	17	2	5.66	6	1	0	0	0
17.2 to JJ Smit, lovely delivery to peg back the stumps. Gives himself too much room and misses the drive.. 106/8 17.6 to Z Groenewald, chips it in the air to mid-on and taken.. 107/9
Craig Young	1	0	8	0	8.00	3	0	1	0	0

MATCH FLOW

MATCH DETAILS

Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Ireland, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
Season	2019/20
Player Of The Match	Simi Singh
Series result	Ireland won the 3rd place play-off
Match number	T20I no. 996
Hours of play (local time)	14.10 start, First Session 14.10-15.35, Interval 15.35-15.55, Second Session 15.55-17.20
Match days	02 November 2019 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Alex Wharf Allahudien Paleker
Reserve Umpire	Rashid Riaz
Match Referee	Jeff Crowe

Win Probability

IRE 100%

IRENAM

100%50%100%

Over 19 • NAM 108/10

Ben Shikongo c Balbirnie b Adair 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Ireland won by 27 runs

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Namibia Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
MR Adair	3.2	9	2	2.7
GJ Delany	4	23	2	5.75
Simi Singh	4	25	3	6.25
SC Getkate	3	25	1	8.33 (2 nb)
WB Rankin	3	17	2	5.66
CA Young	1	8	0	8

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