Namibia lose one-day series to Bangladesh
Namibia has lost the Alexander Forbes One Day International cricket series against Bangladesh after the visitors won the low-scoring fourth match by one wicket on Sunday
Andrew Poolman
26-Jan-2003
Namibia has lost the Alexander Forbes One Day International cricket series against Bangladesh after the visitors won the low-scoring fourth match by one wicket on Sunday.
Bangladesh lead the series by 3-1 with the fifth and final match to be
played on Wednesday before both teams leave for South Africa on Saturday to
contest the ICC World Cup.
Bangladesh won a close match by one wicket after bowling out Namibia for 131
in 45.3 overs. Jan-Berry Burger top-scored for Namibia with 31 runs from 63
balls, while Riaan Walters made 26 and Morné Karg 21. The Namibia innings
contained only three fours and four sixes.
The touring side replied with 132 for nine off 37.3 overs. They also
faltered at 57 for six before captain and Man of the Match Khaled Mashud
steered them home with 44 runs off 71 balls.
Khaled was the ninth man to go, playing a Sarel Burger delivery onto his
stumps with Bangladesh still needing two runs for victory. Number 10 batsman
Mashrafe scored the winning two runs through midwicket.
For Namibia, Björn Kotze took three wickets for 28 runs in 10 overs, while
Rudie van Vuuren took two for 43 off 10 overs. Medium pacer Sarel Burger
took two for 30 runs in 9.3 overs.
For Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafique took 4/19 runs in 8.3 overs while Alok
Kapali took 3/10 runs in eight overs.