T20 World Cup: Namibia declare historic win over Ireland, qualify for Super 10 stage

T20 World Cup: David Weise’s all-round masterclass helped Namibia file their first-ever win over a Test-playing nation and attain the Super 12 stage. Namibia beat Ireland by eight wickets to progress within the event. Captain Gerhard Erasmus anchored the chase with an unbeaten on 53. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSJan Frylinck led a complete bowling efficiency from NamibiaIreland have been restricted to 125/8 with Frylinck taking three wicketsCaptain Gerhard Erasmus and David Weise put up an unbeaten 53-run stand to guide Namibia to victoryFormer South Africa worldwide David Weise produced an all-round masterclass as Namibia beat Ireland by eight wickets to advance to the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup on Friday. Namibia thus recorded their first-ever win over a Test enjoying nation and are the second workforce after Sri Lanka to qualify for the Super 12 from Group A.

Namibian bowlers made a powerful comeback after Ireland made a brisk begin to prohibit them to a modest 125/8. It hardly appeared like Namibia have been going to slide up within the chase, with captain Gerhard Erasmus (53 not out) placing up a partnership of 48 runs for the second wicket with Zane Green (24) after which placing up an unbeaten 53-run stand to with Weise (28 not out) to guide Namibia to victory.Weise earlier took two wickets for 22 runs.The sport was a digital knock-out tie for each the groups as whoever wins will qualify for the Super 12s stage alongside Sri Lanka from the group.Ireland began brightly after opting to bat with Paul Stirling (38) and Kevin O’Brien (25) sharing 62 runs off simply 44 balls for the opening stand. But Namibia pulled issues again by eradicating each the openers in fast succession as Ireland slumped to 67 for 2 in 8.4 overs.After the opening partnership, Ireland innings actually fell aside as, barring skipper Andy Bilbirnie (21), no different batter may attain double-digit rating. The dismissal of Gareth Delany pegged again Ireland significantly as their batters discovered it tough to maintain up the scoring fee, reaching simply 95 runs for the lack of three wickets on the finish of the fifteenth over.Balbirnie tried his finest to raise the innings however he additionally struggled to rotate the strike towards some incisive bowling by Namibia within the second half of the innings, selecting up six wickets by conceding simply 54 runs within the final 10 overs.Ireland’s issues have been compounded when left-arm pacer Jan Frylinck snarred two wickets within the sixteenth over — first Bilbirnie LBW after which Curtis Campher. Wickets continued to tumble as Weise subsequent accounted for Harry Tector as Ireland’s innings went from unhealthy to worse.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.