Muhammad Waseem and Zahoor Khan helped U.A.E comfortably defeat Namibia in the 10th match of the First Round of the T20 World Cup 2022 edition. With this result, Namibia are out of the Super 12 race while the Netherlands qualified for the Super 12.
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Toss Update: U.A.E won the toss and opted to bat first.
Having opted to bat first, U.A.E scored 148 on the board losing 3 wickets in 20 overs. Muhammad Waseem (50 off 41), Chundangapoyil Rizwan (43* off 29), and Basil Hameed (25* off 14) all contributed with the bat in this score. Openers played with a very strike rate or else their score would have been even bigger. Bernard Scholtz (1-22), David Wiese (1-27), and Ben Shikongo (1-8) are the wicket-takers for UAE.
Namibia, chasing 149 runs to win, managed to score 141 losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. JJ Smit (3 off 3) departed as run-out and Jan Frylinck (14 off 17) also failed in the middle-order meant that they are down to 7-69 in just the 13th over. David Wiese (55 off 36) scripted a spirited comeback with a 70-run stand for the 8th wicket with Rubel Trumpelmann (25 off 24).
Match result: U.A.E defeated Namibia by a margin of 7 runs.
Muhammad Waseem has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 50 off 41 balls with a four and 3 sixes with the bat and 1-16 with the ball. With this result, Namibia are eliminated from the Super 12 race while the Netherlands are through to the next round in this T20 World Cup 2022 edition.
Brief Scores: U.A.E: 148-3 in 20 overs (Muhammad Waseem - 50*, Ben Shikongo - 1-8) defeated Namibia: 141-8 in 20 overs (David Wiese - 55, Zahoor Khan - 2-20) by a margin of 7 runs
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