Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

RP Burl
RP Burl
57(32) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 20 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
7 0 17 3 1 7 8 14
A Busing-Volschenk
56(29) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
3 0 1 0 1 10 21 12

Best performances - Bowlers

B Evans
B Evans
O4
M0
R41
W3
Eco10.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
MG Erasmus
MG Erasmus
O4
M0
R46
W3
Eco11.5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Sreshth Shah

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs 4 Wkts | NAM: 190/10 (6 runs required, RR: 9.50)

  • Max Heingo0 (0b)
  • Brad Evans4-0-41-3
  • Blessing Muzarabani4-0-39-1

That's all from us at Cricinfo today. On behalf of our wonderful scoring team and my co-commentator Himanshu, this is Sreshth saying bye-bye.

Raza, the winning captain: "Credit to Namibia for making it a good game. Credit to their batters. Nothing to take away from them, but I thought we were poor in the end. We had three quarters ticked out of 4. We bowled okay till 14th over but we need to get better. We have to try and win every game and be as good as we can be. I'm really grateful we won the game but I didn't think we were that good."

Erasmus, the losing captain: "Those two guys got us close in the end. At the 14-over mark, we thought we were out of the game but they nearly pulled off something special. This is a good six-hitting ground and the Zimbabwe batters also showed that. It was a good deck, but lots of positives for us to take out. Some special spells - Heingo comes to mind, and then at the back end, those two players. Those are the kind of innings that can take you far in an international career."

Brad Evans is the Player of the Match: "Feels pretty good [to earn first POTM award]. I enjoy those moments [like bowling the final over]. Kept a simple plan and executed. [Partnership with Burl] Something I've been working hard on, and has come leap and bounds."

5.30pm We'll have the presentation very shortly.

Shadow-Shell: "Oh my goodness gracious. What did I just witness"

suyog: "What a game.."

Prakash: "Ryan Burl did brilliantly, but Brad Evans is the POTM for me. Had a good hand in that amazing partnership with Burl and defended a tricky total with 2 set batters in the last over."

5.25pm A terrific game of T20I cricket. Green (54) and Volschenk (56) put on a partnership to remember, lifting Namibia from 76 for 6 to 186 for 6. But needing only 11 off the final five balls, Namibia failed to get over the line, losing four wickets in their last five deliveries, including two run-outs.

It was a game that either side could have won. Zimbabwe had produced a remarkable recovery of their own through Burl's half-century and Evans' 37, while Namibia appeared to have lost the chase early. But as long as Green and Volschenk kept finding the boundary, Zimbabwe could never relax.

The result keeps the T20I tri-series wide open: all three teams have one win and one loss after two matches each. The best possible scenario with the back-end of the laegue stage remaining.

19.6
W
Evans to Brassell, OUT, full ball outside off. He tries to smack it for six but all he can do is get an inside edge onto the stumps. Evans ensured Zimbabwe win and the victory margin is only five runs

JT Brassell b Evans 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.5
W
Evans to Brassell, OUT, yorker length just outside off and he toe-ends it down the ground. The two batters are confused whether to take the single or not, and Evans has enough time to whip the bails off

BM Scholtz run out 0 (3m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -

19.4
W
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, OUT, OH MY GOD! A stunning catch from the keeper diving to his right! Full ball outside off and Volschenk tried to clatter this one square. Marumani launches tom his right and takes a one-hander. On another day this would've trickled down for four

A Busing-Volschenk c †Marumani b Evans 56 (45m 29b 3x4 4x6) SR: 193.1

Namibia will feel like this is now theirs to lose

19.3
4
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, FOUR, full outside off and he absolutely hammers this slot ball over Evans' head! Long-off's attempt is totally futile
19.2
W
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, 1 run, OUT, full ball around off and drilled to long off. Two more being taken but Raza throws a flat one in, and it is a direct hit at the bowler's end. Was Green short? Every run matters, and not just that, there will also be a new batter in the crease albeit at the bowler's end for now. Relief for Zimbabwe

ZE Green run out 54 (47m 26b 7x4 2x6) SR: 207.69

19.1
2
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, 2 runs, full outside off and the free-hit is struck straight down the ground. Top work from Burl at long on ensures that's not a boundary. Fifty up for Volschenk!

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14JN FrylinckL Steenkamp
2nd14JN FrylinckMG Erasmus
3rd32JN FrylinckJN Loftie-Eaton
4th6JN FrylinckJJ Smit
5th2JN FrylinckR Trumpelmann
6th8ZE GreenR Trumpelmann
7th110ZE GreenA Busing-Volschenk
8th4BM ScholtzA Busing-Volschenk
9th0BM ScholtzJT Brassell
10th0JT BrassellM Heingo