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Match Details
NAM vs UAE 1st Match, NAM Tri Series 2024
NAM
205-820.0
United Arab Emirates won by 40 runs 🏆
UAE
20.0245-2
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P'ship : 6(8)
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That would be all from our side! For now, it's Soumarya Dutta signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Aditya and Arijit besides our Scorer/Analyst Yogesh Kumar. See you soon!
Muhamad Waseem (POTM and UAE Captain)- "First of all I would like to thank might Allah for my own performance and our team's performance. Alishan batted really well with me and were able to put up a good score on the board.We are really happy and will keep this momentum going forward."
Player of the Match - Muhammad Waseem
21:00 PM IST and 05:30 PM Local Time| UAE triumph over Namibia as they win by a margin of 40 runs after amassing their highest ever score in T20Is of 245 runs in the first innings.
Here's a review of what happened in the match.
Earlier, Namibia won the toss and put UAE to bat first. Batting first , UAE openers got off to a rollicking start thanks to their power-packed opening duo of Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu, they scored 72 runs after the end of the powerplay. Both the batters continued their onslaught and went on to put up a massive 130 runs stand for the first wicket. Alishan Sharafu got out on 73 after facing 33 balls.
Muhammad Waseem then took the onus on himself and batted till the end, and with cameos from Asif Khan (39 off 22) and Basil Hameed (37 off 15) powered UAE to a daunting score of 245/2.
Gerhard Erasmus was the only bowler from UAE who impressed with his bowling, he bagged 2 wickets as well in his spell.
Chasing 246, Namibia got off to a steady start as their openers put up 39 runs for the first wicket. Jean Pierre Kotze then combined with Nicol Loftie-Eaton and put up a quickfire 65 run stand for the second wicket to keep Namibia at bay.
Gerhard Erasmus and JJ Smit put up a quickfire 64 run stand for their side for 4th wicket. But the target was way behind from their sight. Jawadullah Khan then bagged 2 back to back wickets in 16th over to put them on backfoot. Namibia never recovered from it and in the end fell short of the target by 40 runs.
Basil Hameed, Ali Naseer and Jawadullah Khan bagged 2 wickets apiece from the UAE side.
OVER 20
Namibia
205/8
Malan Kruger
13(13)
Bernard Scholtz
2(2)
Vishnu Sukumaran
1-4(1.0)
19.6 V Sukumaran to M Kruger
W GONEEEE!! Kruger has to go of the final ball of the innings! It was full and around the middle stump line. He heaved across the line and was struck plumb in front of the stumps. Namibia finish off with 205/8 in their 20 overs and UAE register a convincing win by 40 runs.
19.5 V Sukumaran to M Kruger
2 In the air and safe! It was flighted up and around off stump. Kruger hits it away over the deep cover region for a couple of runs.
19.4 V Sukumaran to B Scholtz
1 It was flighted up and around the middle stump line. Scholtz hits it down to long on for a single.
19.3 V Sukumaran to M Kruger
1 Flighted up and around the middle stump line. Kruger hits it down to long on for a single.
19.2 V Sukumaran to M Kruger
0 Fuller and around the middle stump line. Kruger hits it back to the bowler. No run.
19.1 V Sukumaran to M Kruger
0 Back of a good length and around the line of off stump. Kruger steers it to backward point. No run.
Vishnu Sukumaran will bowl the final over.
OVER 19
Namibia
201/7
Bernard Scholtz
1(1)
Malan Kruger
10(8)
Ali Naseer
2-45(4.0)
18.6 A Naseer to M Kruger
1 Slower one and outside the line of off stump. Kruger hits it the air and towards the long off fielder. It's a dropped chance and Kruger will get a single.
200 comes up for Namibia!
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