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Milind Kumar (Player of the Match): "Yeah, always feel great to contribute to the team's win. Nothing just, wanted to bowl in right areas."
Player of Match: Milind Kumar
Jasdeep Singh (USA Captain): "Yes, it has been good. Namibia has been good for us and we played great brand of cricket in the last two weeks. Lost a close game yesterday, but came back well and finished on a high.
There are experienced players for us who are doing well and they know how to do it. So, it is all about sticking to the process for us.
Well, we have a week resting and then we go home and host Scotland and Nepal also comes for a home series. So, we have home series going forward."
Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia Captain): "Yeah, definitely. Tough couple of weeks, we have to get back and work on improving our game. We got a ODI series coming up. We have a young squad and have to level up.
Still exciting times in Namibian cricket. World Cups are coming thick and fast. If our performances pick up, I am sure smiles will be back on the faces of our fans."
Time for the post-match presentation..
8:15 PM IST, 4:45 PM Local Time: That's it! A comprehensive win for United States of America as they win this game by 6 wickets with 29 balls to spare. They have outplayed the hosts Namibia in all facets of the game. The hosts finish with 0 wins after 4 games. USA finish the tournament with 3 wins out of 4 games and 6 points to their kitty level on points with UAE.
Chasing a paltry target of 121 for the win, USA got off to a blazing start courtesy of AndriesGous and Saiteja Mukkamalla. Gous scored a quickfire 37 off 19 balls while Mukkamalla scored 22 off 24 balls. Harmeet Singh sent up the orider scored 16 off 12 balls. Nitish Kumar scored 12. In the end, Milind Kumar with 18* and Shayan Jahangir with 11* took the side home in 15.1 overs. 8 extras given by the fielding side.
Gerhard Erasmus was the pick of the bowlers for Namibia as he finished with figures of 3/23 in 4 overs. Bernard Scholtz picked up the other wicket to fall as he finished with 1/24 in 4 overs. The others returned wicketless.
Earlier in the day, Namibia won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off the blocks quickly through openers Jan Frylinck and Kotze. Frylinck scored 21 off 12 balls while Kotze scored 29 off 20 balls. But the innings fell away through superb bowling from Milind Kumar who picked three wickets in an over and derailed the innings totally. Namibia could never recover after that. Thereafter, Shaun Fouche scored 40* off 43 balls. Jan Balt scored 10 as well. 7 extras given by the fielding side as the hosts ended with 120/9 in 20 overs.
Milind Kumar was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 5/16 for USA. He was ably supported by Harmeet Singh who finished with 2/21 in 4 overs. A wicket apiece for Nitish Kumar, and captain Jasdeep Singh.
So, USA wins this game by 6 wickets with 4.5 overs to spare and finish the campaign with a win. They finish the campaign with 3 wins in 4 games same as UAE but below them on Net Run Rate. So, it is UAE who wins the Tri-Series based on the standings. Stay tuned for the presentations.
OVER 16
United States
124/4
Shayan Jahangir
11(11)
Milind Kumar
18(15)
Jan Coenraad Balt
0-19(2.1)
15.1 Balt to S Jahangir
4 FOUR!!!! Shayan Jahangir finishes the game in style. Over the wicket. Full and tossed up outside off. Jahangir gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it through the cover region, the ball goes through the gap between cover and point and races away into the fence.
5 runs off the over. Scores are level after 15 overs. Balt will bowl the next over.
OVER 15
United States
120/4
Milind Kumar
18(15)
Shayan Jahangir
7(10)
Shaun Fouche
0-5(1.0)
14.6 S Fouche to M Kumar
2 Length ball on the pads. Milind Kumar works it to deep square leg and comes back for an easy brace. The scores are level now.
14.5 S Fouche to S Jahangir
1 Full and honing into the off stump. Jahangir looks to drive it to long on but it goes off the inside edge to deep mid wicket for a single.
14.4 S Fouche to S Jahangir
0 Fuller length outside off, angling into the off stump. Jahangir gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.
14.3 S Fouche to M Kumar
1 Short of a length delivery on the pads. Milind Kumar flicks it off his pads to deep fine leg for a single.
14.2 S Fouche to M Kumar
0 Length ball outside off. Milind Kumar steers it to short third. Dot ball.
14.1 S Fouche to S Jahangir
1 Over the wicket. Back of a length, wide outside off. Jahangir stands tall and cuts it to deep cover point for a single.