Australia beat Namibia by a record-breaking nine wickets in Antigua to advance to the quarterfinals of the Twenty20 World Cup. Adam Zampa (4-12) was again in the spotlight after winning the match on Wednesday (AEST) as Australia defeated Namibia by just 72 runs – the lowest total in the team’s history in a T20I against Australia.
Afterwards, Travis Head (34) scored the most runs with the bat as Australia (74-1) registered their fastest successful chase in a T20I match. Captain Mitch Marsh (18) finished off just 34 deliveries, picking up the win in the last four deep extra covers.
“I thought our bowling unit did a really good job and we wanted to try and get wickets early,” Marsh said. “There was a bit of swing there and it was a nice wicket. Overall it was a professional performance.
Australia will now finish in the top two of Group B, meaning they will compete in the Super Eights stage of the championship regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s final group game against Scotland. Finishing in the top two spots in the Super Eight group will see the 2021 champions advance to the knockout semi-finals.
“After the Scotland game it will be very busy. We will manage as many personnel as possible over the next few days.
Prior to the match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Bangladesh’s lowest total against Australia in a 2021 T20I event was 73 runs. But Namibia fell into damage control after losing 17-3 at the end of the power play, with only captain Gerhard Erasmus (36 off 43 deliveries) able to start. .
Spinner Zampa, who was named Man of the Match for the second consecutive game, became the first Australian player to reach 100 T20I wickets when he bowled Bernard Scholtz off the final delivery Throw the second pitch for a duck. Before that, 32-year-old keeper Zane Green (1) LBW lured David Wiese (1) to find Josh Hazlewood deep, They left Namibia with a score of 31-6.
It was accurate pacer Hazlewood (2-18) who started the carnage in the powerplay as Namibia lost 3-1 inside 10 balls. Openers Niko Davin (two from seven) and Michael van Lingen (10 from 10) both passed Hazlewood at the back Glenn Maxwell, Jan Frylinck (one goal) joined them in the dugout while Pat Cummins (1-16) started his game. Wicket girl spell.
Namibia almost ended the match at 72-9 when Namibia’s savior Erasmus slipped Marcus Stoinis (2-9) to Maxwell, the Australian The all-rounder took his fourth catch – the most by a single player in a World Cup innings. After defeating Namibia in round 17, Australia’s victory seemed to be a formality.
A furious David Warner (20) got off to a fast start by taking Wiese for three consecutive boundaries in the second over, only to hit the pacer’s next ball to Ruben Tempelman at mid-off.
After narrowly missing out in the first round, Hyde took up where Warner left off, his seven boundaries on the night being just one less than the entire Namibia total. Marsh ended the match with 14 runs off the first four balls of the sixth over.
