🏏ICC T20I WC 2024, Match 12:Namibia vs Scotland @Bridgetown🏏

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🏏ICC T20I WC 2024, Match 12:Namibia vs Scotland @Bridgetown🏏

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On the back of their dramatic ‘Super Over’ win over Oman, Namibia now aims to back it up with victory over Scotland, who impressed against England, despite eventual rain abandonment.


Namibia’s low-scoring thriller against Oman ended in a tie, but the resulting ‘Super Over’ saw David Wiese take charge, the all-rounder plundering 13 of Namibia’s 21 runs before conceding just ten runs with the ball, plus a wicket to drag Namibia over the line and get their first points of the tournament on the board.


Scotland will have been really disappointed at rain denying them a real opportunity to potential cause a huge upset over England, after a rain-interrupted game was finally called off with Scotland having reached 90/0 from ten overs, setting England 109 to win from their allocated ten before a terminal shower curtailed the contest, marking their third abandoned fixture in the last five scheduled.




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Big picture: Opportunity knocks after washout

The magic number would appear to be 109, to judge by the two very contrasting clashes that have so far taken place in Group B of the T20 World Cup 2024.

In Barbados on Sunday evening, Namibia grunted and ground their way to two precious points thanks to David Wiese's heroics in the Super Over, having only just managed to match Oman's all-out total of 109 off the very last ball of their original 20 overs.

And then two days later, on the same surface at Bridgetown (albeit a less slow and sticky version to judge by the fluency of Scotland's openers) George Munsey and Michael Jones dispatched England's bowlers for 90 runs in ten overs either side of a two-hour rain delay … which, by the time DLS had worked its magic, meant England would have needed a target of, yes, 109 had the weather not closed back in to ruin the afternoon's entertainment.

And so it's back to Bridgetown we go for two teams that have been on a significant roll since the end of their respective campaigns at the last T20 World Cup in 2022. Last year, both Namibiaand Scotland topped their regional qualifiers, in Africa and Europe respectively, with six wins out of six, against such less-vaunted opponents as Italy and Tanzania. Now, however, they go head-to-head with rather more than trans-continental bragging rights to play for.

England's habitual discomfort against European opponents has seen to that. Irrespective of whether Tuesday's washout was an opportunity won or lost for Scotland, the fact that Group B's top seeds fell short of their anticipated two points means the door is ajar for a notable upset, particularly if Australia can inflict further damage on England's standing in Saturday's heavyweight clash.

David Wiese and Ruben Trumpelmann shared seven wickets, Namibia vs Oman, T20 World Cup 2024, Group B, Bridgetown, June 2, 2024


In the meantime, all that matters is victory here and now. If Scotland can grab the extra point that eluded them last time out, then maintain their 100% record in T20Is against Oman when they meet in Antigua in Sunday, then they will go into their final group game against Australia next week with qualification in their own hands. It's a lot of "ifs" at this stage, of course. But one fewer than they needed at the start of their campaign.

As for Namibia, a three-point gap at the top of Group B beckons if they can make it two wins from two - and if they need any extra incentive, they need only rewind to their last T20 World Cup campaign two years ago, when qualification for the main event beckoned after their impressive victory over Sri Lanka in their opening fixture, only for the Netherlands and UAE to rip their dream away. They'll be doubly keen to ensure this latest strong start doesn't go to waste.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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In the spotlight: Munsey and Trumpelmann

In an innings of two halves on Tuesday, Jones made the running for Scotland prior to the rain-break, including with what looked set to be the moment of the day - a violent pick-up off Chris Jordan that smashed a solar panel on the roof at midwicket. But then, in the 22-ball resumption, it was all about George Munsey, who clobbered 23 from his remaining 12 balls, including a stunning switch-hit six that a left-handed KP could scarcely have timed any better. Namibia, however, know from recent experience that that shot is a Munsey trademark - at Kirtipur in February 2023, he unfurled a similar stroke for four to bring up his maiden ODI hundred, and seal a stunning ten-wicket win with a massive 167 balls to spare. In 2017, he scored his only first-class hundred against the same opponents, in the Intercontinental Cup in Ayr.

Left-hander George Munsey hits Adil Rashid for a right-handed six, England vs Scotland, T20 World Cup, Barbados, June 4, 2024


Munsey, however, will remember all too well what happened the last time he encountered the left-arm swing of Ruben Trumpelmannat a T20 World Cup. Facing up to the first ball of the match, in Abu Dhabi in 2021, Munsey climbed into a cut but misjudged the width, and hacked the ball onto his own stumps. Three balls later, Scotland were 2 for 3, as Calum McLeod and Richie Berrington were blasted from the crease with an aplomb to rival Mitchell Starc. And auspiciously for Namibia, Trumpelmann has started this latest tournament with similar devastation. Two balls versus Oman, two wickets in the bag, as both Kashyap Prajapati and Aqib Ilyas fell to savage, stump-seeking lbws.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Thanks for the tag 💙

These predictions of offbeat country matches are tougher than entrance exams

. So much we need to refer to old matches and check probable names.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Team news

Namibia endured a scare in their opener against Oman but came through in the end. An unchanged team could be in the offing.

Namibia (probable): 1 Michael van Lingen, 2 Nikolaas Davin, 3 Jan Frylinck, 4 Gerhard Erasmus (capt), 5 JJ Smit, 6 David Wiese, 7 Zane Green (wk), 8 Malan Kruger, 9 Ruben Trumpelmann, 10 Bernard Scholtz, 11 Tangeni Lungameni


Precisely two Scotland players got to sample the atmosphere of a Caribbean World Cup on Tuesday, but the confidence that Munsey and Jones will have telegraphed through their unbroken stand should not be underestimated. There's no reason to think there'll be any tweaks to the line-up that was trusted for their opening outing.

Scotland (probable): 1 George Munsey, 2 Michael Jones, 3 Brandon McMullen, 4 Richie Berrington (capt), 5 Matt Cross (wk), 6 Michael Leask, 7 Chris Greaves, 8 Mark Watt, 9 Brad Wheal, 10 Chris Sole, 11 Brad Currie

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Stats that matter

  • Namibia are playing in their third consecutive T20 World Cup, after qualifying for the 2021 and 2022 events. They have won five of their 12 matches to date, including the recent Super Over victory against Oman.
  • Namibia have beaten Scotland in each of their three previous T20Is, including their only previous clash at a World Cup - a four-wicket win at Abu Dhabi in 2021.
  • Since then, however, Scotland have won five of the six ODIs that the two teams have ever contested - including the aforementioned Munsey masterclass in February 2023.
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Posted: 5 months ago
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NAMIBIA VS SCOTLAND EXPERT PREDICTION

Scotland won’t have forgotten their ICC T20 World Cup defeat to Namibia back in 2021 and would leave to gain revenge in this edition. Their showing against England gives Scottish supporters reason to be confident of victory but Namibia are a streetwise and hugely underrated outfit with proven match winners among their side capable of hurting the Scots.

One such match winner is Ruben Trumpelmann. His left-arm swing offers a huge point of difference and as we noted in the betting analysis of Namibia, he boasts previous success in this tournament against Scotland. When it comes to early scalps, Trumpelmann’s reliability cannot be faulted as shown vs Oman and he has to be favoured to continue his wicket-taking exploits at the same venue.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Pitch Report and Conditions

Three matches of this edition's marquee event have been played at the Kensington Oval thus far, with batting proving somewhat challenging for three of the four teams in the first and third games. The Scots, however, found it relatively easier, although their game was played under overcast skies.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter: George Munsey

Coming on the back of a crisp 31-ball 41*-run knock against England, the reverse-sweeping demon of the Associate world, would be high on confidence. He would also want to continue his bout of good form, especially after notching up five 30-plus scores in his last 10 T20I innings since March.


Probable Best Bowler: Ruben Trumpelmann

The left-arm speedster is coming off a career-best performance against Oman in his side's opener in the T20 World Cup 2024. He would be wanting to emulate a similar performance against the Scottish and strike early with the new ball to give his side the upper hand, be it in any innings of the match.

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Posted: 5 months ago
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Scenario 1

Namibia win the toss and opt to bowl first.

Powerplay score: 40-50

Scotland: 140-150

Namibia win the match.

Scenario 2

Scotland win the toss and opt to bowl first.

Powerplay score: 35-45

Namibia: 150-160

Namibia win the match.

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