Mehran Khan’s magnificent spell helped Oman square the game, but David Wiese’s heroics in the Super Over enabled Namibia win their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 match.
Wiese’s heroics give Namibia the victory.
David Wiese and Gerhard Erasmus took advantage of Bilal Khan’s pace, hitting four boundaries to score 21 runs from Namibia’s allotted Super Over.
After hammering 13 off 4 in the Super Over, Wiese shined with the ball for the Eagles, allowing only 10 runs and taking the wicket of big-hitting Naseem Khushi.
Earlier: Oman fight ties the game.
Bilal Khan, defending 110, gave Oman the perfect start by dismissing opener Michael van Lingen for a duck on the very first ball of the game. While Nikolaas Davin and Jan Frylinck attempted to take their shots, they were hampered by the inconsistent bounce during the early stages of the pursuit.
Despite a lot of smashes and misses, the duo held on to their wickets, and Namibia finished the powerplay at 32/1. The skipper, Aqib Ilyas, then used spinners and medium pacers to slow the ball down. As the runs dried up, Davin attempted to replicate Aqib’s spin.
Davin hit Aqib for a six after seven consecutive dot balls. The wily spinner, on the other hand, exacted his revenge by having Davin caught by Mohammad Nadeem on the very next delivery.
Aqib and Zeeshan Maqsood’s disciplined spin bowling slowed Namibia’s middle-overs scoring rate. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus, for his part, attempted to keep the scoring rate tight by running a ball alongside Frylinck. In the game of nerves, Oman dropped critical catches, but Maqsood eventually held off Ayaan Khan to remove Erasmus (13) in the 15th over.
