England won the T20 World Cup League match against Namibia by 41 runs.
At the end of the league matches that have been held so far in the T20 World Cup series, 6 teams namely India, USA, Australia, Afghanistan, West Indies and South Africa have advanced to the Super 8 round.
There is a fierce competition between 4 teams namely Bangladesh, Netherlands, England and Scotland for the remaining two places in the Super 8 round. In Group C, especially if the England team wants to advance to the Super 8 round, they need to win against Namibia in their last match today.
The important match was suddenly interrupted by rain. As the rain continued, there was a question whether the match would be played. However, the rain stopped shortly. Ground preparation work continued.
The match was reduced to 11 overs each for both the teams as the match was affected by rain for over two and a half hours. Namibia won the toss and elected to bowl. Accordingly, the English team batted first. The match was again reduced to 10 overs due to another brief rain interruption while England were batting.
England’s batsmen continued the action right from the start. Especially Bairstow (31), Harry Brook (47) and a few sixes from Moeen Ali and Livingston helped England to score 122 for 5 after 10 overs.
Trumpelman took the maximum 2 wickets for the Namibian side. Following this, D.L. The Namibian team batted with a tough target of 127 runs to win.
But the Namibian batsmen were unable to show action due to the great bowling of the English team. In the end, the Namibian team managed to score only 84 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the end of 10 overs. With this, England won by 41 runs. Also, it has brightened the prospect for the next round.
It is noteworthy that if the Australian team defeats Scotland in another match to be played today, the England team will advance to the next round.
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