The English were in a fix in front of the 14th ranked team, rain saved their honour, somehow England won the match

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|16-06-2024

ENG vs NAM: Defending champions England defeated Namibia in the final Group B match of the T20 World Cup 2024. The rain-affected match started three hours late and England was showered with runs. Due to rain, the match was first scheduled for 11-11 overs. But when the match was rained again, only 10 overs could be played. After the rain, Namibia could not chase the target of 127 runs in 10 overs. England won by 41 runs. In such a situation, let us give you complete information about this match?

ENG vs NAM match affected due to rain

  • Rain in the England-Namibia (ENG vs NAM) match in Antigua strengthened the batting.
    This increased the tension of the defending champions. But, finally the match which was scheduled to start at 10.30 am started at 1.30 pm.
  • In this match of 11-11 overs, Namibia won the toss and decided to bowl first. Jos Buttler (0) and Phil Salt (11) soon returned to the pavilion.
  • England lost both their openers for 18 runs in the powerplay of 3 overs. Harry Brook stood up to help Jonny Bairstow.
  • Bairstow, who scored 31 runs off 18 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes, was caught out in the 8th over and his 56-run partnership with Brook came to an end.
  • As soon as this over started, rain came again and England's score was 82 runs for 3 wickets in 8 overs.
    In this way the match became of 10-10 overs.

Harry Brook played a brilliant innings

  • Brooke scored 19 runs in the 9th over to take the team (ENG vs NAM) to a century.
  • Moeen Ali (16 runs off 6 balls) and Brook shared a 38-run partnership in 13 balls. England scored 122 runs for 5 wickets in 10 overs.
  • Brook remained unbeaten after scoring 47 runs in 20 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
    Liam Livingstone was run out after scoring 13 runs in 4 balls.
  • Talking about bowling, Ruben Trumpelmann took the maximum of two wickets for Namibia.

Namibia team was all out for 84 runs

  • According to DLS, Namibia got off to a good start with openers Mitchell van Lingen and Nicholas Devine chasing the target of 127 runs given by England (ENG vs NAM).
  • But they could not maintain the desired run rate. Devine (18) returned to bat after retiring in the seventh over.
  • When Namibia needed 83 runs in 24 balls, David Wiese came in.
    Wiese scored 20 runs by washing Adil Rashid in the 8th over.
  • Namibia still had to score 55 runs in 12 balls. Lingen returned after being caught out on 34 runs.
  • He added 36 runs in 18 balls with Wiese. According to DLS, Namibia could only score 84 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs and England won the match by 41 runs.

David Wiese's last World Cup tournament

  • Vise was out after scoring 27 runs in 12 balls. This was his last World Cup tournament.
  • So everyone wished him all the best for the future.
    Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer took one wicket each for England against Namibia (ENG vs NAM).

Australia's win ensures England's place in Super 8

  • It is noteworthy that England has qualified for the Super 8.
  • England has entered the superhit with the victory of the Kangaroo team in the Australia vs Scotland match
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