NZ vs NAM: New Zealand increased the difficulties of Team India, beat Namibia by 52 runs

New Zealand vs Namibia: In their fourth league match played in Sharjah, New Zealand defeated Namibia by 52 runs. This is New Zealand’s third win in Super 12. With this, he has taken a step further towards the semi-finals. However, this victory of New Zealand has increased the difficulties of Team India. New Zealand scored 163 for four in 20 overs after playing first. In reply, Namibia’s team could only score 111 runs in the stipulated overs.

Glenn Phillips and James Neesham were the heroes of this victory of New Zealand. In fact, after losing the toss, going to bat first on Sharjah’s slow pitch, New Zealand had a very slow start, and they soon lost their four wickets as well. New Zealand’s score was four for 87 in 14 overs. After this the team’s score was 96 runs in 16 overs. Then it seemed as if the Kiwi team would be able to score only 130-140.

But in the end, Glenn Phillips (39 not out off 21 balls) and James Neesham (23 not out off 35) shared an unbeaten 76 for the fifth wicket to take the team to the match-winning score. Phillips hit one four and three sixes in his innings. At the same time, Neesham hit one four and two sixes. After this Tim Southee did wonders in bowling. Southee took two wickets for just 15 runs in his four overs. Along with this, Trent Boult also got two successes.

Michael van Lingen scored the highest 25 runs for Namibia. Apart from this, Zane Green scored 23, Stephan Baard 21 and David Wiese scored 16 runs. However, the Kiwi bowlers did not allow the Namibian batsmen to play freely from the beginning. But Namibia, playing carefully in the first 8 overs, scored 51 for one wicket. But the Kiwi bowlers kept their grip on the match after bowling the exact line length, and the entire team could only manage 111 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs.