T20 WC, AFG vs NAM highlights: Afghanistan thrash Namibia by 62 runs

Asghar Afghan played a nice little cameo to score 31 off 23 balls in his farewell game, which helped Afghanistan post 160 for 5.

4:40 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 11 overs: 77-1

 

Afghanistan:  77-1 ; Ashgar Afghan (3), Mohammad Shahzad (36)

 

Bernard Scholtz, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack and concedes eight runs

4:37 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 10 overs: 69-1

Afghanistan:  69-1 ; Ashgar Afghan (1), Mohammad Shahzad (30)

 

Loftie-Eaton conttinues and concedes 4 runs and also takes the wicket of Gurbaz.

4:34 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 9 overs: 65-1

Afghanistan:  65-1 ; Rahmanullah Gurbaz (3), Mohammad Shahzad (28)

 

Jan Frylinck [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes 10 runs

4:15 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 8 overs: 55-1

Afghanistan:  55-1 ; Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1), Mohammad Shahzad (20)

 

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes two singles.

4:14 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 7 overs: 53-1

Afghanistan:  53-1 ; Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0), Mohammad Shahzad (19)

 

J Smit [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack and gets the wicket of Zazai.

 

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, right handed bat, comes to the crease and defends the last two remaining deliveries.

4:08 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 6 overs: 50-0

Afghanistan:  50-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (32), Mohammad Shahzad (17)

 

David Wiese [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack and concedes 13 runs, including a boundary and a SIX to Shahzad

3:59 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 5 overs: 37-0

Afghanistan:  37-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (31), Mohammad Shahzad (5)

 

Jan Frylinck, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes 11 runs, including a boundary and a SIX to Zazai

3:55 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 4 overs: 26-0

Afghanistan:  26-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (21), Mohammad Shahzad (4)

 

Ruben Trumpelmann [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and concedes nine runs, including two boundaries to Zazai.

3:48 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 3 overs: 17-0

Afghanistan:  17-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (13), Mohammad Shahzad (3)

 

David Wiese, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and two singles.

3:46 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 2 Overs: 15-0

Afghanistan:  15-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (12), Mohammad Shahzad (2)

 

JJ Smit, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes four singles.

3:43 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia live score after 1 over: 11-0

Afghanistan:  11-0 ; Hazratullah Zazai (10), Mohammad Shahzad (0)

Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad at the crease. Hazratullah Zazai on strike. Ruben Trumpelmann opens the attack and concedes 11 runs

3:19 PM

Afghanistan vs Namibia playing 11

Namibia playing 11: Craig Williams, Michael van Lingen, Zane Green(w), Gerhard Erasmus(c), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz.

Afghanistan playing 11: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi(c), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Hamid Hassan, Naveen-ul-Haq

3:05 PM

ICC T20 World Cup: AFG vs NAM LIVE TOSS

Afghanistan wins the toss and elects to bat first

2:57 PM

ICC T20 World Cup: AFG vs NAM LIVE TOSS

The live toss between Afghanistan and Namibia is moments away, stay tuned....

2:55 PM

Namibia in good place ahead of Afghanistan match, says batter Williams

Namibia has left no stone unturned in planning to deal with Afghanistan's deadly spin trio, according to batter Craig Williams.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup debutants beat Scotland by four wickets in their opening game, making a confident start to the Super 12 stage. Now they need to do what so many batting line-ups have failed to do, which is to tame Afghan twirlers Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi.

"We've put in extreme amounts of analysis into the opposition and we've worked on individual game plans. So I think sitting where we are now tonight, we're in a really good place. Anything could happen in T20 cricket, we know that," Williams said in an official ICC release.

"We've played Afghanistan, many, many times in the past. We know what they can do. So it's just about on the day being able to handle our nerves and execute the plans to put in place. So, in terms of playing spin, we're extremely confident against spin. It's just a matter of being able to execute your plan on the day against the best in the world because that's who we're playing against," he added.