ICC T20 WC NZ vs NAM highlights: New Zealand crush Namibia by 52 uns

Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham took the Namibian attack to the cleaners and propelled New Zealand to 163 for four

4:12 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 8 Overs: 55-2

Over Summary: 1 1 1 2 4 0 ; New Zealand: 55-2  ; Kane Williamson (10), Devon Conway (8)

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

4:12 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 7 Overs: 46-2

Over Summary: 0 W 1 1 1 0 ; New Zealand: 46-2  ; Kane Williamson (8), Devon Conway (1)

Bernard Scholtz [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack and gets the wicket of Mitchell.

 Daryl Mitchell c Michael van Lingen b Scholtz 19(15) [4s-2]

4:09 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 6 Overs: 43-1

Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 4 1  ; New Zealand: 43-1  ; Kane Williamson (6), Daryl Mitchell (19)

Ruben Trumpelmann [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack and concedes seven runs.

4:08 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 5 Overs: 36-1 | Guptill departs

Over Summary: W 0 1 1 0 4  ; New Zealand: 36-1  ; Kane Williamson (5), Daryl Mitchell (13)

Wiese continues and gets the wicket of Guptill.

Guptill c Trumpelmann b Wiese 18(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

4:06 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 4 Overs: 30-0

Over Summary: 0 2 1 4 0 2  ; New Zealand: 30-0  ; Martin Guptill (18), Daryl Mitchell (12)

JJ Smit, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes nine runs.

3:46 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 3 Overs: 21-0

Over Summary: 3 1 1 1 1 1  ; New Zealand: 21-0  ; Martin Guptill (15), Daryl Mitchell (6)

David Wiese, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and concedes eight runs.

3:38 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 2 Overs: 13-0

Over Summary: 0 0 4 0 0 0  ; New Zealand: 13-0  ; Martin Guptill (12), Daryl Mitchell (1)

 

Ruben Trumpelmann, comes into the attack and concedes a boundary to Guptill.

3:38 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia live score after 1 Over: 9-0

Over Summary: 1 1 0 6 0 1  ; New Zealand: 9-0  ; Martin Guptill (8), Daryl Mitchell (1)

Guptill and Daryl Mitchell are at the crease. Guptill is on strike. Scholtz opens the attack and concedes nine runs,

3:03 PM

NZ vs NAM LIVE TOSS: New Zealand batting first

Scotland wins toss and elects to bowl

2:58 PM

New Zealand vs Namibia LIVE TOSS

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

2:53 PM

T20 World Cup: We know New Zealand is a tough opposition, says Namibia's Wiese

Namibia all-rounder David Wiese said his team is aware that New Zealand, their opponents in the Group 2 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Friday, are a tough team. He added that his team's previous experience of playing their matches at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium could help them against the Black Caps.

 

Namibia are placed fifth in the points table and have a win against Scotland to show apart from losses to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

"We know New Zealand is a tough opposition. They've got world-class players there. And again been seen as the underdogs in the game, but we've played the games at Sharjah. Played a bit of success at Sharjah, and we think it's a wicket that could shoot our type of bowling. So we've done our prep. We've got a final training session this afternoon. We'll go there try to nail our skills," said Wiese in the pre-match press conference on Thursday.

 

"And T20 cricket at the end of the day, you know, one person can take the game away from the opposition. And if it's your day you can stand up and be that man of the match performance and you never know what can happen," added Wiese.

 

Wiese expressed pride in playing a role in Namibia being the surprise qualifiers to Super 12 from Round 1, something which was a team goal. "Performance-wise, Namibia got into the Super 12s and put in one or two big performances. And that was the main thing for me. Our main goal coming into the World Cup was to qualify for the Super 12 so we wouldn't have to play qualifications for next year's T20 World Cup, and we achieved our goal in that. To be able to play a part, even if it's just a small part in Namibia qualifying and moving forward, getting more opportunities, I'm really proud about that."

2:33 PM

Namibia team news

Placed fifth with just two points, Namibia have nothing to lose.

 

Namibia, who gave a spirited fight against Pakistan, would be looking to do an encore, albeit this time they would look end on the winning side.

 

And for that to happen, Namibia bowlers Ruben Trumpelmann, David Wiese, JJ Smit and Jan Frylinck, will have to forget the hammering they received from Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan.

 

Namibia batters have got starts but they need to convert them into big scores if the minnows harbour any hopes of upsetting a strong New Zealand.

 

Namibia is heavily reliant on David Wiese but others also need to chip in.

 

While New Zealand, would be keen to record their third win on the trot, it remains to be seen whether Namibia, who have already won a lot of hearts by making the Super 12s in their maiden appearance, can spring a surprise or not.

2:18 PM

New Zealand team news

Despite a fine performance against India, New Zealand bowling has been patchy, an area which they would like to improve upon.

 

"We were patchy with the ball but we need to move on. Credit to Scotland for the way they played and hit the ball out of the park. We were tested and we need to learn from this," skipper Williamson had said.

 

The likes of left-arm speedster Trent Boult, experienced Tim Southee and Adam Milne will be eyeing a much-better show against Namibia after an ordinary outing against Scotland, while the spin duo of Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner would look to continue their good form.

 

The biggest positive for the Kiwis is the return to form of flamboyant opener Martin Guptill, who blazed his way to 93 off just 56 balls.

 

He would, however, need support from his opening partner Daryl Mitchell, who faltered in the last game and Williamson, who has not exactly been among the runs.

 

New Zealand also boasts of aggressive batters like Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and if the top and middle order fires in unison, then they can take Namibia attack to the cleaners.

2:08 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand vs Namibia LIVE

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