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Oman vs Namibia Scorecard, Match 3, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Jun 03 2024, Mon - 06:00 AM (IST)
OMAN109, 10/1
NAMIBIA109/6 , 21/0
Match Tied (Namibia win the one-over eliminator)
CRR:10
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Jun 03 2024, Mon - 06:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Barbados |
| City: | Bridgetown |
| Venue: | Kensington Oval |
| Toss: | Namibia won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Namibia Playing XI: | Niko Davin, Michael van Lingen, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Malan Kruger, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni |
| Oman Playing XI: | Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mehran Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan |
- This will be the seventh men’s T20I fixture between Oman and Namibia and the first in a T20 World Cup, Namibia have won four of their six previous clashes, with five of those meetings coming in April earlier this year (Namibia W3, L2).
- Oman won the Asia Regional Final to qualify for the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup, they beat hosts Nepal, Malaysia, and Singapore in the group stage before overcoming Bahrain and Nepal again after a Super Over to win the qualifying event.
- This will be Oman’s third appearance at a men’s T20 World Cup, they won their opening fixture in both of their previous participations in the competition, beating Ireland first up in 2016 and PNG in 2021.
- Namibia won the Africa Regional Final to qualify for the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup, winning all six of their matches in the competition to secure a third consecutive appearance in the World Cup, having never previously qualified for the event.
- Oman hosted Namibia for a five-match T20I series in April 2024, JP Kotze (Namibia) scored the most runs (160) of anyone in the series whilst Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia) was the leading wicket taker (8) and also had the best economy rate of any bowler (4.4).
- Namibia produced a shock win against Sri Lanka in their opening game of the 2022 men’s T20 World Cup, however they followed it with losses to Netherlands and UAE as they crashed out in the first group stage, unable to replicate their Super 12 qualification from 2021.
- David Wiese (481) needs 19 more runs to become the eighth player to score 500 runs for Namibia, he has scored 119 runs at an average of 59.5 in his last five innings.
- Aqib Ilyas (9) needs one more fifty to become the first Oman player to reach 10 fifties in men’s T20Is, he has scored 50+ runs in three of his last six matches in the format.
- Bilal Khan has taken eight wickets in his last four men’s T20Is, including figures of 3-11 against UAE on 15 April 2024; he is the leading wicket-taker in the format for Oman (106).
- Namibia’s Nikolaas Davin has scored 482 T20I runs since the start of 2023, 100+ more than the next best teammate in that period (Jan Frylinck – 379), despite missing Namibia’s five-match series against Oman in April 2024.