Australia have confirmed their place in the Super-8 with their third consecutive win in the T20 World Cup 2024. Australia registered a spectacular 9-wicket win over Namibia on Wednesday.
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Batting first, Namibia were all out for 72 in 17 overs. In reply, the Australians achieved the target in just 5.4 overs for the loss of 1 wicket. Australia is the second team to reach the Super-8 of the T20 World Cup. South Africa has already reached this stage.
Leg-spinner Adam Jampa took the most four wickets for Australia. With this, he completed 100 in T20 Internationals. At the same time, Jampa became the bowler to take the most wickets (31) for Australia in the T20 World Cup. He surpassed Mitchell Starc (29 wickets).
Namibia captain Gerard Erasmus spent the most time on the field batting for his team in this match. He batted for 64 minutes, but failed to take his team to a big score. Erasmus played an innings of 36 runs and was the top scorer for his team.
Namibia team was all out after scoring 72 runs in 17 overs. Namibia's captain Gerard Erasmus scored the most runs. He scored 36 runs in 43 balls with the help of four fours and one six. Apart from Jampa, Josh Hazlewood and Marcus Stoinis got two wickets each from Australia's side. Pat Cummins and Nathan Ellis got one wicket each.
Australia, chasing a target of 73 runs, got off to a great start with David Warner (20) and Travis Head (18*). Warner was sent back to the pavilion by David Weiss after being caught out by Ruben Trumpelman. After Warner was out, Head adopted an aggressive approach and scored unbeaten 34 runs in 17 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes. Captain Mitchell Marsh scored unbeaten 18 runs in 9 balls with the help of three fours and a six and led the team to victory.
Australia team is in Group B of T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from Australia, this group includes England, Scotland, Namibia and Oman. Australia is at the top of the group with 6 points after winning all three of its matches. Scotland has 5 points and is in second place.
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