END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs 4 Wkts | NAM: 190/10 (6 runs required, RR: 9.50)
- Max Heingo0 (0b)
- Brad Evans4-0-41-3
- Blessing Muzarabani4-0-39-1
That's all from us at Cricinfo today. On behalf of our wonderful scoring team and my co-commentator Himanshu, this is Sreshth saying bye-bye.
Raza, the winning captain: "Credit to Namibia for making it a good game. Credit to their batters. Nothing to take away from them, but I thought we were poor in the end. We had three quarters ticked out of 4. We bowled okay till 14th over but we need to get better. We have to try and win every game and be as good as we can be. I'm really grateful we won the game but I didn't think we were that good."
Erasmus, the losing captain: "Those two guys got us close in the end. At the 14-over mark, we thought we were out of the game but they nearly pulled off something special. This is a good six-hitting ground and the Zimbabwe batters also showed that. It was a good deck, but lots of positives for us to take out. Some special spells - Heingo comes to mind, and then at the back end, those two players. Those are the kind of innings that can take you far in an international career."
Brad Evans is the Player of the Match: "Feels pretty good [to earn first POTM award]. I enjoy those moments [like bowling the final over]. Kept a simple plan and executed. [Partnership with Burl] Something I've been working hard on, and has come leap and bounds."
5.30pm We'll have the presentation very shortly.
Shadow-Shell: "Oh my goodness gracious. What did I just witness"
suyog: "What a game.."
Prakash: "Ryan Burl did brilliantly, but Brad Evans is the POTM for me. Had a good hand in that amazing partnership with Burl and defended a tricky total with 2 set batters in the last over."
5.25pm A terrific game of T20I cricket. Green (54) and Volschenk (56) put on a partnership to remember, lifting Namibia from 76 for 6 to 186 for 6. But needing only 11 off the final five balls, Namibia failed to get over the line, losing four wickets in their last five deliveries, including two run-outs.
It was a game that either side could have won. Zimbabwe had produced a remarkable recovery of their own through Burl's half-century and Evans' 37, while Namibia appeared to have lost the chase early. But as long as Green and Volschenk kept finding the boundary, Zimbabwe could never relax.
The result keeps the T20I tri-series wide open: all three teams have one win and one loss after two matches each. The best possible scenario with the back-end of the laegue stage remaining.
JT Brassell b Evans 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
