Player of the Match
Player of the Match
T20I CAREER
CRR:
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RRR:
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Last 5 Overs:72/4
BATSMENRB4s6sSRThis BowlerLast ovsmatrunshsave
Max HeingoM Heingo(rhb)0000-0(0b)0(0b)12- 0*-
BOWLERSOMRWEcon0s4s6sThis Spellmatwktsbbiave
Brad EvansB Evans(rfm)4041310.256411.0-0-10-23957 4/1619.5
Blessing MuzarabaniB Muzarabani(rfm)403919.7510511.0-0-17-097116 4/1721.51
Current Partnership :
P'SHIP :
0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0 (Jack Brassell 0, Max Heingo 0)
Last Bat :
L'BAT :
Jack Brassell b Evans 0 (2m 2b 0X4 0X6) SR: 0
FoW :
FoW :
190/10 (19.6 ov)
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Match Centre

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Sreshth Shah

Statistics

Current Batsmen

M Heingo
0(0) 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Current bowlers

B Evans
B Evans
O4
M0
R41
W3
Eco10.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
B Muzarabani
B Muzarabani
O4
M0
R39
W1
Eco9.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

PARTNERSHIPS

14
JN Frylinck8 (9)
L Steenkamp6 (7)
14
JN Frylinck2 (4)
MG Erasmus12 (8)
32
JN Frylinck11 (14)
JN Loftie-Eaton20 (13)
6
JN Frylinck0 (0)
JJ Smit6 (2)
2
JN Frylinck1 (2)
R Trumpelmann1 (2)
8
ZE Green1 (2)
R Trumpelmann7 (4)
110
ZE Green53 (24)
A Busing-Volschenk52 (27)
4
BM Scholtz0 (0)
A Busing-Volschenk4 (2)
0
BM Scholtz0 (0)
JT Brassell0 (1)
0
JT Brassell0 (1)
M Heingo0 (0)

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.

19.6
W
Evans to Brassell, OUT, full ball outside off. He tries to smack it for six but all he can do is get an inside edge onto the stumps. Evans ensured Zimbabwe win and the victory margin is only five runs

JT Brassell b Evans 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.5
W
Evans to Brassell, OUT, yorker length just outside off and he toe-ends it down the ground. The two batters are confused whether to take the single or not, and Evans has enough time to whip the bails off

BM Scholtz run out 0 (3m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -

19.4
W
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, OUT, OH MY GOD! A stunning catch from the keeper diving to his right! Full ball outside off and Volschenk tried to clatter this one square. Marumani launches tom his right and takes a one-hander. On another day this would've trickled down for four

A Busing-Volschenk c †Marumani b Evans 56 (45m 29b 3x4 4x6) SR: 193.1

Namibia will feel like this is now theirs to lose

19.3
4
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, FOUR, full outside off and he absolutely hammers this slot ball over Evans' head! Long-off's attempt is totally futile
19.2
W
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, 1 run, OUT, full ball around off and drilled to long off. Two more being taken but Raza throws a flat one in, and it is a direct hit at the bowler's end. Was Green short? Every run matters, and not just that, there will also be a new batter in the crease albeit at the bowler's end for now. Relief for Zimbabwe

ZE Green run out 54 (47m 26b 7x4 2x6) SR: 207.69

19.1
2
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, 2 runs, full outside off and the free-hit is struck straight down the ground. Top work from Burl at long on ensures that's not a boundary. Fifty up for Volschenk!

It's a no-ball because they had extra fielders outside the circle. Amateur error

19.1
3nb
Evans to Busing-Volschenk, (no ball) 2 runs, length ball outside off and drilled to wide long off for a couple. It's also am no-ball! Free hit coming up.

Namibia need 16 off the final over. Zimbabwe had scored 20 in their final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 17 Runs | NAM: 180/6 (16 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.47, RRR: 16.00)

  • Alexander Busing-Volschenk47 (24b)
  • Zane Green54 (26b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani4-0-39-1
  • Newman Nyamhuri4-0-37-0
18.6
1
Muzarabani to Busing-Volschenk, 1 run, full outside off and he drills a drive. Finds deep point
18.5
1
Muzarabani to Green, 1 run, full and wide outside off. Guided to deep backward point

Century partnership up too at a run-rate of 13.6! Only 46 balls for the landmark

18.4
4
Muzarabani to Green, FOUR, length ball outside off and he drags a shot past the non-striker to long on. The boundary brings up Green's second T20I fifty!
18.3
0
Muzarabani to Green, no run, length ball wide outside off. He moves to the off side to cut. Misses

Just look at the change in win probability for the two sides after that boundary

18.2
4
Muzarabani to Green, FOUR, great use of the bottom hand to loft this full and wide ball. Creams it over cover with ease!
18.2
1w
Muzarabani to Green, 1 wide, full and wide outside off and he reaches out to meet it. Misses
18.1
6
Muzarabani to Green, SIX, length ball on middle. He clears the front leg and tonks a six over deep square leg, just beating the man in the deep!

Two overs to go. There's still hope for Namibia and momentum is definitely on their side

END OF OVER:
18 | 18 Runs | NAM: 163/6 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.05, RRR: 16.50)

  • Zane Green39 (21b)
  • Alexander Busing-Volschenk46 (23b)
  • Newman Nyamhuri4-0-37-0
  • Brad Evans3-0-31-1
17.6
1
Nyamhuri to Green, 1 run, full and very wide outside off. Green originally wanted to ramp it over fine leg but seeing the line he has to adjust. Bunted to deep backward point for a single
17.5
4
Nyamhuri to Green, FOUR, short of a length outside off. Hangs inside his crease and uses his bottom hand to lift the shot over cover!
17.4
4
Nyamhuri to Green, FOUR, full outside off. He reverse swats it to conventional short third for four more!
17.3
2
Nyamhuri to Green, 2 runs, short outside off and slapped over cover for a couple more

Zimbabwe 1st innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st64BJ CurranBJ Bennett
2nd5BJ CurranD Myers
3rd3Sikandar RazaBJ Curran
4th4RP BurlBJ Curran
5th3RP BurlW Madhevere
6th22RP BurlT Marumani
7th41RP BurlB Evans