Namibia claim T20 series against SA Emerging men’s team
Namibia claim T20 series against SA Emerging
JOHANNESBURG, April 26 (ANA) – A top performance with the bat ensured Namibia won the decisive third match of the T20 series against the South Africa Emerging men’s team to clinch a comfortable 91-run victory at the Wanderers in Windhoek on Sunday.
Zane Green (63 off 38 balls, six fours, three sixes) led the way with a flying half-century, while there were also swashbuckling efforts by Gerhard Erasmus (39 off 27 balls), JP Kotze (28 off 20 balls), JJ Smit (37 off 15 balls) and Jan Frylinck (22 off eight balls) that powered the hosts to a massive 230/6.
The visitors fell into trouble early in the reply and never recovered, they were eventually bowled out for 139 in 16.2 overs.
The result handed the Namibians a 2-1 series victory, with the one-day leg of the tour set to begin on Tuesday.
The final match was undoubtedly set up by their exceptional performance with the bat. Opener Green led the way by putting on 59 for the first wicket alongside Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (12) in just over six overs.
Another 59 between Kotze and captain Erasmus followed for the third wicket with Smit, who scored a bludgeoning century to level the series the day before, and Frylinck then providing a booming finish.
By the time they finished, the home side clubbed 15 sixes in total. Jason Smith ended as the pick of the bowlers with 2/43.
South Africa lost 6/59 at the start, which all but ended their chances before the 10th over was done.
Smith (35) and Dayyaan Galiem (34) tried their best to attack, but their 54-run partnership hardly threatened the target.
In the end, the tourists fell short as Van Lingen (2/6), Loftie-Eaton (2/8), Frylinck (2/11) and Mauritius Ngupita (2/27) all ended with two wickets each. – African News Agency (ANA), Editing by Michael Sherman