24 June, USA – Scotland defeated Namibia by 5 wickets in ICC T-20 World Cup 2024. Scotland won the first game in group B. Chasing the target of 156 runs, Scotland finished losing 5 wickets in 18.3 overs. In Scotland’s victory, captain Richie Benrington was not out for 47 runs off 35 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Michael Lisk scored 35 off 17 balls with 4 sixes, George Munshe 7, Michael Jones 26 and Brendan McMullan contributed 19 runs. Namibian captain Gerald Erasmus took 2 wickets, David Wiza, Tageni Lugammeni and Benard Scholtz took 1 wicket each. Before that, Namibia won the toss in Barbados and chose to bat first. Captain Gerald Erasmus scored 52 runs in 31 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes, but it was not enough to win the game. Nicholas Devin scored 20, Jane Freylink scored 12, Jane Green scored 28 and David Vija scored 14 runs.
Scotland’s Brad Wheel took 3 wickets with 33 runs in 4 overs. Brad Curry took 2 wickets, Chris Soul, Chris Geves and Michael Lisk took 1 each. In the first match, Namibia defeated Oman in the Super Over. The match between Scotland and England was canceled due to rain. Similarly, in the group A match in Dallas today, the home team America created a sensation by defeating Pakistan in the Super Over. In Group D, Nepal was defeated by Netherlands on Tuesday. Now Nepal will play Sri Lanka in Florida on 12 June.