Reported by Dawn News
NORTH SOUND: At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, on Tuesday, Australia entered into the Super Eights of the T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket demolition of Namibia.
Adam Zampa guided the rout of an amazing Namibia with figures of 4-12, becoming the first Australian man to reach 100 T20I wickets.
The southern Africans were packed out for just 72 off 17 overs after batting first.
Australia then took fast track to the target in just 5.4 overs for the yield of one wicket., with victories under their belt over Oman and arch-opposition England.
Travis Head ended unbeaten on 34 and captain Mitchell Marsh entangled the winning boundary to be 18 not out.
Put in to bat in windy, rainy situation , Namibia were first squeezed by the 2021 champions’ performance with their new-ball bowlers and some eye- notching catch.
Zampa then put over, the leg-spinner splendid through the lower half of Namibia’s humilized batting line-up.
When he thrown bowl Bernard Scholtz to acces his milestone of 100 wickets in briefest format, his fourth wicket His fourth wicket completed the last ball of his four-over spell.
“I bowled a couple of pies (bad balls) tonight to get a couple wickets but that happens at times,” claimed Zampa after achieving the Man of the Match award.
“I’ve been feeling really good and encouraged by the captain to take wickets through those middle overs. It is challenging for me in Carribean but its is something you have to deal with.
He claimed further, “This is the first step in trying to take the trophy home, but there is a long way to go.”
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Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus, who required 17 deliveries to receive the mark, top-scored with 36 off 43 balls (four fours, one six) before being ninth out, the second wicket for Marcus Stoinis.
Stoinis threw the new ball with Josh Hazlewood, the senior seamer also putting up two wickets.
Erasmus in the aftermath of the chastening loss claimed, “You cannot sit back against the best in the world. The gap in skill is there but you can sort of close that by fighting fire with fire.”
“We did not do that tonight. A good side like Australia will expose you if you are not willing to mentally step up to this level on a particular day.” The comprehensive win throws an interesting light over Australia’s final group match.
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On Saturday in St Lucia, They dealt Scotland, who are currently second in the group and self- possessed to reduce title-holders England if they deal the rampant Aussies.
Riddling at the chances of calming a couple of crickters, “It’s going to get pretty busy after our match against Scotland so we’ll manage as many people as we can over the next few days,” said Marsh, hinting at the possibility of resting a couple of players.
Marsh.claimed, for his premier spinner Zampa, the captain was full of gratitude. “If you look at his career over the last four or five years, he’s probably our most important player.”
“He loves the big moment, loves the pressure. I think that all comes with experience and he’s bowling beautifully at the moment.”
