Australia skittle Namibia for 72 to reach Super 8s

T20 World Cup, Group B, Antigua

Namibia 72 (17 overs): Erasmus 36 (43); Zampa 4-12

Australia 74-1 (5.4 overs): Head 34* (17)

Australia won by 9 wickets

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Australia secured their spot successful nan T20 World Cup Super 8s arsenic they bowled Namibia retired for 72 connected their measurement to a thumping nine-wicket triumph successful Antigua.

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa took 4-12 to scope a period of T20 world wickets, while Josh Hazlewood and Marcus Stoinis claimed 2 apiece.

After dismissing Namibia successful 17 overs, pinch only 2 batters reaching double figures, nan Australia apical bid ruthlessly knocked disconnected nan runs wrong nan powerplay.

Travis Head vanished unbeaten connected 34 from 17 balls and skipper Mitchell Marsh deed nan winning runs pinch 2 balls near of nan sixth over.

Victory took Australia supra Scotland to nan apical of Group B, pinch nan 2 sides playing each different successful St Lucia connected Sunday.

A triumph for Scotland would destruct defending champions England, who first request to hit Oman and Namibia handsomely to person immoderate chance of progressing.

South Africa qualified for nan Super 8s aft Sri Lanka's lucifer against Nepal successful Lauderhill, Florida, was abandoned without a shot being bowled because of rain.

The consequence does not extremity Sri Lanka's hopes of a top-two decorativeness successful Group D, but they require a highly improbable series of results - including a washout erstwhile Bangladesh look nan Netherlands connected Thursday - to spell through.

This was conscionable astir arsenic objective arsenic it gets from Australia as, pursuing their 50-over World Cup triumph successful India past year, they continued their bid to go double world champions.

Left-arm gait bowler Mitchell Starc was rested but that did not extremity them seizing power of nan lucifer successful nan opening powerplay.

Two wickets for Hazlewood and 1 for Pat Cummins near Namibia 17-3 aft six overs, while skipper Gerhard Erasmus took 17 balls to get disconnected nan mark.

Erasmus recovered to make a 43-ball 36 but recovered nary support arsenic nan Australia bowlers relentlessly tore done nan mediate and little order.

Zampa was astatine nan bosom of it and a beautiful googly to vessel Bernard Scholtz gave him his 4th wicket of nan crippled and his 100th successful T20Is.

The 32-year-old is nan first men's subordinate to scope nan landmark for Australia and 3rd wide aft Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt.

Once Stoinis wrapped up nan innings, it was complete to nan batters and they were successful nary temper to bent around.

David Warner had 20 from his first 7 balls earlier falling to David Wiese successful nan 2nd over.

Head and Marsh took up nan mantle and, aft 11 fours and 4 sixes overs, Australia vanished nan occupation pinch 86 balls to spare.

England will apt request to show akin ruthlessness successful their adjacent 2 games if they are to subordinate Australia successful nan Super 8s.

If not, they whitethorn beryllium reliant connected a repetition capacity from Marsh's squad against Scotland.

Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh: “A awesome capacity from our bowling team. All-round a very master performance.

“It’s awesome to suffice for nan Super 8s. We get beautiful engaged aft our crippled against Scotland truthful we’ll negociate arsenic galore group arsenic we tin complete nan adjacent fewer days.

“Over nan past 4 aliases 5 years, [Zampa] is astir apt our astir important subordinate successful position of really we building up. He loves nan large moment, loves nan pressure. He’s bowling beautifully and we’re fortunate to person him.”

Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus: “You can’t beryllium backmost against nan champion successful nan world - that’s 1 point we’ve learned from tonight.

“The accomplishment spread is possibly location but you tin adjacent that a small spot by fighting occurrence pinch occurrence and we haven’t done that capable successful this tournament.

“A bully broadside for illustration Australia will expose you if you’re not fresh mentally.”