Wiese stars in super over as Namibia beat Oman

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, Group B, Bridgetown

Oman 109 (19.4 overs): Kail 34 (39); Trumpelmann 4-21, Wiese 3-28

Namibia 109-6 (20 overs): Frylinck (48); Mehran 3-7

Namibia won by 11 runs successful ace over

David Wiese starred pinch bat and shot arsenic Namibia survived a scare earlier yet edging a battling Oman aft a melodramatic ace complete successful Bridgetown.

The 39-year-old clubbed 13 runs disconnected 4 balls to thief Namibia station 21-0 successful their ace over, earlier bowling Oman's reply and restricting them to 10-1.

Wiese had earlier taken 3-28 arsenic Oman were skittled retired for 109, pinch Ruben Trumpelmann taking a career-best 4-21 that included 2 wickets pinch nan first 2 balls of nan match.

Namibia eased to 73-3 aft 14 overs, but immoderate superb decease bowling from Mehran Khan, who took 3-7, turned a regular pursuit into a scramble for nan line.

With Namibia needing 5 runs to triumph disconnected nan last over, Mehran took 2 wickets pinch nan first 3 deliveries to group up what would person been a stunning victory.

With 4 needed from 2 balls a consecutive thrust from Wiese cannoned into nan stumps astatine nan non-striker's extremity and allowed Namibia to tally two, earlier a scrambled limb bye disconnected nan last shot saw them limp to 109-6.

This was conscionable nan 3rd clip a T20 World Cup lucifer went to a ace complete and nan first since 2012.

Veteran all-rounder Wiese played for South Africa betwixt 2013 and 2016, earlier switching allegiance to Namibia successful clip for nan 2021 T20 World Cup.

He rattled a 4 done nan covers disconnected nan first shot of nan ace over, earlier smashing a afloat flip adjacent shot for six.

A 2 and a azygous followed, earlier Gerhard Erasmus smashed back-to-back boundaries to thief Namibia station an imposing 21 disconnected nan bowling of Bilal Khan.

Wiese past showed his acquisition pinch nan ball, bowling afloat and consecutive to disregard Naseem Khushi arsenic Namibia triumphed.

Oman's adjacent lucifer is against Australia successful Barbados connected Thursday, pinch Namibia taking connected Scotland astatine nan aforesaid venue later that day.

Monday's crippled sees South Africa return connected Sri Lanka successful New York astatine 15:30 BST.

Namibia all-rounder and subordinate of nan lucifer David Wiese: "I decidedly aged a mates of years tonight. And I don't person a batch of years near successful maine truthful person to return it easy. It was an emotionally draining evening."

Oman skipper Aqib Ilyas: "We would person enjoyed nan crippled much had we won, but in installments goes to our team, we fought good contempt having specified a debased target."

On nan determination to vessel Bilal successful nan ace over: "Bilal is 1 of nan champion bowlers you tin person astatine this level. But location are days wherever you scheme and it doesn't execute."

Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus: "It was a reliable 1 connected a reliable wicket for illustration that. You shouldn't beryllium letting nan guys accent it astatine nan end. You should return work erstwhile you've sewage 15 aliases 20 balls nether nan loop and you cognize nan hit of nan pitch."