Richie Berrington and Michael Leask shared a match-winning partnership for Scotland as they defeated Namibia in Barbados to bolster their hopes of progressing on the T20 World Cup.
After impressing with the bat of their washed out opener towards England, the Scots have been victorious towards the southern Africans in Barbados, chasing down their goal of 156 with 5 wickets and 9 balls to spare.
Issues have been trying dicey when Matthew Cross fell lbw at 73 for 4, however captain Berrington and Leask took the bull by horns as they placed on 74 from the subsequent 42 balls.
Leask blasted 4 sixes in his knock of 35 and Berrington was unbeaten on 47, ending with a flourish as he clubbed David Wiese all the way in which over long-on earlier than punching the air with glee.
The outcome places Scotland on three factors, which means England may discover themselves feeling the warmth in the event that they fail to beat Australia on Saturday. Brad Currie had earlier excelled with the ball, with two for 16 from 4 exacting overs.
Brad Wheal received Scotland off to an ideal begin, swinging the brand new ball dangerously and having JP Kotze caught at mid-wicket together with his third supply.
Currie additionally landed an early blow and Chris Sole recovered after seeing three of his first 4 balls disappear to the ropes to open his account as Namibia reached 48 for 3 in a energetic powerplay.
Chris Greaves dismissed Malan Kruger within the eighth over as Scotland continued chipping away however Gerhard Erasmus was proving a tricky nut to crack.
He held the innings collectively, stitching collectively an everyday provide of boundaries off the spinners to even up the scales. He reached his half-century with a flourish off simply 30 balls, slog-sweeping Leask for six over extensive long-on.
The Aberdonian exacted instantaneous revenge moments later, Cross finishing the stumping. There have been 42 runs and 4 extra wickets from the final 5 overs, with Currie and Wheal tidy on the loss of life.
Scotland’s reply loved an early increase with eight runs in wides from Ruben Trumpelmann, a shift in fortunes for the left-armer who took wickets together with his first two balls towards Oman. However runs off the bat have been tougher to return by, with the full slowly ticking to 25 for one after 5 overs.
Michael Jones, so spectacular within the washout towards England, lastly got here alive within the sixth as he unloaded two fours and a six, however the introduction of Erasmus modified the sport for the second time. Jones (26) was caught behind and Brandon McMullen (19) allowed himself to be stumped courtesy of some sloppy footwork.
The required price had climbed to almost 10 an over when Berrington and Leask made their transfer. Two large overs successfully settled issues, 13 off Tangeni Lungameni and 19 off the veteran Wiese within the seventeenth, together with a pair of huge blows by Leask.
Leask launched Trumpelmann over 100 metres over the massive display earlier than holing out however Berrington ensured victory as he powered Wiese again down the bottom for the decisive six.
