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Australian opener David Warner played an inning of 54 runs on 21 balls.
Australia defeated Namibia by 7 wickets on Tuesday in the warm-up match of T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, the match between Bangladesh and host America was canceled due to bad weather.
In the match played in Port of Spain, Australia won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, Namibia scored 119 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Australia achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 10 overs.
For Australia, David Warner (54*), who was struggling with poor form in IPL 2024, scored an unbeaten half-century. Australia will now play the second warm-up match against West Indies on May 30.
Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to field first.
Jane Green played an inning of 38 runs
At one time, Australia had sent 7 players to the pavilion for Namibia’s 75 runs. After this, wicketkeeper-batsman Zane Green, who came to bat at number 8, somehow took Namibia beyond 100 runs by playing an innings of 38 runs.
Number nine batsman Malan Kruger (18) and number 10 batsman Devij VJ (12) contributed along with Zane Green. Adam Zampa took maximum 3 wickets for Australia. Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets. Tim David and Nathan Ellis got one each. Cruiser and VJ run out.
Warner scored fifty on 20 balls
Australia got off to a good start while chasing the target of 120 runs. Captain Mitchell Marsh and David Warner made a partnership of 39 runs for the first wicket. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 18 runs and Jose Inglis was out after scoring 5 runs. After this, Warner and Tim David made a partnership of 46 runs and took their team closer to victory. After the dismissal of David (23), Warner along with Matthew Wade (12) led his team to victory. Warner completed his fifty in 20 balls.
World Cup will start from June 2
This year’s T-20 World Cup will be played in America and West Indies from June 2. The tournament will run till June 29, with Australia playing its first match against Oman on June 6. On June 8, the team will face England, while on June 12 and 16, the team will face Namibia and Scotland.
Australia team for T-20 World Cup 2024
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Traveling Reserve: Jack Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short.
