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In the T-20 World Cup, Australia will face Namibia in the 24th match of the tournament on June 12. 2021 champions Australia are second behind Scotland in the points table with wins in both their opening matches. The team will qualify for Super-8 by winning this match tomorrow.
Whereas Namibia is at third place with 2 points after 1 win in 2 matches. For the team to remain in the tournament, it will be necessary to win the match.
Australia-Namibia faced each other in only 1 international match
Australia and Namibia have not yet faced each other in a single T-20 International match. Only one international match has been played between the two. It was played in the 2003 ODI World Cup. Then Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 301 runs losing 6 wickets. In reply, Namibia was all out for 45 runs in 14 overs and the Kangaroo team won the match by 256 runs.
Glenn McGrath took 7 wickets for 15 runs in this match and was chosen Player of the Match.
Australia’s Stoinis in great form
Based on the last 2 matches, Marcus Stoinis and David Warner have batted brilliantly in the Australian team. Stoinis has scored 97 runs and Warner has scored 95 runs in the last 2 matches. At the same time, Stoinis has impressed a lot in bowling also. He is the team’s top wicket taker in the tournament by taking 4 wickets in two matches.
Stoinis has taken the most wickets in the last 12 months too, while captain Mitchell Marsh has scored the most runs.
Namibia’s captain scored the most runs for the team
Namibia captain Jerad Erasmus has batted brilliantly in the tournament. He scored 65 runs in 2 matches. In bowling, Ruben Trumpelman showed a brilliant performance for Namibia by taking 5 wickets.
Nico Devine has scored the most runs in the last 12 months. Whereas, Erasmus has taken the most wickets.
pitch report
The pitch at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium supports the batsmen, especially in the T20 format. Where it can also help the spinners as the game progresses. The average score of the team batting first here is between 145 to 150 runs.
Weather report – 55 percent chance of rain
The weather in Antigua on June 12 will be very good. There may be light rain in the morning. The temperature here can remain between 32 to 26 degrees Celsius on the match day.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), David Warner, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wicket-keeper), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.
Namibia: Gerard Erasmus (captain), Nico Davin, Michael Van Lingen, Jan Frylinck, Malan Kruger, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Jane Green, Ruben Trumpelman, Bernard Scholtz and Tangeni Lungameni.
