ENG vs NAM | All eyes on Scotland after gung-ho England hammer Namibia in rain-marred contest

After three hours of waiting for the rain to relent, an 11-over contest was announced with Namibia opting to bowl first. Veteran David Wiese got the side off to a brilliant start by just conceding one in his opening over and Ruben Trumpelmann capitalized with an inswinging jaffa to send skipper Jos Buttler packing for a duck. Wiese returned to cap off the three-over powerplay and produced a sensational knuckle ball first up to outfox Phil Salt, leaving the visitors reeling at 18/2 after three overs. However, Gerhard Erasmus erroneously decided to get spin into the game thereon, allowing Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow to put together an explosive half-century stand in just four overs. Moeen Ali continued in the same vein after the latter departed, his six-ball 16 split across a brief stop-in-play that cut down the game to 10 overs a side, before Liam Livingstone capped off the innings with two mammoth hits to propel England to 122/5.

The new-ball duo of Reece Topley and Jofra Archer executed well with the shiny new Kookaburra to restrict Michael van Lingen and Nikolaas Davin to 18 runs in the three-over powerplay. By the end of six overs, the required run rate had skyrocketed past 20, forcing Namibia to retire Davin out for the hard-hitting Wiese in a last-ditch attempt. The 39-year-old responded to the call of duty with a couple of huge maximums and was sent off by the opposition with heartwarming congratulations to commemorate a glorious career. Nonetheless, it made little difference to the result, as England cruised through their remaining overs to complete a breezy victory.

This Van Lingen innings of 33(29) stands with S.Gavaskar’s 36(174). Man, what a player he can retire now.#ENGvsNAM

— LazyPunter (@lazy_punter) June 15, 2024

6️⃣,6️⃣,4️⃣
Adil Rashid faces the brunt of David Wiese’s onslaught but is it too late for Namibia with a required rate of 28? 🤔#ENGvNAM #ENGvsNAM #NAMvENG

— PANKAJ (@BuzzNeus76170) June 15, 2024

Outrageous from Namibia management for taking so much time to retired out one of the player when the game was dine and dusted.
Unreal man! Why would you wait for so long 🤦#ENGvsNAM

— Abhi aks (@abhiaks9231) June 15, 2024