Namibia stopped Scotland by 109 runs

The Scots were bowled out for 109 for 8 by Namibian bowlers who came to play in the T20 World Cup for the first time. Namibia need 110 runs to make history for their first win in the Super Twelve.

Scotland lost the toss and elected to bat in Abu Dhabi. Namibian pacer Robin Tripleman took three wickets in the first over of the innings.

He returned four balls to George Munse (0), Colm McLeod (0) and Richie Barrington (0). The Scots lost 3 wickets for 2 runs. After that Craig Wallace (0) lbw off the ball of David Wise, Scotland lost 4 wickets for 18 runs.

Michael Lisk took the helm in the face of such a disaster for the team. Matthew Cross (39 off 34 balls for the fifth wicket) and Chris Graves (36 off 31 balls) for the sixth wicket saved the Scots' value. The real contribution to this pair was Lisker. Cross was dismissed for a slow innings of 19 off 33 balls. Smith bowled Lisk in the 17th over. Lisk's innings of 44 off 28 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes was 44 runs.

After that, Graves somehow managed to cross the 100 mark by biting the ground. The batsman was run out in the last ball of the innings, 25 off 32 balls. The most successful Namibian bowler is Robin Trumpman. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs. Jan Frylink took 2 wickets for 10 runs.