T20 World Cup: Namibia’s skipper proud of dream-run: Namiba captain Gerhard Erasmus called his team’s win over Scotland in Super 12s as another proud moment of its maiden T20 World Cup campaign but wants his players to lift their game against top teams in the competition.
Namibia next play Afghanistan, followed by Pakistan, New Zealand and India.
T20 World Cup: “Delighted to get another World Cup win, another proud moment for the team. From here on we have to lift our level. We are excited for the challenge. Hopefully we can execute on those days,” Gerhard Erasmus said after the four-wicket win.
Namibia had to dig deep to chase down 110.
T20 World Cup: Namibia’s skipper proud of dream-run, but says ‘real test starts now’
T20 World Cup: “It was always about showing good intent. Luckily we got few partnerships to get over the line. Ruben (Trumpelmann) sets high standards. By his own admission he hasn’t hit the straps but very delighted that he came out here and executed.
All smiles after a fantastic win against Scotland 😁 well done boys 👏👏👏👏
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“That allowed us to start well and throw the first punch. Quite big (celebrating the victory), pretty proud moment. We savour this with the small Namibian group out here and all the people back home. Small but very proud country. We owe it to them back home,” added the captain.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH🇳🇦🦅
Well done to Ruben Trumpelmann on that historic first over🤹♂️3/17
FIRST OVER👉 W 1w 0 W W 0 0#T20WorldCup #AlwaysHigher #EaglesPride #Ebco pic.twitter.com/DBVtcvLZOk
— Official Cricket Namibia (@CricketNamibia1) October 27, 2021
Scotland stand-in skipper Richard Berrington said his team was 20-30 runs short.
Namibia hold their nerves to come out on 🔝 against Scotland!#T20WorldCup | #SCOvNAM | https://t.co/gjBH6vfxBA pic.twitter.com/DGmEGr4lRx
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“Hard to recover after that sort of a first over (where they lost three wickets). We just needed to get a partnership. I thought Leask and Cross played well. 120 would have given us a better chance,” he said.
T20 World Cup: Namibia’s skipper proud of dream-run, but says ‘real test starts now’
