T20I T20 World Cup Game 3 Namibia v Oman, June 3 1000hrs @ Kensington Oval Barbados

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Namibia from, Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee
Oman from, Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra

 

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Namibia have won the toss and are fielding.

 

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Oman (Playing XI): Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi(w), Aqib Ilyas(c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mehran Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan

Namibia (Playing XI): Michael van Lingen, Nikolaas Davin, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Malan Kruger, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green(w), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni



Namibia have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Duleep Mendis looks like he's still the same weight he was when he played.

 

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I had an Free Nelson Mandela ANC Youth League t shirt when I was a kid that also proclaimed my support for SWAPO who it has to be said have transitioned from liberation movement to governing party somewhat better than the ANC.

 

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Prajapati out first ball, big wicket there

 

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Wicket first ball!

Very Starc-esque, that one. Great start.

 

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That would have got better batsmen than him.

 

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Another wicket

 

[akkaps]

That would have got better batsmen than him.

The only other suggestion went out second ball

 

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Curious that you'd review an LBW that hit a quarter of the way up middle stump.

 

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Oman are rattled early here.

 

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I remember the 91 tour of the West Indies and just how cool it was seeing live cricket from there for the first time.

 

[NYRB]

Could make a strong case that Namibia is the 2nd best African country in this format of the game right now.

 

[NYRB]

Oman bowled out for 109 and its advantage Namibia .

Apparently Namibia beat Oman 3-2 in a series in Oman this year.

 

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Oman with a wicket off the second ball

 

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The odd one in Kensington has had that extra bounce today.

 

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Oman slip placements a bit off put .

Everything about their performance today has been a bit "off put".

 

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Oman play Australia on this same ground in the group stages, and I reckon Oman would struggle to get 80 odd runs against Australia against their pace attack given what we have seen what they have seen against Namibia tonight.

 

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Maiden over from Aqib first up.

 

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Namibia not showing much confidence in this chase, 47/2 off their 10 overs.

 

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Would have thought that Namibia would want to get this as quick as possible, looks like a similar situation is developing to last night game

 

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Would have thought that Namibia would want to get this as quick as possible, looks like a similar situation is developing to last night game

It's never really looked in doubt but the Namibians haven't made it look easy.

 

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It's never really looked in doubt but the Namibians haven't made it look easy.

Scotland have to be favoured to finish above Namibia and Oman , and I dont think if they are watching this game- would lose sleep over this game.

 

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Maybe gone too early?