Cricket minnows pull off World Cup stunner

Namibia reached the main gully of the T20 World Cup for the archetypal clip by beating Ireland by 8 wickets connected Friday and completing the lineup for the Super 12s.

Set a people of 126 to win, Namibia got determination with 9 balls balls to spare chiefly acknowledgment to 53 not retired disconnected 49 balls by skipper Gerhard Erasmus, who shared an unbeaten 53-run concern with David Wiese (28).

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Erasmus appeared to beryllium adjacent to tears aft Wiese smashed a wide and afloat transportation done the covers for 4 to clinch Namibia's archetypal triumph implicit a test-playing nation.

“We tally a beauteous choky vessel and we are a tiny cricketing nation,” Erasmus said. “It's 1 heck of an accomplishment and we should beryllium arrogant of ourselves.”

The Namibians antecedently bushed the Netherlands successful Group A of qualifying for the country’s archetypal triumph astatine a World Cup and went a measurement further by taking down an hostile 7 places higher than them successful the ICC rankings.

They participate Group B of the Super 12s, which commencement Saturday, wherever they volition play India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Scotland.

Sri Lanka had secured a spot successful the main gully earlier thrashing already-eliminated Netherlands aboriginal Friday, skittling its hostile for conscionable 44 runs and easing to the triumph people successful 7.1 overs

Ireland, looking to suffice for the main gully of the T20 World Cup for the archetypal clip since 2012, won the flip and was successful a beardown presumption connected 55-0 aft six overs astatine the extremity of the powerplay.

The squad failed to physique connected its affirmative commencement and the runs stopped flowing connected a dilatory transportation aft Paul Stirling was retired for a 24-ball 38. The Irish finished connected 125-8, having been 62-0 aft 7.1 overs.

It was adjacent connected tally complaint earlier 2 consecutive pulls for six by Wiese disconnected Craig Young successful the 15th over. There was different large six consecutive down the ground, this clip from Erasmus successful the 18th over, and the skipper held his airs aft moving Namibia to the brink of victory.

Namibia celebrates the triumph implicit Ireland. (Twitter)

"We didn’t get capable runs," Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie said. "It volition beryllium hard to get implicit it, and it hurts a lot.

“I deliberation Wiese played a superb manus erstwhile the complaint was astatine 8 (runs an over), and their skipper saw them home.”

Sri Lanka cruised into the Super 12s with 3 consecutive wins, the latest coming aft bowling retired the Netherlands successful 10 overs for the 2nd lowest full ever astatine a T20 World Cup. The Dutch besides recorded the lowest people and that was against Sri Lanka, excessively — 39 successful the 2014 competition.

Lahiru Kumara had 3-7 successful 3 overs, and Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva had 3-9.

Kusal Perera deed 33 not retired arsenic Sri Lanka reached its people for the nonaccomplishment of 2 wickets.

Sri Lanka is successful Group A successful the Super 12s with Australia, England, South Africa, the West Indies and Bangladesh.

The Netherlands mislaid each 3 of its radical games.

Namibia and Scotland, which won each 3 of its radical games, are some Associate members of the International Cricket Council.

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