Pakistan beat Namibia by 45 runs and have qualified for the semifinals of the tournament. They are also the first team to reach the final four of the this year’s T20 World Cup.
Taling about the match, batting first Pakistan got 189 runs on the board with superb batting performances by Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam who also added 113 runs for the first wicket.
Rizwan was smashing the ball all over the ground towards the end of Pakistan innings and he scored 24 runs in the final over.
Mohammad Hafeez added polish to the innings with a sparkling 32 off just 16 late on, with Pakistan scoring an eye-watering 130 runs in the last ten overs.
Later the Babar Azam-led side stopped Namibia at 144 with all-round bowling efforts.
“It’s really good, we’re maintaining our winning momentum. We wanted to do things differently today, test our batting. Conditions were tough early on, they bowled well and we wanted to take the partnership deep. The way Hafeez batted and got into form, it was important for us as he is a key player. Hasan Ali was given the new ball as conditions were suitable. If you need to win tournaments, you need to be consistent across all departments,” said Babar Azam at post match presentation.
“The fielding was a bit lax, there was dew, so that’s an area to improve. Need to keep improving and irrespective of whom we face in the semifinal, we want to maintain the same intensity,” he added.
Brief Scores: Pakistan 189-2 (Mohammad Rizwan 79, Babar Azam 70; David Wiese 1-30, Jan Frylinck 1-31) vs Namibia 144/5 (David Wiese 43, Craig Williams 40; Hasan Ali 1-22, Imad Wasim 1-13)
