T20 World Cup: New Zealand win by 52 runs against Namibia

New Zealand have defeated minnows Namibia by 52 runs in the Super 12 clash at the ongoing T20 World Cup match. Kiwis successfully trashed Namibia by 6 wickets at Sharjah Stadium on Friday.

New Zealand have scored 163 runs in its turn with the loss of 4 wickets and Namibia faced failure in chasing the given target by Kiwis and dropped the momentum with 111 runs on 7 wickets.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson played a calculated knock of 28 runs with the help of two boundaries and a six but didn’t manage to convert it into a big total. Phillips and Neesham joined hands to rescue their team collectively.

They scored an unbeaten 76-run partnership to set a composing total for the Black Caps. Phillips scored 39 off 21 balls laced with a boundary and three sixes followed by Neesham being not out for 35 off 23 with a boundary and two maximums.

TOSS

Namibia has won the toss and decided to bowl first against New Zealand

Team players

Namibia: SJ Baard, M van Lingen, CG Williams, MG Erasmus*, D Wiese, JJ Smit, JN Loftie-Eaton, ZE Green†, K Birkenstock, R Trumpelmann, BM Scholtz

New Zealand: MJ Guptill, DJ Mitchell, KS Williamson*, DP Conway†, GD Phillips, JDS Neesham, MJ Santner, AF Milne, TG Southee, IS Sodhi, TA Boult