T20 World Cup 2024: Scotland registers campaign's first win by beating Namibia by 5 wickets

08 June,2024 07:58 AM IST |  Bridgetown  |  AP

Scotland took a point from its opening match against England, which was rained out, and now sit atop Group B with three points, ahead of Australia and Namibia with two.

Richie Berrington


Scotland moved atop Group B with a five-wicket win over Namibia. Namibia posted 155-9 and Scotland reached its winning total with nine balls remaining.

Captain Richie Berrington made an unbeaten 47 from 35 balls and shared a 74-run fifth-wicket partnership with Michael Leask (35 from 17) which steered Scotland to its first win over Namibia in four T20Is.

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Scotland took a point from its opening match against England, which was rained out, and now sit atop Group B with three points, ahead of Australia and Namibia with two.

Brief scores

Namibia 155-9 in 20 overs (G Erasmus 52, Z Green 28; B Wheal 3-33, B Currie 2-16) lost to Scotland 157-5 in 18.3 overs (R Berrington 47', M Leask 35; G Erasmus 2-29) by five wickets

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