Namibia vs New Zealand 36th Match at Sharjah, 05 Nov, 2021

Toss: Namibia, who chose to bowl
New Zealand 163/4 (20)
Namibia 111/7 (20)
New Zealand won by 52 runs
Man of the Match: James Neesham

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Bernard Scholtz bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, pushes off the inner half to mid-on where Erasmus is on the edge of the circle and happy to concede the single

    Over 0.2 Bernard Scholtz bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell,1 run, presses forward and eases to long-off

    Over 0.3 Bernard Scholtz bowls a quicker arm ball to Martin Guptill, no run, gets forward and  pushes it firmly to the left of Scholtz

    Over 0.4 Bernard Scholtz tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill, Six!  Gets under the ball and launch it over long-on for a maximum.

    Over 0.5 Bernard Scholtz tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, prods forward and defends to cover

    Over 0.6 Bernard Scholtz tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and  drives down to long-off

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, gets forward and shoulders arms to lets it go through to the keeper.

    Over 1.2 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill, Boundary! Takes a step down the wicket, converts it into a full delivery and drills it straight of mid-off. 

    Over 1.3 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill, Boundary! Takes a step down the wicket, converts it into a full delivery and drills it straight of mid-off. 

    Over 1.4 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, gets right behind the line to defend

    Over 1.5 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, gets forward and misses the flick and the ball hits him on the pad before rolling back down the wicket

    Over 1.6 Ruben Trumpelmann bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, hangs back and is beaten by the lack of bounce, the ball almost rolls to Zane Green

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell, 3 runs, gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up three runs.

    Over 2.2 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and defends it to mid-off and picks up a single.

    Over 2.3 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell,1 run, gets forward and patted with soft hands into the off-side and Mitchell calls for the quick single. Good batting

    Over 2.4 David Wiese bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and  drives firmly to the left of mid-off

    Over 2.5 David Wiese bowls a pitched up delivery to Daryl Mitchell,1 run, gets forward and smashes it straight down the ground and picks up a single.

    Over 2.6 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and  turns it to mid-wicket and crosses over

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Johannes Smit bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, gets forward and defends near his feet and searches for a non-existent single

    Over 3.2 Johannes Smit bowls it short of length to Martin Guptill, 2 runs, gets on top of the bounce and pulled away to the deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 3.3 Johannes Smit bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, makes room and drills the drive uppishly towards extra cover, Williams flies to his right with one hand and gets more than a fingertip.

    Over 3.4 Johannes Smit bowls a pitched up delivery to Daryl Mitchell, Boundary!Gets forward and chips it with a straight bat, clears mid-on and the ball races away

    Over 3.5 Johannes Smit bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell, no run, gets forward and crashes it straight to cover-point.

    Over 3.6 Johannes Smit bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs, gets across the line and flicks it through the vacant mid-wicket region and Guptill scampers back for the second

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, out Caught by Trumpelmann!!  Guptill  backed away to go over the off-side, Wiese took pace off and didn't give him width as well, the lofted shot is a tame one and Trumpelmann takes an easy catch at mid-off. 

    Over 4.2 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Kane Williamson, no run, gets right behind the line on the back foot and defends it down the pitch.

    Over 4.3 David Wiese bowls a pitched up delivery to Kane Williamson,1 run, gets forward and  eases to mid-off and quickly crosses over

    Over 4.4 David Wiese bowls a pitched up delivery to Daryl Mitchell,1 run, pushes off the inner half to long-on

    Over 4.5 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Kane Williamson, no run, gets forward and  looking for his go-to steer to third man, but the ball held its line and beat the outside edge.

    Over 4.6 David Wiese bowls a good length delivery to Kane Williamson, Boundary! Opened the bat face and directed it square through point. The timing was such that the fielder had no chance to chase it down

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