ICC World T20 qualifiers Match 4: Sri Lanka thrash Namibia with a comprehensive win

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 Sri Lanka showed their domination as they won their opening match easily against Namibia played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the Lankan pacers Kumara and Chameera troubled Namibian batters. Theekshana got its first breakthrough getting rid of Stephen Baard. It was a brilliant bowling effort as they did not allow the opposition team to score runs easily. Theekshana got his second wicket dismissing Green trying to hit a big shot. At the end of the first six overs, Namibia scored 30 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Williams and captain Erasmus tried to steady the innings keeping scoreboard ticking. Kumara got rid of Namibia captain Erasmus with quick delivery. Williams and Erasmus added 39 runs for the 3rd wicket. Sri Lankan bowlers kept on picking wickets at regular intervals. Williams also perished in an attempt to hit a sweep and was LBW.

David Wiese could not contribute as Chamika Karunaratne bowled a great delivery to leave Namibia struggling. Sri Lankan bowlers did not allow the opponents and skittled out them for 96 in 19.3 overs. Scholtz was the last batter to be dismissed via run out by Nissanka.

Chasing a paltry total of 97 runs, Kusal Perera got off to a decent start but could not convert into a big score as he was caught at mid-off. Namibia grabbed the 2nd wicket getting rid of Nissanka via review. The umpire gave it not out and on review, it was overturned to out. Dinesh Chandimal struggled to time the ball and was eventually dismissed by Smit caught by Green leaving Sri Lanka in some trouble.

Avishka Fernando looked in sublime touch putting Namibia bowlers under pressure. At the end of the first six overs, Sri Lanka scored 37 for 3.  Bhaunka Rajapaksa looked in decent touch making life tough for the Namibian batters. Both scored at a quick pace and kept the scoreboard ticking. Fernando and Rajapaksa ensured that Sri Lanka safely reach the target.

Rajapaksa hit the winning runs with a six and put on unbeaten 74 runs for the 4th wicket with Fernando. Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets with 39 balls to spare.

Sri Lanka 100 for 3 in 13.3 overs ( Rajapaksa 42*, Fernando 30*, Scholtz 1/16) beat Namibia 96 in 19.3 overs ( Craig Williams 29, Erasmus 20, Theekshana 3/25) by 7 wickets.

For his 3 for 25 in 4 overs, Maheesh Theekshana was named the man of the match award.  







Sri Lanka register a comfortable 7 wicket win over Nambiba at Abu Dhabi 

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