NAM vs SCO highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: Scotland beats Namibia for first time in T20Is

Namibia will look to bag another win in T20 World Cup 2024 as it takes on Scotland in the Group B fixture at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday.

The match is scheduled to start at 12:30 AM IST. Toss at 12 AM IST.

Scotland beat Namibia by five wickets as it chased down the 156-run target with nine balls to spare at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday.

This is the first time that Scotland has beaten Namibia in a T20I.

156 is also Scotland’s highest successful chase in T20 World Cups, previous best being 123 against Oman in 2021.

Namibia wins the toss and opts to bat first.

Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Matthew Cross(w), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie

Namibia: Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Malan Kruger, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green(w), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni

58m and 66m square boundaries, the straight hit is at 73m.

Preview

Namibia won its previous match against Oman in a super over while Scotland’s match against England got abandoned due to rain.

While Namibia is currently at the second spot in the group B points table, Scotland is fourth with one point after one game.

NAM vs SCO Live streaming info:

The Namibia vs Scotland match will be telecasted on Star Sports Network and streamed on Hotstar.

SQUADS:

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green (wk), Michael van Lingen, Nikolaas Davin, Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Malan Kruger, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Ben Shikongo, Dylan Leicher, Peter-Daniel Blignaut, Jack Brassell, JP Kotze

Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie, Ollie Hairs, Safyaan Sharif, Jack Jarvis, Charlie Tear