Watch the highlights of Sri Lanka vs Namibia 1st Match ICC T20 World Cup 2022 - ICC World Twenty20 International tournament first Round of the 1st T20I match played between Namibia and Sri Lanka at GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria, Geelong in 16th October 2022.
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| Jan Frylinck smoked 44 off 28 balls © Associated Press |
Jan Frylinck's all-round display, JJ Smit's assault and Bowlers attack helped to Namibia registered their historic first T20I win against Sri Lanka by a shocking 55-runs in a one-sided game of the opening match of a T20 World Cup.
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Namibia scored 163-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Jan Frylinck struck 44 off 28-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 157.14.
JJ Smit hammered a unbeaten 31 off 16-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 193.75, Stephan Baard hit 26 off 24-balls included 2-fours.
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton hit 20 off 12-balls 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 166.66 and Gerhard Erasmus scored 20 off 24-balls without a boundary.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Pramod Madushan takes 2-wickets, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne and Dushmantha Chameera each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka scored 108 for all-out in 19 overs with top scorer by Dasun Shanaka struck 29 off 23-balls including 2-fours & a six.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 20 off 21-balls including two boundaries and Dhananjaya De Silva 12.
Namibia best bowler by David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Jan Frylinck each took one-wickets and one for JJ Smit.
Jan Frylinck named Player of the match for his all-round performance to took 2-wickets for 26-runs in 4-overs after smashing a quick-fire 44 off 28-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 157.14.
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