Zimbabwe lose five wickets for 15 runs in Namibia innings collapse

2

Overs9.5

Score81 - 5

Gerhard Erasmus to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Darted in at the pads. Tadiwanashe Marumani walks across the stumps and tickles it wide of short fine leg. The fielder moves to his right and tries to pick the ball up with one hand but lets it through. That allows the batters to take the second run.

W

Overs9.4

Score79 - 5

Gerhard Erasmus to Wessly Madhevere, OUT! CAUGHT! Wickets off successive overs for Gerhard Erasmus. Flighted up by Erasmus, on middle. Madhevere clears the front leg and tries to go downtown. He does not connect well and it goes only as far as long on, where JJ Smit snaffles it close to his body. Zimbabwe have now lost 5 wickets for just 15 runs to be reduced to 79/5.

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Overs9.3

Score79 - 4

Gerhard Erasmus to Wessly Madhevere, Bowled with a round-arm action and by going low. Wessly lunges across to go up and over. Slices it off the outer half to the right of deep point for a couple of runs.

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Overs8.5

Score76 - 4

Max Heingo to Wessly Madhevere, Does not carry. Heingo goes into the deck again, on middle. Madhevere is rushed and tries to push the ball away. Chips it towards mid-wicket, where the fielder dives in front but it drops short of him.

W

Overs8.3

Score76 - 4

Max Heingo to Ben Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! Max Heingo strikes big in his first over. For the second game in a row, after a promising start, Zimbabwe are losing their way. Heingo pushes it across the left-hander, on the fuller side. Curran does not move his feet at all and just flashes at the ball. It leaves him to catch the outside edge and it balloons towards short third, where Jack Brassell moves to his right and gobbles it up at waist height. The well-set Curran departs, and Namibia now have two new batters to bowl at.

W

Overs7.2

Score72 - 3

Gerhard Erasmus to Sikandar Raza, OUT! CAUGHT! Gerhard Erasmus dismisses his opposite number. That is a fine catch by Jan Frylinck. From around the wicket, flat and on a length, on middle. Raza gets down on a knee and attempts the slog sweep. He does not quite get hold of it and it goes towards deep mid-wicket, where Frylinck charges in off the ropes and slides to take the catch inches off the turf. A golden duck for Raza. From 64/0, Zimbabwe are 72/3.

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Overs7.1

Score72 - 2

Gerhard Erasmus to Ben Curran, A run saved, or is it? Floated up, on off. Curran stays leg side of the ball and brings his bottom hand into play to go inside out over cover. The long off fielder covers a lot of ground to his right and dives to push the ball away from the fence before the cover fielder mops it up. The replays indicate that the ball came in contact with the ropes before the fielder flicked it away but the third umpire is happy with the effort.

W

Overs6.6

Score69 - 2

Bernard Scholtz to Dion Myers, OUT! TIMBER! Bernard Scholtz has produced an absolute ripper. From around the wicket, he slows it down, on a good length in line with the off stump. Myers lunges and pushes out in front. The ball lands and straightens to sneak past the outside edge before clattering into the off pole.

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Overs6.5

Score69 - 1

Bernard Scholtz to Ben Curran, Flat and short, on off, Curran plays the late dab wide of short third and turns the strike over. There is a direct hit at the batting end but Myers is in by then.

A wicket on the final ball of the Powerplay and Zimbabwe would be really happy with the openers as they scored 64 before being separated. Dion Myers is the next batter in.

W

Overs5.6

Score64 - 1

JJ Smit to Brian Bennett, OUT! CAUGHT! JJ Smit has the last laugh. Brian Bennett has done his job of providing Zimbabwe with a brisk start but he would have loved to convert this start into a big score. Smit digs it in short, over off and gets the ball to climb onto the batter. Bennett gets his hands high to pull this one off the front foot but a top edge is found. It is skied towards deep square leg, where Jan Frylinck steadies himself under the skier and gets low to take the catch whilst extending his hands out in front.

4

Overs5.5

Score64 - 0

JJ Smit to Brian Bennett, FOUR! Gets it through. Smit bashes the hard length and follows the batter as he backs away. Bennett gets on his toes to ride the bounce and uses the pace to guide it to the left of the backward point fielder for a four.

2

Overs5.2

Score55 - 0

JJ Smit to Ben Curran, PItched up, on middle. Curran swings through the line but does not quite get hold of it. He gets it wide enough of the mid off fielder. Gerhard Erasmus gives chase and flicks it behind towards the converging fielder. Two taken.

0

Overs4.3

Score48 - 0

Ruben Trumpelmann to Brian Bennett, Back of a length, on middle and off, Brian Bennett gets behind the line of the ball and jams it out.

4

Overs4.2

Score48 - 0

Ruben Trumpelmann to Brian Bennett, FOUR! Brian is hitting the ball really well. Pitched-up delivery, around off, Brian Bennett rocks right behind the line of the ball and smashes this through the right of the mid off fielder for four runs.

4

Overs4.1

Score44 - 0

Ruben Trumpelmann to Brian Bennett, FOUR! Hit crisply down the ground for a boundary. Good length, around off, going across the batter, Brian Bennett clears his front foot and plants this to the leg side and smashes this down to the long off region for four.