Australia bowled out Namibia for only 72 runs after deciding to bowl first at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua, on Wednesday.
Achieving the milestone, Australia’s Leg-spinner Adam Zampa became the first Australian male cricketer to claim 100 wickets in T20I cricket. He achieved this feat with 4-12 figures in four overs.
Australian bowlers overpowered the batters throughout Namibia’s innings.
Pacer Josh Hazlewood took two wickets for 18 runs in four overs. Marcus Stoinis also contributed with two wickets as Namibia was dismissed in 17 overs.
Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus played 17 balls to score his first runs. However, he was the highest run-getter with 36 runs in 43 balls with the help of four fours and a six.
Apart from Erasmus, Michael van Lingen was the only batter who got into double figures with 10 runs.
This is the first competitive T20I between Australia and Namibia. But they played each other in a warm-up game before this tournament, with Australia registering a convincing seven-wicket win.
“We are going to bowl first. It looks a nice wicket. Nathan Ellis comes in for Starc, that’s the change. We have played a lot of cricket, looking forward to the challenge. It was a real change in the last game, that was pleasing,” Mitchell Marsh said at the toss.
Meanwhile, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus said: “We have three changes, we would have bowled first as well. What an exciting prospect for us. Hopefully it will be an upset if we beat the mighty Australia, we will give our best shot.”
Teams:
Namibia: Nikolaas Davin, Michael van Lingen, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus(c), JJ Smit, Zane Green(w), David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo.
Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
