Pakistan vs Namibia Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: PAK enter Super 8s, beat NAM by 102 runs in Colombo

Usman Tariq to bowl his last over. OUT! ANOTHER BOWLED! And Usman Tariq gets his third now. He tosses up, beats Bernard Scholtsz as the ball goes through his defence. WICKET! Done, over for Namibia. Willem Myburgh is caught behind as Pakistan decimated Namibia by 102 runs to book their tickets for the Super 8s. A comprehensive win for the Men in Green as Namibia were no match for them today.

Bernard Scholtz b Usman Tariq 1(2) | Willem Myburgh c Usman Khan b Usman Tariq 8(14)

Namibia: 97 all out in 17.3 overs; Lost to Pakistan by 102 runs

Tariq again. The batters managed to get three runs on two occasions but far away from the asking rate, which has jumped to 26.5 R.P.O. 11 runs from the over.

Namibia: 94/7 in 16 overs

Usman Tariq continues. WICKET! JJ Smit falls now. Namibia are six down now. Tariq gets his first and his wicket-taking streak continues for one more game. Smit goes for a slogsweep but miscues it to Shadab Khan at mid-wicket. WICKET! CLEANED UP THIS TIME! Ruben Tumpelmann fails to read the wrong'un as the ball goes through the gate and disturbs the furniture. Top bowling this from Tariq. A double wicket maiden for Tariq.

Smit c Shadab Khan b Usman Tariq 9(13) | Ruben Trumpelmann b Usman Tariq 0(2)

Namibia: 81/7 in 14 overs

Mohammad Nawaz with his third over. Alexander Volschenk continues to target him. Nawaz was hit for a SIX by Volschenk as he targeted the straight boundary once again, as the ball sailed over long-on, where Babar Azam was manning the fence.

Namibia: 72/4 in 11 overs

WICKET! Fourth wicket in the last four overs for Pakistan, and they are on top of the proceedings here. Looks like only a matter of time before they confirm their Super 8 qualification. Shadab Khan is the new bowler, and he gets a wicket off his third delivery. Skipper Gerhard Erasmus nicks one behind and is caught by Usman. Two new batters, JJ Smit and Alexander Volschenk, are in the middle. Fifty up for Namibia in eight overs.

Gerhard Erasmus c Usman Khan b Shadab Khan 7(6)

Namibia: 51/4 in 8 overs

Saim Ayub continues. WICKET! RUN OUT! A superfluous attempt for a single after finding a fielder at extra cover. Salman Agha, with quick hands, returns the ball to Ayub, who dislodges the bails almost instantly as Loftie-Eaton is well short of his ground. Poor call, poor running, and he pays the price for it. Skipper Gerhard Erasmus comes in. Just two runs from this over.

Loftie-Eaton run out (Salman Agha/Saim Ayub) 5(5)

Namibia: 40/2 in 6 overs

Spin already into the attack as Saim Ayub joins the attack. Ayub is not giving any pace, drifting away from the right-hander. FOUR! Innovative from Steenkamp. Shuffles across, gets under the line of the ball and lofts it with a sweep at backward squate leg. FOUR! This time on offside. Short ball, outside off, Steenkamp rocks back and cuts it late to get another boundary, this time at backward point.

Namibia: 32/0 in 3 overs

Salman Mirza into the attack from the other end. He starts well, giving just a leg bye single from his first five deliveries but ends it with a WIDE, and then Frylinck guides the outside off ball for a FOUR at third man to end the over. Still, only five from this over.

Namibia: 15/0 in 2 overs

Alright then, so Namibia need 200 runs to register their first win in this T20 World Cup and deny Pakistan the Super 8 spot. Anything less than that will mean that Pakistan will go through the next round.

Ruben Trumpelmann to bowl the penultimate over. The right-hander bowled a terrific over to give just six runs alongwith an extra through a wide.

Pakistan: 183/3 in 19 overs

JJ Smit with his third over. SIX! Farhan is displaying his power. Muscles it over long-off with a flat bat swing. Moves to the 80s as well. FOUR! Smit overpitches this time, Farhan plays with soft hands, drives it straight for a boundary. FOUR! Shadab Khan gets in the act. Deliberate late cut from Khan to clear the short third region.

Pakistan: 157/3 in 17 overs

Ruben Trumpelmann returns. Set-batter Sahibzada Farhan uses his offside play, hitting a couple of boundaries to keep up the ante. 10 from this over.

Pakistan: 131/3 in 15 overs

Jack Brassell returns. OUT! And gets a wicket straightaway. He removes the dangerous-looking Salman Ali Agha. Full outside off, Agha chips it at mid-off to Gerhard Erasmus while looking to clear the in-field. A wicket against the run of play. Soft dismissal indeed as a well-set Agha falls. Khawaja Nafay joins Farhan. FOUR! Shot! Lovely cut from Nafay to get off the mark with a boundary in his maiden World Cup game. Farhan gets a FOUR as well as Pakistan get 11 off the over.

Salman Agha c Gerhard Erasmus b Jack Brassell 38(23)

Pakistan: 118/2 in 13 overs

Bernard Scholtz again. A couple of singles to start the over. Scholtz sprays one down the leg for a wide before Pakistan manage a single, a couple, and then a leg byes single, making it an 8-run over. Pakistan are 85 at the halfway stage.

Pakistan: 85/1 in 10 overs

Left-arm spinner Bernard Scholtz from the other end now. The boundaries are dried up suddenly after the wicket of Saim Ayub. Pakistan need to recalibrate quickly before they play out these many dots. Just three from Scholtz's first over.

Pakistan: 55/1 in 8 overs

OUT! Jack Brassell strikes for Namibia! Lucky, you can call it. Nonetheless, a wicket for Brassell and Namibia. Brassell angles across, bowls way wide outside, Saim Ayub leans across, goes fishing, and an outside edge was carried comfortably by keeper Zane Green. Skipper Salman Ali Agha joins Farhan in the middle, and he is off and running with a FOUR. Seven and a wicket from this over.

Saim Ayub c Zane Green b Jack Brassell 14(12)

Pakistan: 47/1 in 6 overs

Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan decided to put foot on the accelerator. Ayub broke the shackles against Ruben Trumpelmann, who replaced JJ Smit, hitting him for a couple of FOURS, taking a total of 12 runs from his over. Farhan then continued where Ayub had left off in the previous over as he accumulated 10 from Jack Brassell's over with TWO FOURS.

Pakistan: 31/0 in 4 overs

JJ Smit starts. Farhan is on strike. Short ball to start things, Farhan uses the bounce, plays it towards sweeper cover to get off the mark with a single. Ayub then plays three dots before getting off the mark by flicking the full delivery at deep mid-wicket. An uneventful start to the innings as just three come from this over.

Pakistan: 3/0 in 1 over

Namibia (Playing XI): Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Alexander Volschenk, JJ Smit, Zane Green(w), Ruben Trumpelmann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan(w), Khawaja Nafay, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq.

Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first vs Namibia in Colombo.

Before the start of the much anticipated India-Pakistan match, the conversation was around how the Indian bowling line-up consisting of Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Hardik Pandya, and others will fare against Pakistan’s batting line-up. However, the dominance of Indian bowlers was such that Pakistan struggled to face pacers and spinners alike losing wickets at regular intervals. With the frontline bowlers doing their job and Pakistan reeling at 78 for 6 in the 12th over, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav turned to his part-time bowler Tilak Varma. And to rub salt in the wound of the Pakistani team, Tilak got a wicket on the first ball getting Shadab Khan caught off Shivam Dube making it 78 for 7. Pakistani experts and journalists saw the move as an insult to the status of Pakistan cricket team. After bowling Tilak. Surya also called in Rinku Singh to bowl one over where he conceded nine runs.

Reacting to Surya’s move of calling part-timers, former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali said,” Surya ne jo sabse jor se tamacha mara hai na, jab usne Rinku aur Tilak Varma ko bowling karayi hai (Surya has slapped hard by bowling Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh).”

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Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam/Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi/Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq.

Netherlands: Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus(c), JJ Smit, Zane Green(w), Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumplemann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz, Max Heingo.

Although rain threats do not loom large in Colombo during the Pakistan vs Namibia game, the city might see a light shower in the lead-up to the game before 3 PM. Pakistan would not mind rain today, as shared points augur well for their Super 8 qualification.

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