WORLD T20: Wiese aces Super Over for Namibia in thriller
Namibia 109 for 6 (Frylinck 45, Mehran 3-7) tied with Oman 109 (Kail 34, Trumpelmann 4-21, Wiese 3-28) Super Over Namibia 21 beat Oman 10
Oman mounted a dramatic comeback with the ball after being bundled out for 109 to take the match to a Super Over, but a composed Namibia, led by David Wiese, dominated the one-over eliminator to start their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a win.
This was the third time a men’s T20 World Cup game went to the Super Over and the first since 2012. Wiese and Gerhard Erasmus racked up 21 runs against the seasoned Bilal Khan, before Wiese ensured Oman couldn’t pull off a second comeback in the match.
David Wiese bosses the Super Over
On a pitch where batters from both teams struggled to score, Wiese started the Super Over by drilling a full delivery through the covers and then walloping the next ball – a juicy full toss – for a six wide of long-on. Erasmus flick-swept the penultimate ball of the over through square leg to pick up another boundary before squeezing a yorker past short third to take Namibia to the highest score in a T20 World Cup Super Over.
Wiese then gave away just two runs off his first two balls before getting Naseem Khushi to edge one onto the stumps.
Oman managed just a single off the next ball as the total went beyond their reach and Wiese closed out the win. Wiese became just the fourth player in men’s T20Is to bat and bowl in a Super Over. (ESPNcricinfo)
