T20 Series: Namibia defeated Zimbabwe by 28 runs

Bulavio, September 18 (IANS). He won Namibia in the final match of the three -match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Namibia won 28 runs on Thursday in the match played in Bulawao. Namibia batted first after winning the throw, scoring 204 runs at the loss of 7 wickets based on an explosive turn of 77 runs played with the help of 6 sixes and 8 fours of the 31 balls of Jane Freelink. Ruben Trumpelman also played an explosive turn of 46 runs on 24 balls. Captain Sikander Raza was the most successful bowler for Zimbabwe. He took 3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Wellington Muscadza, Blessing Mujarbani and Emposa got 1-1 wickets. Zimbabwe did not start to reach the target of 205 runs and the team lost the first 3 wickets for 32 runs. Sean Williams tried to win the 77 -run turn with the help of 2 sixes and 10 fours of 45 balls, but their alone effort was not enough. The team was reduced to 176 runs in 19.5 overs. Ryan Berl was the second top scorer by scoring 32 runs from 24 balls. For Namibia, JJ SMT took 4 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Gerhard Irasamus and Ruben took 2-2 wickets. Bernard and Ben Shikongo took 1-1 wickets. Zimbabwe won the series with three games 2-1. The first match of the series was won by Zimbabwe by 33 runs in the first T20 and the second T20 by 5 wickets. Zimbabwe’s opener Ben Bennett was the player of the series. He scored 136 runs in the series. At the same time, Jane Filink, who played an important role in the victory of Namibia, was judged as player of the match by scoring 77 runs in the third match. -Ians pack/ share these story tags