‘Knew what I had to execute in Super Over’: David Wiese

Namibia scored a nerveshredding victory over Oman in their T20 World Cup Group lsquoBrsquo clash here on Sunday after a lowscoring thriller was decided by a Super OverDavid Wiese was the hero for Namibia contributing 13 runs in the Africansrsquos Super Over total of 21 before then restricting Oman to 10 runs with the ball in hand to seal a crucial win at Kensington OvalDavid WieseThrilling finishThe match had gone to a decisive extra over after a tense duel saw both teams finish with 109 runs from their allotted 20 overs Oman had looked to be heading for defeat after a superb fourwicket bowling display from Ruben Trumpelmann saw them all out for 109 off 194 overs But Omanrsquos bowlers responded with a disciplined performance to contain Namibiarsquos bats with Mehran Khan conjuring a superb spell to leave the match on a knife edge Mehran finished with figures of 37 off three overs The veteran Oman bowler took two wickets in the final over to frustrate Namibia who needed just five runs from the over to clinch victory But Mehran was bizarrely overlooked for the Super Over bowling duties by Oman with Bilal Khan handed the ball instead That move backfired spectacularly though with Wiese blasting a four off the first ball and then crushing a full toss for six off Bilalrsquos second delivery Wiese took three more runs off the next two balls before Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus hit backtoback fours to set Oman a daunting victory target of 22 off their super overAlso ReadPNG skipper Assad Vala proud of his boys despite defeat to West IndiesWiese took over the bowling duties for Namibia and after conceding just two runs from his first two deliveries took the wicket of Naseem Khushi Two more singles left Oman needing 18 from the last delivery to win meaning Wiese could allow Zeeshan Maqsood to blast a six knowing victory was assured ldquoI definitely aged a couple of years tonightrdquo the 39yearold Wiese saidlsquoEmotionally drainedrsquoldquoAnd I donrsquot have a lot of years left in me It was an emotionally draining eveningrdquo Wiese said he had been confident of steering Namibia to victory with bat and ball in the Super Over ldquoI had a feel for the wicket and knew what I had to execute in the Super Over The pitch was difficult was a bit twopaced and different to what we expected I think we adapted well and it was surely a pitch where you had to spend some time out there I think if we were chasing 180 we would have had to attack without thinking too much about the pitch so tough to say what would have been a par total on this wicketrdquo2012The year T20 World Cup witnessed its last Super Over before Namibia v Oman match on SundayBrief scoresOman 109 all out in 194 overs K Kail 34 R Trumpelmann 421 D Wiese 328 G Erasmus 220 v Namibia 1096 in 20 overs J Frylinck 45 M Khan 37 Match tied Namibia won the Super OverThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever