Scotland moved atop Group B with a five-wicket win over Namibia. Namibia posted 155-9 and Scotland reached its winning total with nine balls remaining.
Captain Richie Berrington made an unbeaten 47 from 35 balls and shared a 74-run fifth-wicket partnership with Michael Leask (35 from 17) which steered Scotland to its first win over Namibia in four <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/t20-world-cup-2024-pathetic-performance-akram-slams-pakistan-following-the-loss-vs-usa-23353181" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">T20I</a>s.
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Scotland took a point from its opening match against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/maddison-jones-left-out-of-england-squad-for-euro-2024-23353060" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">England</a>, which was rained out, and now sit atop Group B with three points, ahead of Australia and Namibia with two.
Brief scores
Namibia 155-9 in 20 overs (G Erasmus 52, Z Green 28; B Wheal 3-33, B Currie 2-16) lost to Scotland 157-5 in 18.3 overs (R Berrington 47*, M Leask 35; G Erasmus 2-29) by five wickets
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T20 World Cup 2024: Scotland registers campaign's first win by beating Namibia

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