Namibia beat South Africa by 4 wickets in men’s T20I:11 runs scored in the last over, Green scores the winning boundary, Trumpelmann scalps 3 wickets

Associate nation Namibia defeated full ICC member South Africa by 4 wickets in a T20I match in Windhoek on Saturday. South Africa, batting first, scored 134 runs. Namibia achieved the target in the 20th over, losing 6 wickets. South Africa’s poor start At the Namibia Cricket Ground, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. The team lost 2 wickets for just 25 runs. Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock was out for 1 run and Reeza Hendricks for just 7 runs. Lhuan Dre-Pretorius then partnered with Rubin Herman to take the team past 50 runs. Jason Smith scored 31 runs Pretorius was out for 22 and Haran for 23 runs. Jason Smith scored 31 runs to take the team to a fighting score. Before him, captain Donovan Ferreira was out for 4, Andile Simelane for 11, and Gerald Coetzee for 4 runs. Bjorn Fortuin remained unbeaten on 19 runs. The team scored 134 runs losing 8 wickets. For Namibia, Ruben Trumpelmann took 3 wickets for 28 runs. Max Heingo got 2 wickets. JJ Smit, Ben Shikongo and Gerhard Erasmus took 1 wicket each. Bernard Scholtz gave 16 runs in 4 overs, but he could not take any wicket. Namibia also lost wickets quickly Chasing a target of 135 runs, Namibia continuously lost wickets. Louren Steenkamp 13, Jan Frylinck 7, JJ Smit 13, and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 7 runs were out. Captain Gerhard Erasmus scored 21 runs and took the team past 50. Malan Kruger scored 18 runs and took the team past 100. 11 runs were needed in the last over The team lost 6 wickets for 101 runs. From here, wicketkeeper Zane Green and Trumpelmann brought the team closer to the target. In the last over, the team needed 11 runs. Andile Simelane came to bowl, and Green hit a six on the very first ball. 1 run was scored on the second ball and 2 runs on the third ball. On the fourth ball, Trumpelmann scored 1 run to level the score. Similane bowled a dot ball to Green on the fifth ball. 1 run was needed on the last ball, all fielders stood near the pitch. Similane bowled a low full toss, Green hit a four towards mid-wicket and gave the team a historic victory. Namibia defeated a Test team for the fourth time Associate nation Namibia defeated a Test-playing nation for the fourth time. Before this, the team had also defeated Sri Lanka in 2022 and Ireland in 2021. The team has also defeated Zimbabwe 8 times in T20s. In the lone T20 match against Namibia, Nandre Burger and Andile Simelane took 2-2 wickets for South Africa. Gerald Coetzee and Bjorn Fortuin got 1-1 wicket each. Coetzee got injured while bowling in the second over. Therefore, he could only bowl 9 balls in his spell. In his place, captain Ferreira completed the over and the spell.