The 20th match of the ICC T20 world 2021 was played between England vs Bangladesh yesterday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. England won against Bangladesh by 8 wickets and became the top team in group 1. England won 2 matches out of 2 matches. On the other hand Bangladesh played two matches and lost the both matches.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Bangladesh had a poor start. Bangladesh lost their top orders very early. Liton Das has gone for 9 runs, Mohammad Naim gone for 5 runs and Shakib Al Hasan 4 runs. Then Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah came out and made 37 runs partnership. But after breaking their partnership there was happened another collapse. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 29 runs in 30 balls including 3 fours. Finally Bangladesh scored total 124 runs by 9 wickets.
English bowlers performed really well. Tymal Mills picked up 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. English all rounder Moeen Ali, Livingston each took 2 wickets and Chris Wokes took 1 wicket.
In reply English hard hitter Jason Roy played an aggressive innings of 61 runs in 38 balls including 5 fours and 3 sixes and England easily chased down the target. Jos Butler scored 18 runs, Dawid Malan 28* runs. Bangladeshi bowlers have no creditable performance. Jason Roy was player of the match.
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It was the 21st match was played between Scotland vs Namibia yesterday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Namibia beat Scotland by 4 wickets. It was an amazing start for Namibia, they won the first match in 2021 T20 world cup super 12 round. On the other hand Scotland played two matches and lost the both matches.
Namibia won the toss and invited Scotland to bat first. Scotland had a poor start. They have lost total 4 wickets just for scoring 18 runs in 5.3 overs. Then Michael Leask came out and made 39 runs partnership with Matthew Cross. Cross has gone for 19 runs then Chris Greaves came out and made another 36 runs partnership with Michael Leask. Leask scored 44 runs in 27 balls including 4 fours and 2 sixes. Chris Greaves scored 25 runs in 32 balls including 2 fours. Finally Scotland scored total 109 runs by 8 wickets.
Namibian bowlers performed their best. Ruben Trumpelmann picked up three wickets in his first overs and finally got 3 wickets for only 17 runs in 4 overs. Jan Frylinck picked up two wickets for only 10 runs in 4 overs. Smit and Wiese each took one wicket.
In reply Namibia started well and played very carefully though Scottish bowlers tried to create pressure but finally Namibia successfully chased down the target. Namibian openers Craig Williams scored 23 runs and Michael van Lingen 18 runs. David Wiese scored 16 runs but JJ Smit played the most important match winning innings and scored unbeaten 32 runs in 23 balls including 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Michael Leask picked up two wickets. Bradley Wheal, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt each took one wicket. Ruben Trumpelmann was player of the match.
