Ireland vs Netherlands Live Score: ICC Mains t20 world cup In the 2021 Qualifier, Match 3, Sri Lanka will begin their campaign against Namibia in another Group A qualifier in Abu Dhabi. Sri Lanka are in the qualifiers so they will have to make a mark to make it to the main round of the tournament starting next week.
Former champions Sri Lanka, going through a difficult period of transition, will take on Namibia, who are returning to the big stage after 18 years, in a qualifier here on Monday.
What: Sri Lanka vs Namibia, T20 World Cup Qualifier, Match 4 (Group A)
When: October 18, 2021
where: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time: 7:30 PM IS
Sri Lanka won the 2014 edition of the tournament and from the following year their champion players retired one after the other, giving the team the daunting task of finding their replacements.
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SL Team News
Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Thisara Perera have all hung up their shoes. His ranking fell and as a result, he found himself in the first round of the showpiece instead of getting a straight spot in the Super 12 stage.
As if losing their stalwarts wasn’t enough, Sri Lanka are also battling a year-long suspension of artists such as Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka for breaking the bio-secure bubble in England.
This means 24-year-old Charit Aslanka, who was player of the series in their recent ODI series win over South Africa, Avishka Fernando, Kamindu Mendis and seamer Chamika Karunaratne will have to play a key role.
The return of Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Perera will certainly ease Dasun Shanaka’s captaincy. Sri Lanka also have top wrist spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who has made his mark as one of the top bowlers in the world.
Hasaranga is also a useful batsman with a high score of 74 with two fifties.
Namibia Team News
Namibia, Sri Lanka’s first rivals since competing in the 2003 edition, are returning to the World Cup stage. Captain Gerhard Erasmus was only seven years old when Namibia last played in the World Cup, going without a win in six matches.
The team has done well recently and is expected to put up a good fight. He achieved ODI status after appointing former Leicestershire coach Pierre de Bruyne and bringing in former South Africa international Albie Morkel as his assistant.
The same year they achieved ODI status, Namibians also qualified for the T20 World Cup qualifiers. Namibia also won against Bermuda, Kenya and Singapore, winning a do-or-die match against the much-loved Scottish outfit.
Captain Erasmus went ahead with the bat and scored three half-centuries. All-rounder JJ Smit scored 190 runs at a strike rate of 168, with dependable Craig Williams and Stephen Byrd providing valuable runs at the top.
With the ball, left-arm pacers Smit and Jan Frylink did well with the new ball, while Bernard Scholtz’s finger-spin suffocated the opposing players in the middle overs, much to the detriment of their goal-handed action. All bowled and lbw out.
The inclusion of former South African international player David Wiese has strengthened the team. With Vice joining the squad, Smit can move up the batting order well. Given his ability to swing the new ball or push it away from right-handed players, he is likely to play a big role in his bowling side as well.
full squad
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephen Bard, Karl Birkenstock. Michau du Preez, Jan Freelink, Zane Greene, Nicole Lofi-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, David Wiese, Craig Williams and Pikki or France.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pathum Nisanka, Charit Aslanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Chamika Karunaratne, Vanindu Hasaranga, Dusmantha Chamira, Lahiru Kumara, Mahesh Thekshana, Binura Phekshana.
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