Namibia’s men’s national development side, the Eagles’ bad form continued at the ongoing 2022 Bilateral Global Namibia Twenty-Twenty (T-20) matches on Friday and Saturday as they lost their two matches to the Lahore Qalandars by six and eight wickets respectively.
On Friday, the Qalandars (from Pakistan) won the toss and elected to bowl first, restricting Namibia to 136 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs (136/8).
Zane Green, Johannes Smit and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton were the only batsmen to reach double figures as Green top scored with 55 runs from 44 balls.
Smit knocked 38 off 32 while Loftie-Eaton scored 13 from 13.
The Qalandars then scored 138/4 in 19.1 overs to claim a six wicket victory over the Eagles with Shane Dadswell (Qalandars number six batsman) named man of the match after scoring 40 runs not out from 26 balls.
In the second match, the Eagles won the toss and elected to bat but found the going tough as they were skittled out for 155/6 in 20 overs.
Once again, only three batters managed double figures, with Divan la Cock (16 runs) and captain Merwe Erasmus (63 runs not out) joining Loftie-Eaton (51 runs).
Four of the top five Qalandars batters managed to hit double figures with opener Muhammad Naeem retiring due to injury after scoring 56 runs from 36 balls.
Qalandars fast pace bowler Dilbar Hussain was named man of the match after taking four wickets for 29 runs in four overs.
In the other match played on Saturday, South Africa’s DP World Lions beat the Qalandars by 47 runs after scoring 164/4 in 20 overs.
The Qalandars were bowled out for 117/9.
Namibia had lost their first game of the series by 18 runs to DP World Lions in the first day of the tournament at Wanderers Cricket Fields.
At the same venue on Sunday, Qalandars play the DP World Lions before the Lions play Namibia in their second match of the day.
The DP World Lions top the log with four points from two games, while the Qalandars have four points from three matches and the Eagles anchor the log with zero points from three matches.
On Monday, the Lions will play the Qalandars in the final of the three team tournament, before the Eagles play two 50 over matches against the Qalandars on Wednesday and Friday.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency
