Australia stroll through to the Super Eights. Namibia were given a true lesson tonight. On that note we sign off from here. Rest assured there's lot of cricket coming up and we will be there for all of that. Till then chill, take care and be well. Bye.
Mitchell Marsh | Australia captain: I thought it was a great performance from the bowling team. Swing was around and all-round a professional performance. It's really important and great to qualify for the super eights.. We will manage as many as we can over the next few days. [on Zampa] If you look at his career over the last 4-5 years, he 's probably our most important player. He loves the pressure and he is bowling well at the moment and we are lucky to have him. [on how they are enjoying the off days in West Indies] Probably not as many beers as you had back in the day Haydos. Lots of beach days and it's like being back in Perth, we are enjoying it.
Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia captain: That you can't sit back against the best in the world. The skill gap is there, we tried to close that by fighting fire with fire but we did not do that in this tournament so far. A good side like Australia with their skillset will expose you if you are not mentally there, the conditions were fair and unfortunately we did not play well enough according to the conditions.
Adam Zampa | Player of the Match: It sounds fine, we qualify for the Super 8s, that's a nice feeling. Enjoying bowling, being encouraged to take wickets by the captain, just trying to do my thing mate. We are happy (to qualify), first step in trying to take the trophy home, but long way to go.
Stats by Deepu Narayanan
Adam Zampa, Player of the Match: It sounds fine, we qualify for the Super 8s, that's a nice feeling. Enjoying bowling, being encouraged to take wickets by the captain, just trying to do my thing mate. We are happy (to qualify), first step in trying to take the trophy home, but long way to go.
Highest difference in Powerplay in T20 WCs 57 Nam(17/3) vs Aus(74/1) North Sound 2024 55 Sco(27/2) vs Nam(82/2) Dubai 2021 48 Aus(35/3) vs WI(83/0) The Oval 2009
Highest Powerplay for Australia in T20 World Cups 74/1 Aus vs Nam North Sound 2024 74/2 vs Eng Bridgetown 2024 67/2 vs Ban Dubai 2021 63/0 vs SL Dubai 2021 62/0 vs Ban Cape Town 2007 62/1 vs WI Colombo RPS 2012
Winnings with most balls to spare in T20 WCs 90 SL vs Net Chattogram 2014 86 Aus vs Nam North Sound 2024 82 Aus vs Ban Dubai 2021 81 Ind vs Sco Dubai 2021 77 SL vs Net Sharjah 2021
22:40 Local Time, 02:40 GMT, 08:10 IST: Australia have finished this off inside the powerplay. They have also qualified to the Super Eights now.
5.4
Jack Brassell to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, Mitchell Marsh finishes it off in style. A length delivery outside off, he walks forward and drives in the air but wide of mid-off, races away
5.3
Jack Brassell to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, Mitchell Marsh picks the slower ball and it's short, he pulls and clears deep mid-wicket, against the breeze but such is the power of the man
5.2
Jack Brassell to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, to sweeper cover
5.1
Jack Brassell to Mitchell Marsh, no run, good length and tight on the stumps, defended back
Jack Brassell, right-arm medium, comes into the attack