Canada’s inexperienced batters on Tuesday crumbled for yet another low score at the ICC T20 World Cup as Pakistan finally registered their first win.
Australia secured their spot in the playoff stage with a match to spare thanks to a nine-wicket win over Namibia later in the day in Antigua.
The Australians bowled Namibia out for 72, with Adam Zampa taking four wickets, and then reached the target with 14 overs to spare.
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Pakistan’s four-pronged pace attack contained Canada to 106-7 with only opening batter Aaron Johnson showing aggression in his 44-ball knock of 52. Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 53 anchored Pakistan to 107-3 for a commanding seven-wicket win.
“Good for us, we needed this win,” Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said. “We started well with the bowling, in the first six overs [and] we know we had to be up to the mark.”
“Definitely, it was a bit disappointing,” Pakistan-born Canada skipper Saad Bin Zafar said. “We wanted to play a positive brand of cricket and I think the wicket was not very helpful. It was difficult to bat early on and not a good toss to lose. We were about 25 to 30 runs short.”
A washout in Florida meant former champions Sri Lanka and Nepal had to share the competition points in an outcome that ensured South Africa secured a spot in the playoffs and put the Sri Lankans on the brink of a group stage exit.
Heavy rain in Lauderhill meant there was no play possible in the Group D match, leaving Sri Lanka without a win in three games.
In North Sound, Antigua, 2021 champions Australia got on top early with Josh Hazlewood (2-18) striking in the third and fifth overs to have the Namibian lineup in trouble at 15-3.
Zampa’s (4-12) spin troubled the middle and lower order, helping him increase his career haul to 100 wickets in T20 internationals.
Skipper Gerhard Erasmus accounted for half of Namibia’s runs, with his 36 off 43 balls.
For Australia, David Warner plundered 20 off eight balls before Travis Head, (34 off 17) and Mitchell Marsh (18) steered Australia to 74-1 in 5.4 overs.
Wins over defending champions England, Oman and Namibia were enough for Australia to secure a spot in the Super 8 regardless of the outcome of their last league game against Scotland.
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