NAM VS UAE - 10th Match, Group A, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022

A strange game of cricket to put an end to what has been a strange Group A. Netherlands started today as table-toppers, but were at risk of falling out of the group after losing against Sri Lanka. But they'll live to fight on in the Super Twelves as Namibia botched up a chase of 149 runs against a so far winless UAE. We know who'll be joining the rest of the teams from Group A now, stick around to find out who qualifies from Group B which is also wide open. See you tomorrow for that, bye for now!

CP Rizwan | UAE captain: A great moment for UAE cricket. I would like to thank our coach and the management. We had been doing well in patches, but today everything clicked together. (On Waseem's bowling at the death) He used to bowl a lot of death overs in our domestic cricket, and with the dew I backed my instinct of bowling medium pacers. This win is really big for UAE cricket, it can tell the world that we are here!

Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia captain: I thought we did well with the ball to keep them under 150. I think it was much below par, but we let them get away with a few shots in the middle overs. These kind of games happen, we need to react better to situations when the momentum swings away from us. (On David Wiese) He's a match-winner who plays all over the world, our dressing room gets to learn a lot from him.

Muhammad Waseem | Player of the Match: It was tough bowling at the death after so long, but I was always confident. I think the way we bowled the second-last over, we got back into the game. The plan was to keep it straight as the boundaries in front of the wicket were very long. The previous two games also we were in winning positions, we could have won them. Very happy to have won a World Cup game for the first time.

22:31 Local Time, 11:31 GMT, 17:01 IST: What a strange, strange innings of cricket this has been! Namibia lose three wickets within the powerplay, and their chase was going nowhere when skipper Gerhard Erasmus fell in the 8th over. Namibia were reeling at 67/7 after 13 overs, totally out of it. But then David Wiese and Trumpelmann stitched a record [in T20 World Cup history] 70-run partnership for the eighth wicket. UAE felt the heat with the dew setting in and the Namibian batters going all guns blazing. But opening batter Waseem, bowling for just the fourth time in his T20I career, delivered a spectacular 20th over, as he dismissed Wiese and defended 14 runs to give him side a famous victory. Namibia have somehow managed to get themselves knocked out after steamrolling Sri Lanka in their opening game. Stick around for what the skippers have to say about this game.

Muhammad Waseem to Trumpelmann, 1 run, another perfect yorker, driven down to long-on. Namibia agonizingly short as UAE celebrate their first-ever win in the T20 World Cup. They'll still be going home, but they'll be taking Namibia along with them. UAE win by 7 runs

Muhammad Waseem to Scholtz, 1 run, the perfect yorker, dug out towards long-on and just a single. What an over under pressure from the part-timer

Bernard Scholtz, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Muhammad Waseem to Wiese, out Caught by Alishan Sharafu!! Another twist in the tale! How composed from Sharafu given the circumstances? Incredible from the young kid fielding at long-on, who plucks out a David Wiese slog just yards short of the boundary. Perfectly in control, knows exactly where the ropes were. Muhammad Waseem turning out to be a hero with bat and ball! Wiese c Alishan Sharafu b Muhammad Waseem 55(36) [4s-3 6s-3]

Muhammad Waseem to Wiese, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Muhammad Waseem to Trumpelmann, 1 run, full and straight, Trumpelmann swings down the ground but there is a fielder at long-on. Just a single! Namibia need a four or a six now!

Muhammad Waseem to Wiese, 1 run, Muhammad Waseem nails his yorker, dug out to the leg side behind square

Deep point inside the circle, deep backward square leg goes back

Muhammad Waseem to Wiese, 2 runs, full and straight, driven between deep mid-wicket and long-on for a couple of runs

Muhammad Waseem [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

UAE have fallen behind the allocated time for their 20 overs. They will bowl this final over with only four fielders outside the circle

Zahoor Khan to Trumpelmann, no run, low full toss outside off, Trumpelmann shuffles away for a big swing, can't connect. 14 needed off the last over now.

Zahoor Khan to Trumpelmann, no run, Zahoor Khan nails the yorker. Trumpelmann digs it onto his pads. A round of applause breaks out from the stands for the bowler

Zahoor Khan to Wiese, 1 run, full outside off, driven down to long off - just a single!

Zahoor Khan to Trumpelmann, 1 run, pace off wide yorker, dug out into the ground towards mid-on as the bowler chases after it