Namibia v Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) beat Namibia in a thriller as they won the match by one run to bag their third victory of the tournament.
Put into bat by Namibia, PNG’s top order were amongst the runs with contributions from Naoani Vare (15 runs off 39 deliveries), captain Brenda Tau (30 runs off 29 deliveries) and Henao Thomas (14 runs off 12 deliveries).
But Namibia bounced back in the middle overs to put the brakes on PNG. However Erani Pokana’s knock of 17 runs off 19 deliveries ensured PNG posted a total of 94.
PNG came out firing with the ball reducing Namibia to 17/4 inside the first seven overs. But a partnership between Yasmeen Khan and captain Sune Wittmann brought Namibia right back into the contest. After Wittmann’s dismissal, Wilka Mwatile carried the Namibian counter-attack forward, but PNG struck at the right time to put an end to her knock of 24 runs from 18 deliveries.
Yasmeen continued to battle on for Namibia but PNG held their nerves to bag the win on the final ball as Khan was run out.
Pauke Siaka was the pick of the bowlers for PNG as she bagged three wickets conceding just 15 runs in her four overs.
