Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Namibia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2003, 14th Match

A rapid win for Pakistan as their bowlers were the stars after a rater mediocre batting performance against some fine bowling and fielding by Namibia

A win by 171 runs after it looked to be a bigger margin due to spirited defence by the last Namibian pair

Wasim is 2 short of his 500 wickets in ODIs and picked up 5 for 28 today while Shoaib Akhtar bowled a 159.1kph ball and took 4 for 46. Waqar kept them both on for 17 overs hoping to wrap up fast but resorted to Saqlain for the last wicket

Pakistan play England on the 22nd while namibia play them on the 19th

For now its goodbye from Kimberley

17.4

Saqlain Mushtaq to van Vuuren, OUT, goes for a big hit off a ball that turned the other, doosra way, skied it to Waqar at mid off and its all over

RJ van Vuuren c Waqar Younis b Saqlain Mushtaq 14 (37m 19b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.68

17.3

Saqlain Mushtaq to van Vuuren, no run, beaten coming forward some turn and bounce

17.2

Saqlain Mushtaq to van Vuuren, no run, backs away then adjust to defend the straight ball

17.1

Saqlain Mushtaq to BL Kotze, 1 run, comes forward and pushed to point

New 10th wicket partnership on this ground in all ODIs

Saqlain Mushtaq brought in

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | NAM: 83/9 (173 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 4.88, RRR: 5.24)

Rudi van Vuuren14 (16b)
Bjorn Kotze23 (28b)

Wasim Akram9-1-28-5
Shoaib Akhtar8-1-46-4

16.6

Wasim Akram to van Vuuren, no run, slower ball, sees it and defends, this pair has almost doubled the namibia score

16.5

Wasim Akram to van Vuuren, FOUR, a fuller ball and backs away to leg and smashed to extra cover

16.4

Wasim Akram to BL Kotze, 1 run, from over the wicket now and its turned to fine leg

16.3

Wasim Akram to BL Kotze, FOUR, short and a great pull, one bounce over the mid wicket rope

16.2

Wasim Akram to BL Kotze, no run, plays late, almost got thru, edged onto his pads and off to silly point

16.1

Wasim Akram to BL Kotze, no run, from over the wicket, into him and he defends well back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | NAM: 74/9 (182 runs required from 34 overs, RR: 4.62, RRR: 5.35)

Bjorn Kotze18 (24b)
Rudi van Vuuren10 (14b)

Shoaib Akhtar8-1-46-4
Wasim Akram8-1-19-5

15.6

Shoaib Akhtar to BL Kotze, 1 run, fast and into him, gloved to leg as he folded up

15.5

Shoaib Akhtar to BL Kotze, no run, a short and 154.5kph ball that rears at his bodyand he fends it off to the off side

15.4

Shoaib Akhtar to BL Kotze, FOUR, a yorker, a full faced push to long off

Coming round the wicket now

With 11 wickets, Wasim Akram has the most wicket in this world cup

Super Sixes
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	5	5	0	24	1.854
IND	5	4	1	20	0.886
KENYA	5	3	2	14	0.354
SL	5	2	3	11.5	-0.844
NZ	5	1	4	8	-0.896
ZIM	5	0	5	3.5	-1.254
Pool A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	6	6	0	24	2.045
IND	6	5	1	20	1.108
ZIM	6	3	2	14	0.504
ENG	6	3	3	12	0.821
PAK	6	2	3	10	0.227
NED	6	1	5	4	-1.454
NAM	6	0	6	0	-2.955
Pool B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	6	4	1	18	1.204
KENYA	6	4	2	16	-0.691
NZ	6	4	2	16	0.99
WI	6	3	2	14	1.103
SA	6	3	2	14	1.73
CAN	6	1	5	4	-1.989
BAN	6	0	5	2	-2.046

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | NAM: 83/9 (173 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 4.88, RRR: 5.24)

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | NAM: 74/9 (182 runs required from 34 overs, RR: 4.62, RRR: 5.35)

Match Coverage

Akram, Akhtar decimate Namibia in trial by fire

World Cup

END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | NAM: 83/9 (173 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 4.88, RRR: 5.24)

END OF OVER:16 | 13 Runs | NAM: 74/9 (182 runs required from 34 overs, RR: 4.62, RRR: 5.35)

Akram, Akhtar decimate Namibia in trial by fire

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | NAM: 83/9 (173 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 4.88, RRR: 5.24)

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | NAM: 74/9 (182 runs required from 34 overs, RR: 4.62, RRR: 5.35)