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News Desk: No one expected that the first match of the World Cup would be so much fun. Namibia beat the Asia Cup champion team, Sri Lanka, by 55 runs.
On Sunday at Kardinia Park in Geelong, Australia, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Namibia to bat first. In reply, the Namibian batsman scored 163 runs in 20 overs.
In the beginning, Namibia lost their three important wickets in powerplay overs, but after that, Jan Frylincks played a mature inning of 44 runs in 28 balls with a strike rate of 157. Unfortunately, he got run out by Kusal Mendis, but after that, Smit gave a good finish to his team, He scored 31 in just 16 balls, including two 4s and two long 6s. Finally, Namibia scored 163/7 in 20 overs.
In modern-day cricket, 164 is not a huge target, but unfortunately, Sri Lankan batsmen collided and lost all their wickets for just 108 runs in the 19th over. From Sri Lanka’s side, captain Dasun Shanaka scored the highest run of his side. He scored 29 runs in 23 balls.
