Namibia
were
dismissed
for
just
96
runs
after
being
put
into
bat
first,
and
Sri
Lanka
ultimately
eclipsed
that
total
as
early
as
the
14th
over.

Maheesh
Theekshana
was
a
key
part
of
the
Sri
Lanka
attack,
taking
Stephan
Baard
on
his
first
delivery,
before
also
claiming
the
scalps
of
Zane
Green
and
Jan
Frylinck,
ending
the
day
at
3-25.

T20
World
Cup:
Sri
Lanka
trump
spirited
Namibia
by
seven
wickets
to
make
winning
start

Craig
Williams
(29)
was
the
only
Namibian
to
get
more
than
20,
though
his
haul
was
hardly
emphatic
given
it
came
off
36
balls
and
included
just
two
boundaries.

Sri
Lanka’s
innings
did
not
start
particularly
impressively
given
they
were
26-3
after
the
first
ball
of
the
sixth
over,
but
Avishka
Fernando
(30
not
out)
and
Bhanuka
Rajapaksa
(42
not
out)
had
a
steadying
impact
as
they
got
them
over
the
line
at
100-3.

Sri
Lanka
got
off
to
the
perfect
start
🙌#RoaringForGlory
#ApeKollo
pic.twitter.com/XI2NYIc1Ja

—
Sri
Lanka
Cricket
🇱🇰
(@OfficialSLC)

October
18,
2021

The
day’s
early
Group
A
match
saw
Ireland
win
in
similarly
comprehensive
fashion
against
the
Netherlands,
with
the
bowlers
again
having
the
decisive
impact
during
a
seven-wicket
victory.

Curtis
Campher
(4-26)
incredibly
took
all
four
of
his
wickets
in
succession
to
leave
the
Dutch
in
disarray,
becoming
only
the
third
man
after
Lasith
Malinga
and
Rashid
Khan
to
achieve
the
feat
in
a
T20I,
while
Mark
Adair
was
even
more
efficient
with
figures
of
3-9
in
his
four
overs.

T20
World
Cup:
Campher
takes
4
in
4
as
Ireland
beat
Netherlands
by
7
wickets

Like
Campher,
Adair’s
treble
came
in
a
row
and
right
at
the
end
as
the
Netherlands
could
only
set
a
target
of
106.

Paul
Stirling
(30
not
out)
kept
things
ticking
over
throughout
with
a
professional
–
if
unspectacular
–
knock,
but
Gareth
Delany
(44)
top
scored
for
the
Irish.
By
the
time
he
was
eventually
stopped
by
Pieter
Seelaar’s
yorker,
Ireland
only
needed
another
12
runs.

What
an
over!
👏👏#BackingGreen
☘️🏏

#Exchange22
pic.twitter.com/AvkPomJ3Jm

—
Cricket
Ireland
(@cricketireland)

October
18,
2021

Elsewhere,
several
of
the
tournament
favourites
were
in
action
in
warm-up
matches.
India
beat
England
by
seven
wickets
with
six
balls
remaining
partly
down
to
swift
50s
by
KL
Rahul
and
Ishan
Kishan,
while
Australia’s
159-7
saw
them
defeat
New
Zealand
with
one
ball
left.

T20
World
Cup:
India
vs
England
Warm-Up
Game,
Highlights:
Rahul,
Kishan
shine
as
India
notch
up
7-wicket
win

South
Africa
enjoyed
a
comfortable
41-run
win
over
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan
defeated
the
West
Indies
by
seven
wickets
in
a
little
over
15
overs.