Summary

  • Namibia end 98-9, chasing 161

  • Naveen & Hassan three wickets, two for Gulbadin

  • Opener Shahzad hits 45 from 33 balls in Afghanistan's 160-5

  • Zazai (33), Afghan (31), Nabi (32*) all contribute

  • Former captain Afghan given guard of honour & carried from field in final international match

  • Afghanistan second in Group 2 on four points

  • India & New Zealand meet in same group from 14:00 GMT

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11 overs

    Smith c Shahzad b Hamid Hassan 0 (Nam 56-6)

    Another one!

    This is a weird one. Hamid Hassan bangs one in, but it doesn't really rise, and JJ Smith is looking to leave but the ball isn't wide enough and it just grazes his glove on the way through to wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad.

    Afghanistan are all over Namibia here.

  2. Postpublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Alex may be being a bit kind there where she says "a bit of trouble".

  3. Postpublished at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A brilliantly executed yorker. Namibia in a bit of trouble here.

    Gerhard ErasmusImage source, Getty Images
  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 10.3 overs

    Erasmus b Hamid Hassan 12 (Nam 56-5)

    Oh, my! PLAY THAT!

    This is a simply sensational yorker from Hamid Hassan. It pitches in between the feet of Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus and then is a little bit tail away and it smashes into the base of leg stump.

    Erasmus ends up face down on the floor. Just beaten.

  5. Postpublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Here is that dropped chance I mentioned earlier.

    How did he drop that?

    Any answers on a postcard to BBC Sport, Salford Quays (#bbccricket is alright too).

    Media caption,

    'Absolute dolly' - Gurbaz drops Erasmus on six

  6. Postpublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    He did, AM. You're right.

    But two of those wickets came playing for a World XI. Today was his 100th wicket in this format playing for Afghanistan.

  7. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    #bbccricket

    AM: Rashid Khan got his 100th T20i wicket in the last game against Pakistan, not today just now.

  8. Nam 55-4published at 10 overs

    Need 106 from 60 balls

    Namibia have played Rashid Khan really well in that over. He's not a bowler you can sweep or paddle or dab with ease. Stand tall and hit him back down the ground.

    Six from the over. It does see the run-rate jump to 10.60 though.

    Time for a drink.

  9. Postpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special

    Wiese would have been miles out. He's got away with that.

  10. Nam 49-4published at 9 overs

    Target 161

    Namibia have to take risks now. It'll mean shots, risky runs and that almost results in a run out. The throw to the keeper just isn't quite accurate enough and David Wiese gets away with it. He'd have miles out if that had stuck.

    He capitalises to pull the final ball to the boundary. Decent over for Namibia with 10 off it. Just another 11 of those...

  11. Nam 39-4published at 8 overs

    Target 161

    David Wiese, who will be familiar to a number of you for his Sussex exploits, is the new batter. He's won Namibia a couple of games in this tournament but it would be quite remarkable if he pulls this off.

    Just three from Rashid Khan's first over. The required run-rate is up to 10.16.

    Rashid KhanImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    He got himself in an awful position to play that paddle shot.

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 7.1 overs

    Green b Rashid Khan 1 (Nam 36-4)

    ... and Rashid Khan strikes first ball.

    This is an, erm, interesting approach to playing the Afghanistan leg-spinner. He is one of the best bowlers in the world and Zane Green decides to bring out the paddle sweep first ball, but misses and the ball hits about three quarters up middle stump. Not a great look.

    That is Rashid Khan's 100th T20 international wicket for Afghanistan. He's only one away from 400 in Twenty20's around the world.

  14. Postpublished at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special

    Rashid Khan is only 23 yet it feels like we have been talking about him for a decade - and I don't think he started his career at 13.

    Wherever he goes he lights up tournaments. No one has a bad word to say about him.

  15. Postpublished at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Rashid Khan is into the attack...

  16. Postpublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Nicol Loftie-Eaton has been dismissed now, but he did play this beautiful stroke off Mohammad Nabi earlier.

    I got a message from a friend saying I'd missed out on comedy gold.

    "Loftie by name, Loftie by nature".

    I'll let you judge.

  17. Nam 36-3published at 7 overs

    Target 161

    I can't believe that drop. He seemed to lose his balance, but I have no idea how. It was literally hit straight at him.

    Seven off the over and the run-rate creeps up some more. Rashid Khan still has four overs up his sleeve too.

  18. Postpublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That was an absolute dolly.

  19. dropped catch

    Erasmus dropped on 6published at 6.3 overs

    Oh, no! This is a shocker.

    Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus just tamely chips a catch up to Rahmanullah Gurbaz at cover and it should be the easiest catch we've seen all tournament.

    Does he close his hands a bit early? It pops out and he tries to grab on the rebound, but ends up chucking it well out of reach.

    Gurbaz is the youngest player in the tournament at just 19, but my days. A shocker.

    Media caption,

    'Absolute dolly' - Gurbaz drops Erasmus on six

  20. Postpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2021

    Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special

    Terrific stuff from Gulbadin.