Summary

  • Battling Namibia impress with the bat but fall short

  • Rizwan hammers 79 off 50, including 24 off final over, as Pakistan post 189-2

  • Babar hits 39-ball half-century after Pakistan make slow start

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentary at the top of this page

  • Pakistan unbeaten at the tournament

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Callum Matthews

  1. Nam 23-1

    Target 190

    Williams gets some treatment from the physio before scampering a single from the final ball of the over.

  2. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    When you face those in the nets, you often go "get off me!" because it is hostile. If that has hit him then that will hurt. It is a stinger on the end of the thumb.

  3. ouch!

    Nam 22-1

    Target 190

    Oh this doesn't look fun. Craig Williams gets in a right tangle trying to avoid a nasty short ball from Hasan Ali - he gets four runs off the glove and looks in a considerable amount of pain.

  4. Nam 14-1

    Target 190

    Stephan Baard uses the pace of Shaheen to pick up four through cover.

    Shaheen responds with an absolute beauty that swings past the outside edge at a steady 91mph.

    He really is a delight to watch.

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  5. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    That's a beauty.

  6. Nam 8-1

    Target 190

    Craig Williams is the new batter.

    He is almost cut in half by a vicious delivery from Hasan Ali, who goes up for a very optimistic appeal. Both the umpire and his captain pretty much ignore him.

  7. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Van Lingen has completely missed that and the off stump has gone cartwheeling out of the ground. Look at the celebration!

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  8. wicket

    WICKET

    van Lingen b Hasan 4 (Nam 8-1)

    And he strikes straight away!

    If Shaheen doesn't get you, Hasan Ali will. Pakistan's bowling is a delight to watch. Full, straight and the batter has played all around it.

    Hasan pumps his arms in the air in a ferocious celebration. I think he liked that one.

  9. Here's Hasan Ali with the second over.

  10. After conceding that boundary, Shaheen calls a member of the ground staff to put some sawdust on the crease.

    Blaming the pitch for conceding a four - we've all been there.

  11. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Namibia will be pretty satisfied with this. The key is to get through the first over without losing one or two wickets.

  12. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Shaheen always has a confidence about him, even with the way he walks back to his mark.

  13. Nam 7-0

    Target 190

    Shaheen just drifts onto van Lingen's pads and he gratefully accepts, clipping it away for four.

    Despite that, Pakistan look like a very happy side. They're laughing and joking with one another between deliveries. Looking very much like a team that has absolutely bossed the World Cup so far.

  14. Nam 1-0

    Target 190

    A sloppy misfield at mid-wicket gifts Namibia their first run.

  15. Ravi Bopara
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan's bowlers could do most of the damage inside the first few overs.

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  16. Nam 0-0

    Target 190

    Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen open up for Namibia.

    Shaheen Shah Afridi starts with a casual 87mph delivery that the batter prods at and misses.

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  18. Babar Azam played rather nicely, too. Challenging Jos Buttler for player of the tournament so far?

    What an opening pair they would make.

  19. What an amazing run of form Mohammad Rizwan is in. He was scratchy to start but in the end helped Pakistan go from 59-0 after 10 overs to finishing on 189.

  20. Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez: "It's more about contributing in the right way. I try and play with intent. We had momentum with us and were able to express ourselves. As a team, we wanted to score 175 so to get more runs on the board than that is brilliant."