Namibia’s veteran all-rounder David Wise said that he had “aged a couple of years” after leading his side to a thrilling win against Oman on Monday during the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
The match was decided in the super over after both teams scored 109 runs in 20 overs at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
"Aged a couple of years tonight. Don't have a lot of years left in me (laughs),” Wiese said after bagging the award for player of the match.
Speaking about doing both batting and bowling in the super over, Wiese said: “It helped that I had a feel of the game and knew if I get a few hits out in the super over… then with the ball, felt like taking the ball and executing.
“Pitch was difficult, didn't play the way we thought. But we adapted well. It was two-paced, it was a difficult wicket to get yourself in. Definitely one you needed to spend a bit of time before capitalising.”
Wiese was also disappointed that his side let Oman come back in the game despite dismissing them for a low target.
“Difficult to gauge a good target because if you're chasing 180 then you're playing differently. But when you let them bowl the way they did, you bring them back into the game…lots of learnings from this game,” he added.
Namibia ended up scoring 109-6 in 20 overs while chasing 110 against Oman.
Namibia needed two runs on the final ball but David Wiese failed to get bat on ball. However, the wicketkeeper wasn't able to grab the ball cleanly either as Wiese and Malan Kruger ran across and completed the run.
Jan Frylinck scored 45 runs in 48 balls with the help of six fours and was his team's highest run scorer.
Mehran Khan, who also bowled the final over of the innings, registered superb figures of 3-7 in four overs for Oman.
In the super over, Namibia batted first and scored 21 runs with the help of 13 runs in four balls by Wiese.
Wiese also took the responsibility to bowl the super over and conceded just 10 runs while also picking up a wicket.
- David Wiese
