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Baseball Player Became The Hero Of Victory, Scored A Century and Won Namibia By 8 Wickets

In the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off 2023, the match (NAM vs JER) was played between Namibia and Jersey. Which will be the last two teams among the ten to be selected for the ODI World Cup? For this, qualifiers are being played.

Batting first in the NAM vs JER match played on Thursday, Jersey scored 213 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. In response, Namibia won the match by scoring 216 runs in 32.1 overs with eight wickets remaining.

Ligan-Gerhard’s Innings Gave Namibia Victory

Middle-order batters performed brilliantly in this match from Namibia. The team’s openers, Sean Falk and Nicholas Davin, were flops in this match. But middle-order batsman Michael van Lingen and captain Gerhard Erasmus won the team by playing fiery innings. While Michael Van Lingen scored a century while thrashing the Jersey bowlers, captain Gerhard played a brilliant inning of 88 runs.

He likes Baseball, Became A Cricketer and Won The Team.

It is often seen that foreign cricketers are fond of baseball. Michael van Lingen also likes to play baseball. He scored innings of 110 runs in 93 balls against Jersey to win the team. His innings included four sixes and nine fours. Logan was originally an English cricketer. However, he turned to the Namibian team to save his cricket career.

Such Was The Condition Of The Competition

Let us tell you that in this match, Jersey won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 213 runs in 50 overs at the loss of 9 wickets. Jonty Jenner played the maximum innings of 76 runs from Jersey.

At the same time, Ben Shikango and Trumpelman took 3-3 wickets from Namibia. In the end, this match was won by Namibia based on Lingen’s century innings. Lingen was adjudged man of the match for his unbeaten innings of 110 runs to win the team.

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