T20 World Cup: Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit Shine As Namibia Defeat Scotland By 4 Wickets

T20 World Cup: Ruben Trumpelmann took three wickets as Namibia defeated Scotland in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

Ruben Trumpelmann led a lethal bowling show to set up Namibia's stunning four-wicket win over Scotland in their first-ever Super 12 clash of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday. Chasing a tricky 110, JJ Smit made an unbeaten 32 to drive the team home with five balls to spare in Abu Dhabi and extend Namibia's win streak to three in the tournament after the team came through the qualifying round. Smit and David Wiese, who made 16, put on a key partnership of 35 in the low-scoring match to hand Scotland their second loss of the group stage.

Trumpelmann began the show with three wickets in the first over to return figures of 3-17 with his left-arm pace and restrict Scotland to 109-8.

The left-arm quick justified his team's decision to bat first as he struck with the first ball and then got two in successive deliveries including Richie Berrington for nought.

Berrington, who was standing in as captain with regular skipper Kyle Coetzer out nursing a finger injury, reviewed the call but replays suggested the ball would have hit the leg stump.

The opening over provided a superb start for a team, ranked a lowly 19, that stormed into the Super 12s after wins over Netherlands and Ireland in the qualifying stage.