NAMIBIA beat Botswana by 78 runs at Trustco United Park on Thursday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in their T20 international series.
Electing to bat first, Namibia scored 174 for eight wickets off their 20 overs before restricting Botswana to 96 all out.
Opener Stephen Baard was Namibia’s top scorer, batting right through their innings, before being stumped for 92 off the third last ball.
His innings came off 58 balls and included four sixes and six fours.
None of the other batsmen could get into their stride, with captain Gerhard Erasmus scoring 24, JP Kotze and Zane Green 12 each, and Jan Frylinck 11.
Dhruv Maisuria was Botswana’s best bowler, taking four wickets for 28 runs off four overs.
Botswana’s batsmen never got going as Namibia’s bowlers pegged them back with regular wickets.
Tharindu Perera top scored with 24, while Reginald Nehonde scored 17 and Valentine Mbazo 13.
For Namibia, Gerhard Erasmus (3/12 off 3 overs) and Craig Williams (3/9 off 2 overs) each took three wickets, while Bernard Scholtz took 2/31 off four overs.
The fourth and final T20 international will be played at the same venue on Friday.
The scorecard:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19467/scorecard/1197509/namibia-vs-botswana-3rd-t20i-botswana-tour-of-namibia-2019
