Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score

Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 67/2 (18.2 overs) 18.2: Prenelan Subrayen to Louren Steenkamp, Shorter and on off. Louren Steenkamp nudges it off the back foot wide of mid-wicket but Bjorn Fortuin slides to prevent the single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 67/2 (18.1 overs) 18.1: Prenelan Subrayen to Malan Kruger, Tossed up, on off. Kruger leans across and drives it to long on for a run.. The first real show of intent from a Namibian batter has immediately brought a wicket. Jan Frylinck looked to break the shackles but dragged one back onto his own stumps. The scoreboard pressure is beginning to tell, with Namibia's batters now finding that even a small push for momentum comes with a price. Louren Steenkamp is the new batter..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 66/2 (17.6 overs) 17.6: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, OUT! DRAGGED ON! The leg stump goes for a walk. Jan Frylinck got away with an inside edge earlier in the over, but not this time. Slightly on the shorter side, on off. Frylinck pivots on the back foot and swings across for the pull, but the ball does not rise as much as the left-hander expected. It catches the underedge and clatters into the leg stump, sending it cartwheeling behind the wicket. South Africa are 66/2 in pursuit of 349..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 66/1 (17.5 overs) 17.5: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Fuller now, on off. Jan waits on it and glides it to backward point with an open bat face..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 66/1 (17.4 overs) 17.4: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, On any other day, that would have gone back onto the sticks. A hint of nip back into the left-hander, fractionally short, on off. Frylinck stays back, looking to force it through the off side. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 66/1 (17.3 overs) 17.3: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Around leg, on a short of a length. Kruger flicks it away through square leg for a single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 65/1 (17.2 overs) 17.2: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, On a hard length, on off. Malan stands tall and guides it to backward point..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 65/1 (17.1 overs) 17.1: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Missed out! A rare loose ball by Maphaka, sprays a low full toss down leg. Frylinck is beaten for pace on the tickle. It grazes the pads and goes behind. Rubin Hermann flings himself to his right and gets a good hand on it. It is parried behind towards deep fine leg and the batters pick up a leg bye..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 64/1 (16.6 overs) 16.6: Prenelan Subrayen to Jan Frylinck, A bit of air given, full and on off. Frylinck works it to long off and retains the strike with a single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 63/1 (16.5 overs) 16.5: Prenelan Subrayen to Jan Frylinck, Shorter and quicker, on off. Jan steers it to backward point..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 63/1 (16.4 overs) 16.4: Prenelan Subrayen to Jan Frylinck, Half a shout for LBW, but it dies down quickly. That was comfortably going down leg. Slower through the air, on a good length, on middle and leg. Frylinck plays all around it to get hit on the pads..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 63/1 (16.3 overs) 16.3: Prenelan Subrayen to Malan Kruger, Flighted up, a hint of turn, on off. Malan eases it to long on and turns the strike over..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 62/1 (16.2 overs) 16.2: Prenelan Subrayen to Jan Frylinck, Very full, angled in on middle. Frylinck knocks it to long off and picks up a single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 61/1 (16.1 overs) 16.1: Prenelan Subrayen to Jan Frylinck, Pushes it through, attacking the front pad. Jan presses half-forward to defend.. Drinks break, and Namibia's cautious approach to this big chase has pushed the asking rate beyond eight an over. Malan has got himself in, and the next challenge is to turn that start into meaningful partnerships and give Namibia a route back into the contest. South Africa, meanwhile, have continued to show discipline and patience. They have one wicket, and will expect the mounting required rate to create the rest of the pressure. A crucial middle phase now awaits. Prenelan Subrayen is ready to bowl with a bit of rain in the vicinity..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 61/1 (15.6 overs) 15.6: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Bowled on a short of a length, on off. Malan tucks it to mid-wicket..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 61/1 (15.5 overs) 15.5: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Risky single attempted! Malan Kruger was gone for all money had the throw hit. Pace off ball by Kwena, on a back of a length, on off. Frylinck gets on his toes and dabs it square on the off side before setting off for the run. Dewald Brevis moves to his left from point, picks the ball up and has one stump to aim at, but misses his shy at the batting end. He could have taken a second to steady himself, but it is easy to say in hindsight..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 60/1 (15.4 overs) 15.4: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Angled in on off, on a nagging length. Frylinck defends it from the crease..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 60/1 (15.3 overs) 15.3: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, On the shorter side, on off. Kruger hops inside the line and helps it down to deep fine leg for a run..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 59/1 (15.2 overs) 15.2: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Oh, that could have gone anywhere. Kwena cleverly rolls his fingers over the ball and gets the ball to jump on the batter off a length, on the off stump line. Kruger presents a straight bat for the block but the blade turns in his hand as the ball rears up. It pops up off the outer half but lands safely on the off side..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 59/1 (15.1 overs) 15.1: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Good running! Angled in at the hips, on a back of a length. Jan hops and drops it with soft hands beside the strip on the leg side for a quick single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 58/1 (14.6 overs) 14.6: Bjorn Fortuin to Jan Frylinck, Full and on off, Jan uses the spin and works it towards mid-wicket for a run..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 57/1 (14.5 overs) 14.5: Bjorn Fortuin to Jan Frylinck, No run, that is defended solidly off the front foot..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 57/1 (14.4 overs) 14.4: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Quicker and fuller, on middle, it's swept away to deep square leg for three runs..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 54/1 (14.3 overs) 14.3: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, SHOUT FOR LBW! Bjorn Fortuin spots Malan Kruger's charge and responds with the arm ball, firing it in around off. Kruger looks to drive but misses, and the ball thuds into his pads. There is a loud appeal, but the umpire is unmoved. Kruger is well down the track, while the impact also appears to be outside off. .Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 54/1 (14.2 overs) 14.2: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Quicker and on middle, defended back to the bowler..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 54/1 (14.1 overs) 14.1: Bjorn Fortuin to Jan Frylinck, Flighted and full, around off, Jan Frylinck gets forward and pushes it towards point for a run..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 53/1 (13.6 overs) 13.6: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Bouncer around leg, Malan Kruger tries to pull but misses. End of a successful over for South Africa..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 53/1 (13.5 overs) 13.5: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Back of a length, on off, Malan defends it from the back foot..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 53/1 (13.4 overs) 13.4: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Shortish and on off, punched to covers..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 53/1 (13.3 overs) 13.3: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Short and outside off, Jan taps it down to covers for a run..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 52/1 (13.3 overs) 13.3: Kwena Maphaka to Jan Frylinck, Wide! Swing and a miss! Short and down the leg side, Jan tries to glance but misses.. Jan Frylinck is in at number 3..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 51/1 (13.2 overs) 13.2: Kwena Maphaka to Alexander Volschenk, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Kwena Maphaka finally gets the breakthrough after South Africa's bowlers have toiled hard for it. He steams in from around the wicket and spears in a length ball on middle. It pitches and straightens, catching Alexander Volschenk in an awkward position as he looks to work it across the line. The bat goes nowhere, but there is just enough of an edge for the ball to carry through to Rubin Hermann, who makes no mistake. Namibia lose their first wicket for 51, still needing 298 from the 349-run target..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 51/0 (13.1 overs) 13.1: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, 1 run, that is flicked off the back foot for a run at deep square leg..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 50/0 (12.6 overs) 12.6: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Not all that short, on middle. Kruger goes deep in the crease and shovels it away wide of deep square leg for a single..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 49/0 (12.5 overs) 12.5: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Flat and on a good length, on middle. Kruger steps out and flicks it to the left of deep square leg for a couple of runs..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 47/0 (12.4 overs) 12.4: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Fuller and on middle, flicked to mid-wicket..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 47/0 (12.3 overs) 12.3: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, FOUR BYES! So nearly crashed into the leg stump. Sliding on with the arm, on a length, on middle. Kruger pushes out in front of his body with a straight bat but the ball beats him on the inside edge and sneaks past the leg stump. Rubin Hermann is blindsided by the batter standing in front of him, and he stands no chance as the ball flies past his left thigh and races behind to the fence..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 43/0 (12.2 overs) 12.2: Bjorn Fortuin to Alexander Volschenk, DROPPED! Jason Smith did all the hard work but could not hang on. Tossed up, on off. Alexander Volschenk steps out and launches it downtown. Hits it flat towards long off, where Smith sprints to his right and tumbles away to take the catch, but the ball bursts through his fingers and drops to the ground. They cross..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 42/0 (12.1 overs) 12.1: Bjorn Fortuin to Malan Kruger, Oh, that was close. Very full, speared in at the toes. Kruger hurriedly gets his bat down and squeezes it out off an inside edge behind square leg. They risk the second run and Kruger gets home with a dive. A direct hit could have had Malan in trouble..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 40/0 (11.6 overs) 11.6: Kwena Maphaka to Alexander Volschenk, FOUR! Short in length and outside off, Malan Kruger hangs back and uses the width and pace on offer. He opens the face of the bat and steers it fine, threading it past the infield and well beyond the reach of deep third. The ball races away to the fence..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 36/0 (11.5 overs) 11.5: Kwena Maphaka to Alexander Volschenk, MISSED RUN-OUT CHANCE! A touch short and on off, Alexander Volschenk drops the ball softly into the cover region and immediately calls for a run. The fielder charges in, gathers and throws at the bowler's end, but misses the stumps. The replays confirm just how costly that miss could have been. Had the throw been on target, Volschenk would have been comfortably run out..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 35/0 (11.4 overs) 11.4: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Shortish and outside off, Kruger steers it through point for a run..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 34/0 (11.4 overs) 11.4: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, TERRIFIC TAKE! Kwena Maphaka digs in a short ball around leg and gets it to climb sharply off the surface. Malan Kruger has to duck underneath it, but Rubin Hermann reacts brilliantly behind the stumps, jumping high and stretching every inch to take it cleanly. Excellent wicketkeeping, although the umpire calls it a wide for height..Namibia vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score: 33/0 (11.3 overs) 11.3: Kwena Maphaka to Malan Kruger, Serves a length ball in line of the stumps, Kruger covers the line and defends it.