The T20 World Cup has started in Australia on Saturday.
The first qualifier match is being played between Sri Lanka and Namibia. In this, Namibia have scored 163/7 while playing first.
In reply, Sri Lanka scored 38 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 6 overs.
Chasing the target of 164 runs, the Sri Lankan team did not have a good start. He lost the first wicket on the team score of 12 runs.
Here Kushal Mendis got out on a personal score of 6 runs.
At the end of the power play, the team had lost 3 wickets. 38 runs were scored in the first 6 overs and three wickets fell.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field at the Simmonds Stadium in Geelong.
Jane Frylink scored 44 runs for Namibia. John Nicole Lofty-Eaton (20), Stephen Byrd (26) and captain Erasmus (20) took the team’s score past 150 after the top order was dismissed early.
Sri Lanka’s Pramod Madushan got two wickets.