New Delhi. An important match was played between England and Namibia late on Saturday night. The England team registered a big win over Namibia by 41 runs in a rain-affected match. With this, Namibia’s star cricketer David Wiese announced his retirement. This was Namibia’s last match in the T20 World Cup 2024. The team has already been eliminated from the tournament after winning just one match in the tournament.
In his last match, David Wiese played an explosive innings of 27 runs off 12 balls. Wiese, who was scoring at a strike rate of 225, hit two fours and as many sixes in this match. Not only this, he also took one wicket in the match. In the year 2023, David Wiese returned to the IPL after seven years. David Wiese was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the mini auction of IPL 2023 at a base price of Rs 1 crore. David Wiese, who returned to the IPL after 2016, is the first cricketer from Namibia to play in this tournament.
2 World Cup played by countries
Let us tell you that David Wiese has also played cricket for South Africa before Namibia. He played 6 ODIs for the South African team between 2013 and 2016. He played for South Africa in the T20 World Cup held in India in 2016. After this, he played county cricket for many years and played the 2021 T20 World Cup for Namibia. Vid made his debut for Namibia during the World Cup itself. While being the Player of the Match in two matches, he played an important role in taking the team to the Super-12 of the tournament.
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 16, 2024, 10:20 IST