Eagles sweep to series win

The FNB Namibian Eagles wrapped up the T20 Tri-Nations series with another commanding win and an unbeaten record on Tuesday.

Namibia beat Nigeria by 93 runs after scoring 220/5 and then restricting Nigeria to 127/9 to finish on top of the log on eight points, followed by Hong Kong on four and Nigeria on zero points.

Namibia’s upcoming youngsters once again played a major role in the victory with Alex Volschenk scoring 73 and Junior Taanyaanda 35, while captain Gerhard Erasmus added a quickfire 51.

Another upcoming player, JC Balt (22) then took the bowling accolades with four wickets for 20 runs, including a hat-trick.

Namibian players dominated the individual statistics, with Taanyanda the top scorer of the series with 165 runs at an average of 82.50, while he also had the most sixes along with Erasmus (13) as well as the most fours (13).