{"id":100357,"date":"2026-02-10T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=100357"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:03:20","slug":"netherlands-beat-namibia-by-7-wickets-for-first-t20-world-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/netherlands-beat-namibia-by-7-wickets-for-first-t20-world-cup-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Beat Namibia by 7 Wickets for First T20 World Cup Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Netherlands defeated Namibia by 7 wickets in the group match of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-t20-world-cup-anthem-unveiled-ahead-of-2026-tournament\/\">ICC T20 World Cup<\/a> to win its first victory.<\/p>\n<p>In the Group A match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, the Netherlands won the toss and invited Namibia to bat first, and Namibia scored 156 for 8.<\/p>\n<p>John Nickle was the prominent batsman for Namibia, who scored 42 runs in 38 balls with the help of 2 sixes and a four.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a target of 157 runs, the Netherlands team won the match in the 18th over itself. Bess played a prominent innings of 72 runs in 48 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes, and played a major role in the team&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>The next match in the event will be between New Zealand and the UAE today, and then in the evening, the teams of Pakistan and the USA will face off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Netherlands defeated Namibia by 7 wickets in the group match of the ICC T20 World Cup to win its first victory. In the Group A match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, the Netherlands won the toss and invited Namibia to bat first, and Namibia scored 156 for 8. John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":100358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3372,2936],"class_list":["post-100357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-namibia","tag-netherlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100359,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100357\/revisions\/100359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}