The USA won for the first time at this World Cup in their last game, beating the Netherlands by 93 runs. Saiteja Mukkamalla made 79 off 51 balls in a total of 196/6, and Harmeet Singh took four wickets and the match award. Monank Patel, who has 304 runs at a strike rate of 167 in his last 10 games, opens with Shayan Jahangir. Shubham Ranjane has 136 runs in three games, including 48 off 24 against the Netherlands, though Sanjay Krishnamurthi has scored only 0 and 1 in his last two.
With the ball, Shadley van Schalkwyk has 11 wickets, the most in the tournament, and Harmeet Singh has seven in three games. Mohammad Mohsin and Nosthush Kenjige support them.
Namibia have lost heavily twice, including by 75 runs to India, when they reached 86 in the first ten overs of the chase and then lost six wickets for 30 more. Jan Frylinck has 351 runs in his last 10 games at a strike rate of 181.86, and Nicol Loftie-Eaton scored 42 in the opener. The middle order is fragile, with JJ Smit and Zane Green scoring only 42 runs between them in two games, though Gerhard Erasmus took four wickets against India. Namibia need to regroup quickly.
