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In the 26th match of T-20 World Cup 2026, Lauren Steenkamp of Namibia cricket team played a half-century innings (58) against the USA cricket team. This proved to be the second half-century of his T20 international career. This is the first half-century of this 28-year-old batsman in the T20 World Cup. Despite his innings, the Namibian team lost the match. Let’s take a look at his innings and statistics.
Such was Lauren Steenkamp’s innings
Steenkamp took great notice of Ali Khan who came to bowl the 5th over of the innings. He showed signs of good form by hitting 2 fours and a six in that over. The Namibian opener completed his half-century in 33 balls at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. He was out after scoring 58 runs on 39 balls. In his half-century innings, he also hit 5 fours and 3 excellent sixes.
Steenkamp is the third Namibian batsman to score a half-century in the T-20 World Cup.
Steenkamp now became the third batsman in the history of T20 World Cup to score a half-century for Namibia. Before him, David VJ (2 times) and Gerhard Erasmus (2 times) have scored half-centuries in this tournament. Steenkamp now has 93 runs in 3 innings in the T20 World Cup 2026 with an average of 31.00 and a strike rate of 143.07.
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