Baard in consecutive overs, and a second run out compounded things further. After playing a backward cut, Smit was called through by his skipper, and was caught out by the work of Oluoch at short third-man throwing to the far end. Smit lambasted himself in the aftermath, suggesting it was his hesitation that led to his downfall.

As Namibia looked down the barrel of posting a sub-150 score, the last three overs overwhelmingly swung the match back in their favour. Craig Williams showed unbelievable strength to power a straight drive into the stands off Oluoch, backing away with little forward momentum into the ball. Erasmus showed his busyness and array of shots, making the most of the Kenyan bowling that crumbled under pressure.

Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus sweeps a six (ICC)

The19th over bowled by Shem Ngoche went for 20 as the batting pair were fed their areas straight and on the leg-side, with two sixes and a four taking their score to 156.

Elijah Otieno was thrown the ball for the 20th over, with his first delivery an effective slower ball going for a leg bye. Attempting to go back-to-back with the variation proved greedy though, as Erasmus’ reverse lap beat the short third man for four, and rattled Otieno, who struggled for accuracy and a plan B in the rest of his over. Conceding 10 runs over the next three balls, Otieno delivered a gift of a full toss for Erasmus to jump all over, and as the ball hit the seats several rows back, the square-leg umpire’s