The two teams are seen losing their opening fixture and are aiming to get their T20 World Cup campaigns back on track to bolster their chances of qualifying for the next round.

Both teams got their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 campaigns off to a rocky start in heavy defeats in their opening games. With just two match days left in the group, both sides need quick turnarounds to qualify for the next stage.

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The Netherlands against Ireland were blown away by Curtis Campher’s four wickets in four balls and were only able to crawl to 106. They were unable to conjure a comeback with the ball. Namibia meanwhile were bowled out for a sub-100 score by Sri Lanka, who went on to register a seven-wicket win.

The fixture offers an intriguing contest with Netherlands ‘greatest squad ever’ taking on what is considered Namibia’s golden generation of cricketers, and as Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell said, “Us little fellas, the Netherlands and Namibia, we may be here to make up the group but let me tell you, we’ve got a bit of fight about us.”

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With the threat of early elimination hanging over the two teams, the ‘fight’ that Campbell was referring to will have to come to the fore in Match 7.

Being the winners of the ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers from 2019 along with some big tournament experience under their belt, the expectations on Netherlands will be to snuff out a win and for that they will be looking towards veterans Ryan ten Doeschate and Roelof van der Merwe to bring their A-game after the duo missed out against Ireland.