In a rain-reduced contest, Harry Brook's unbeaten 47 helped England post 125 after a DLS adjustment before England's bowlers did enough to restrict Namibia to just 84 for 3 but need Australia to beat Scotland to qualify for the Super 8s
Antigua: England 122-5, Namibia (chasing a DLS-adjusted 126) 84-3 - England won by 41 runs (DLS)
England kept their T20 World Cup qualification hopes alive as they waited out the rain and beat Namibia by 41 runs in Antigua.
In a rain-reduced contest, Harry Brook's unbeaten 47 helped England post 125 after a DLS adjustment before England bowlers did enough to restrict Namibia to just 84 for 3.
Having waited hours for action, England were reduced to 18 for 2 after the three-over powerplay. David Wiese, who conceded just six in his two-over spell, removed Salt (11) and Ruben Trumplemann bowled Jos Buttler (0).
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England were rocked early when Trumplemann bowled Buttler for a duck (Randy Brooks/Getty Images)
The Yorkshire duo of Brook and Jonny Bairstow (31 off 17) combined to rescue the innings with a partnership of 56 off 30 balls.
Rain returned which reduced England's innings by another over but Brook, who finished unbeaten on 47, Mooen Ali (16) and Liam Livingstone (13) put the finishing touches on the innings to post a DLS-adjusted 125 for 3.
Jofra Archer conceded 12 runs from his first over, which came inbetween Reece Topley's two-over spell that went for a combined six runs to leave Namibia 18 without loss after their powerplay.
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After the sixth over, with Namibia still needing 83 off four overs, Niko Davin (18) retired out to bring the big-hitting Wiese to the crease and he got off the mark with a boundary.
Despite Adil Rashid (0 for 29) being on the receiving end of a couple of huge blows from Wiese (27), the England bowlers were impressive in restricting the Namibia batters, including Sam Curran (0 for 13) in his first game of the tournament.
Chris Jordan struck with the last ball of his spell to remove Michael van Lingen (33) and leave an unassailable 46 off the final over for Archer to defend.
The win means England will qualify for the Super 8s if Australia beat Scotland in St Lucia. Any other result means defending champions England will be knocked out.
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