T20 World Cup results: England beat rain and Namibia to keep hopes alive

England beat the rain and Namibia to keep their T20 World Cup defence alive but are still reliant on Australia beating Scotland to go through to the Super 8s.

Harry Brook made a crucial and enterprising 47 not out from 20 balls while Jonny Bairstow hit 31 from 18. If Scotland beat Australia for the first time in their history, or if there is no result in St Lucia, the Scots will take their place.The job is not yet done for England but for a long while it looked as though they would not even get into this position. The match was 46 minutes away from being abandoned when conditions finally allowed play to begin at 16:00 local time.

Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone both struck two sixes late on - they made 16 from six balls and a four-ball 13 respectively - as England recovered to a score well above par. That came four balls after England's first legitimate wicket, which came with the final ball of the ninth over, when Chris Jordan had Van Lingen caught at long-on.England captain Jos Buttler:

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