England beat the rain and Namibia to keep their T20 World Cup defence alive however are nonetheless reliant on Australia beating Scotland to undergo to the Super 8s.

The climate threatened to wash the match out solely – a situation that will have eradicated England – however ultimately the clouds cleared to enable a frantic, shortened contest.

Initially given 11 overs to bat, England had been 13-2, together with captain Jos Buttler out for a four-ball duck, however rallied to submit 122-5 in an innings diminished to 10 overs by one other bathe.

Harry Brook made a vital and enterprising 47 not out from 20 balls whereas Jonny Bairstow hit 31 from 18.

Namibia’s goal was elevated to 126 due to the interruption and, regardless of discovering wickets exhausting to come by, England all the time restricted the scoring.

A dramatic day took one other flip when Namibia opener Nikolaas Davin retired out to carry big-hitting David Wiese to the crease with 82 from 24 balls wanted, however even with him hanging 27 from 12, Namibia completed on 84-3 – England winners by 41 runs.

They should now wait to see if Australia beat Scotland in a match that begins at 01:30 BST on Sunday.

If they do, barring an improbably high-scoring match, England will undergo to the Super 8s, the place they’ll play their first match on Thursday (01:30 BST).

If Scotland beat Australia for the primary time of their historical past, or if there isn’t any end in St Lucia, the Scots will take their place.