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Namibia has left no stone unturned in planning to deal with Afghanistan's deadly spin trio, according to batter Craig Williams.The ICC Men's T20 World Cup debutants beat Scotland by four wickets in their opening game, making a confident start to the Super 12 stage. Now they need to do what so many batting line-ups have failed to do, which is to tame Afghan twirlers Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi."We've put in extreme amounts of analysis into the opposition and we've worked on individual game plans. So I think sitting where we are now tonight, we're in a really good place. Anything could happen in T20 cricket, we know that," Williams said in an official ICC release."We've played Afghanistan, many, many times in the past. We know what they can do. So it's just about on the day being able to handle our nerves and execute the plans to put in place. So, in terms of playing spin, we're extremely confident against spin. It's just a matter of being able to execute your plan on the day against the best in the world because that's who we're playing against," he added.Williams set the tone for Namibia's win in their opening game, hitting a measured 23 in a successful chase of 110. With the ball, Ruben Trumpelmann proved the value of left-arm pace with a superb spell of three for 17 to break the back of the Scottish batting line-up.Their opponents Afghanistan, who they face at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, need to pick themselves up off the canvas in Group 1. They came close to defending 148 against Pakistan, eventually falling by five wickets with the target chased down with an over to spare.Nabi's side has appeared at the tournament five times but never gone past the Super 10 stage. Naveen-Ul-Haq remains confident of them doing so."I think the table is right to open, other than Pakistan who has already confirmed their spot in the semifinals. There are three teams that will be fighting for that spot because India has played one and lost one. And New Zealand has played one and lost one," said Naveen."We'll be having a great contest, great matchup coming up with them in a week's time. So you can't say much at the moment who will be qualifying or who is not. It's only Pakistan who has made it through. But there is still one spot," he added.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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