As the dust settles after the whirlwind week of non-stop group stage action from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the pre-tournament favourites to make it through to the play-off stages of the event are surely getting their foot in the corridor.
Papua New Guinea, Netherlands, Ireland, Oman and Namibia have so far ensured their safe passage to the play-off stages of the tournament, with the final day of group stage matches set to decide the remaining 3 team’s into the play-off’s and also the top team’s from each group, who will secure their spots directly in the main draw of 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia.
However, for the likes of Bermuda and Singapore, their campaign ended after they lost their final group stage matches. Singapore would be disappointed for not having capitalised on the start they had at the opening stages of the tournament, but will return home with their heads held high for competing at the top level of Associate cricket.
Brief Scores
Papua New Guinea 180/4 in 20 overs (Kiplin Doriga 43 n.o, Charles Amini 41 n.o, Tony Ura 30, Navin Param 2/24, Tim David 1/33) beat Singapore 137/9 in 20 overs (Tim David 44, Rohan Rangarajan 27, Damien Ravu 4/18) by 43 runs
Jersey 105 all out in 20 overs (Ben Stevens 25, Dominic Blampied 20, Mark Adair 3/10, David Delany 2/10) lost to Ireland 110/2 in 14 overs (Paul Stirling 58 n.o, Andy Balbirnie 33, Charles Perchard 1/16) by 8 wickets
Namibia 181/5 in 20 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 52 n.o, Stephan Baard 51, Craig Williams 28 n.o, Sachin Bhudia 1/6, Collins Obuya 1/22) beat Kenya 94 all out in 18.5 overs (Rakep Patel 30, Aman Gandhi 22, Bernard Scholtz 4/12, JJ Smit 3/19) by 87 runs
Canada 144/9 in 20 overs (Srimantha Wijeyeratne 56, Nitish Kumar 22, Ravinderpal Singh 21, Zeeshan Maqsood 3/25, Khawar Ali 2/18) lost to Oman 145/2 in 14.5 overs (Jatinder Singh 68 n.o, Aqib Ilyas 60, Jeremy Gordon 1/36) by 8 wickets
Nigeria 66/9 in 20 overs (Sesan Adedeji 19, Craig Young 4/13, Mark Adair 2/10) lost to Ireland 67/2 in 6.1 overs (Kevin O’Brien 32, Gareth Delany 11 n.o) by 8 wickets
Netherlands 206/3 in 20 overs (Ben Cooper 58, Max O’Dowd 58, Colin Ackermann 43 n.o) beat Bermuda 114/9 in 20 overs (Kamau Leverock 31, Allan Douglas 23, Paul van Meekeren 3/26, Pieter Seelaar 2/10, Roelof van der Merwe 2/23) by 92 runs
Namibia 191/8 in 20 overs (Gerhard Erasmus 72, Jean-Pierre Kotze 36, Amjad Mahboob 3/29) beat Singapore 104 all out in 17.1 overs (Navin Param 28, Jan Frylinck 4/21, Christi Viljoen 3/14) by 87 runs
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