When you have a maximum of 15 matches available to try and top the group consisting of 6 countries including yourself, the minimum you would need as a squad is to get a good start and start winning matches from the onset. The story for the 12 countries (6 each in CWC Challenge League groups A & B) in the tussle is a tough and demanding one, but for getting one step closer to qualifying for Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, it’s all to play for.
The 1st leg of CWC Challenge League Group A tournaments out of 3 got underway in Malaysia with all the 6 participants (Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Denmark, Qatar & Vanuatu) having played their first match in the single round-robin group stage format. It was a special occasion for Vanuatua, Qatar and Singapore, as they played their maiden List-A game, with the others having played the format before.
Malaysia, Qatar and Canada registered victories in the opening group fixtures, with Malaysia defeating Denmark on the opening day of the tournament, and Canada/Qatar coming up victors against Vanuatu and Singapore respectively on the 2nd day of the competition.
Brief Scores
Malaysia 192/7 in 50 overs (Suharril Fetri 64 n.o, Aminuddin Ramly 46, Virandeep Singh 46, Jino Jojo 3/38, Niclolaj Laegsgaard 2/26, Anique Uddin 1/22, Oliver Hald 1/53) beat Denmark 148 all out in 42.2 overs (Hamid Shah 42, Zameer Khan 41, Oliver Hald 27, Norwira Zazmie 4/24, Suharril Fetri 2/22, Syed Aziz Ayed Mubarak 2/44, Pavandeep Singh 1/17, Muhammad Hafiz 1/19) by 44 runs
Qatar 232/8 in 50 overs (Zaheer Ibrahim 63, Khurram Shahzad 44, Mohammed Rizlan 31, Qalandar Khan 29, Iqbal Hussain Chaudhary 23 n.o, Amjad Mahboob 3/42, Anantha Krishna 2/30, Aryaman Sunil 2/61, Vinoth Baskaran 1/41) beat Singapore 213 all out in 48.2 overs (Timothy Hays David 75, Surendran Chandramohan 67, Manpreet Singh 40, Gayan Munaweera 5/39, Iqbal Hussain Chaudhary 4/50, Mohammed Nadeem 1/40) by 19 runs
Vanuatu 160 all out in 47.1 overs (Clement Tommy 42, Ronald Tari 30, Andrew Mansale 19, Nikhil Dutta 3/29, Romesh Eranga 2/23, Saad bin Zafar 2/25, Dilon Heyliger 2/43, Nitish Kumar 1/12) lost to Canada 161/5 in 32 overs (Navneet Dhaliwal 72 n.o, Ravinderpal Singh 38, Saad bin Zafar 31 n.o, Patrick Matautaava 2/23, Apolinaire Stephen 1/28, Williamsing Nalisa 1/36, Jelany Chilia 1/37) by 5 wickets
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