Canada continued their brilliant start to their Division 2 campaign as they notched up their 2nd consecutive victory in the tournament by defeating UAE in a close thriller of a contest. Nepal too slipped on day 2 after their nerve-wrecking victory over host’s Namibia on the opening day as they went down without much fight against a resurgent Oman, who opened their account in the points table.
Canada take a comfortable lead of 2 points over UAE, Nepal & Oman while the other match-up of the day, Namibia vs Kenya, could not be played due to rain and now will be replayed on the reserve day on 10th Feb 2018.
Brief Scores:
Canada 209 all out in 49.2 overs (Nitish Kumar 62, Dhanuka Pathirana 36, Rohan Mustafa 5/34, Ahmed Raza 2/35) beat UAE 186 all out in 45 overs (Ghulam Shabber 55, Ashfaq Ahmed 42, Rohan Mustafa 37 n.o, Adnan Mufti 29, Nitish Kumar 2/11, Nikhil Dutta 2/21, Ruvindu Gunasekara 2/29, Satsimrajit Dhindsa 2/53) by 23 runs
Nepal 138 all out in 46 overs (Sharad Vesawkar 22, Dipendra Singh Airee 20, Kaleemullah 4/28, Bilal Khan 2/13, Fiaz Bhutt 1/26) Lost to Oman 139/4 in 35.1 overs (Aqib Ilyas 46, Vaibhav Wategaonkar 37 n.o, Jatinder Singh 24, Sandeep Lamichhane 2/29) by 6 wickets
ICC WCL Division 2 Points Table:
| TEAM | Mat | Win | Loss | Tie/NR | Points | NRR |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.95 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.464 |
| Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.869 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.058 |
| Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4.36 |
Top 5 Batsmen:
| Name | Mat | Inn | Runs | Highest | Avg | 100’s | 50’s |
| Ashfaq Ahmed (UAE) | 2 | 2 | 115 | 73 | 57.5 | 0 | 1 |
| NR Kumar (Can) | 2 | 2 | 115 | 62 | 115 | 0 | 2 |
| Rohan Mustafa (UAE) | 2 | 2 | 110 | 73 | 110 | 0 | 1 |
| Aqib Ilyas (Oman) | 2 | 2 | 92 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| R Gunasekera (Can) | 2 | 2 | 67 | 46 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 |
Top 5 Bowlers:
| Name | Mat | Inn | Runs | Wickets |
| Rohan Mustafa (UAE) | 2 | 2 | 57 | 7 |
| S Lamichhane (Nep) | 2 | 2 | 47 | 6 |
| N Dutta (Can) | 2 | 2 | 32 | 5 |
| BM Scholtz (Nam) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Kaleemullah (Oman) | 2 | 2 | 39 | 4 |
