Scotland and United Arab Emirates made amends to get back to winning ways to keep their campaign alive in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup qualifiers, while Netherlands notched up their 2nd consecutive win of the tournament and Jersey/Papua New Guinea started their campaign’s on a winning note on the 2nd day of action from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Netherlands registered their 2nd win in a row to on top of the points table in their group, with their bowlers delivering a convincing team effort to bowl out Namibia below 100 to defend a par-score of 140. Papua New Guinea’s Norman Vanua claimed the first hat-trick of the tournament against Bermuda, and their low total was chased down in rapid pace with PNG captain Assad Vala leading from the front with the bat.
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Jersey put in a strong performane with the bat, however, there were plenty of lapses in Nigeria’s ground fielding and something the team management needs to have a good look at if they want to remain competitive in the remaining games in their group. Jersey’s total was always out of the reach for the Nigerians, as Jersey bowlers chipped away with wickets at regular intervals. Scotland’s batting display was scratchy and Tom Sole’s counter-attack a the back-end took their total to 170 and while Kenya looked very much in the fight through the halfway stage of their chase, they lost wickets in a flurry in the later stages to give up their hopes of challenging the Scots.
UAE needed a win to keep their tournament campaign on track after a shoddy performance in their opening game against Oman, and Rohan Mustafa provided the all-round performance the team needed to claim the victory over Ireland, who skittled out for a below par total, with Paul Stirling continuing his good form from the first game, while the rest of the line-up failing to put up the support act around his innings.
Brief Scores
Bermuda 89 all out in 17.2 overs (Delray Rawlins 25, Rodney Trott 19, Norman Vanua 3/14, Nosaina Pokana 2/18, Jason Kila 1/5) lost to Papua New Guinea 90 for no loss in 10.2 overs (Assad Vala 53 n.o, Tony Ura 33 n.o) by 10 wickets
Jersey 184/4 in 20 overs (Jonty Jenner 57 n.o, Nick Greenwood 43, Daniel Ajekun 1/16, Abiodun Abioye 1/30) beat Nigeria 115/7 in 20 overs (Leke Oyede 39, Daniel Ajekun 17, Elliot Miles 2/22, Dominic Blampied 2/24, Charles Perchard 1/16) by 69 runs
Netherlands 140/6 in 20 overs (Ryan ten Doeschate 59, Max O’Dowd 21, Pieter Seelaar 17, Jan Frylinck 3/25, JJ Smit 2/31) beat Namibia 96 all out in 19 overs (Craig Williams 27, Brandon Glover 3/15, Paul van Meekeren 3/16, Fred Klaassen 2/7) by 44 runs
Scotland 170/6 in 20 overs (Tom Sole 33 n.o, Calum MacLeod 30, Richie Berrington 27, Collins Obuya 2/12, Lucas Oluoch 2/32) beat Kenya 139/8 in 20 overs (Irfan Karim 51, Dhiren Gondaria 26, Richie Berrington 3/17, Josh Davey 2/25, Safyaan Sharif 2/28) by 31 runs
Ireland 125 all out in 20 overs (Paul Stirling 72, Kevin O’Brien 14, Rohan Mustafa 4/18, Ahmed Raza 1/17, Junaid Siddique 1/25) lost to UAE 129/5 in 17 overs (Rohan Mustafa 39, Darius D’Silva 29, Muhammad Usman 29, Mark Adair 1/21, Boyd Rankin 1/26) by 5 wickets
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