USA make strong start in CWC League 2 as Namibia/PNG look to catch up

USA men’s national squad have had a strong start to their CWC League 2 campaign as they won three matches out of their four matches against Namibia and Papua New Guinea in the ongoing ICC CWC League 2 Championship’s 2nd round of Tri-series at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Florida.

While USA registered twin victories over Papua New Guinea, Namibia pulled one back to stop their momentum in the tournament, as USA join Scotland and Oman on top of the points table with three wins so far in the Championship race. Papua New Guinea, who have had the toughest outing so far, losing all their six matches in the Championship so far, but still have lots to play for as they play Namibia in the final two matches in the 2nd round of League 2 tournament.

Some of the matches played so far in the tournament have been affected by rains and it has resulted in the pitches to be on the slower side and the spinners from all the countries have taken the advantage of the same. USA’s Karima Gore, Namibia’s Zhivago Groenewald and PNG’s Jason Kila have performed admirably for their respective sides. Namibia’s Jean-Pierre Kotze has scored the only century in the tournament so far, guiding Namibia to a big total in their 2nd game against USA, before Groenewald’s 5-wicket haul put an early end to USA’s chase.

Brief Scores

07th Match (CWC League 2): USA 251/9 in 50 overs (Aaron Jones 77, Elmore Hutchinson 42 n.o, Monank Patel 35, Karima Gore 31, Jason Kila 3/40, Nosaina Pokana 3/40, Chad Soper 1/42, Norman Vanua 1/43) beat PNG 159/6 in 23 overs (Charles Amini Jr 53, Assad Vala 48, Karima Gore 3/25, Nisarg Patel 1/10, Juan Theron 1/37) by 5 runs (D/L Method)

08th Match (CWC League 2): Namibia 121 all out in 46 overs (Zane Green 36, Karl Birkenstock 32, JP Kotze 17, Steven Taylor 4/23, Karima Gore 2/15, Timil Patel 2/25, Saurabh Netravalkar 1/11, Nisarg Patel 1/14) lost to USA 122/5 in 31.2 overs (Steven Taylor 43, Monank Patel 30 n.o, Zhivago Groenewald 3/28, Karl Birkenstock 1/5) by 5 wickets

09th Match (CWC League 2): USA 177 all out in 48.1 overs (Monank Patel 66, Elmore Hutchinson 28, Xavier Marshall 17, Jason Kila 3/27, Nosaina Pokana 3/44, Lega Siaka 2/33, Norman Vanua 1/17) beat PNG 115 all out in 38.1 overs (Assad Vala 38, Tony Ura 19, Karima Gore 4/20, Nisarg Patel 2/11, Steven Taylor 2/30, Saurabh Netravalkar 1/10) by 62 runs

10th Match (CWC League 2): Namibia 287/8 in 49 overs (JP Kotze 136, Jan Frylinck 60, Craig Williams 23, Gerhard Erasmus 20, Jasdeep Singh 4/51, Nisarg Patel 2/25, Timil Patel 1/30) beat USA 142 all out in 37 overs (Aaron Jones 44, Steven Taylor 27, Karima Gore 22, Jaskaran Malhotra 18, Zhivago Groenewald 5/20, Pikky Ya France 2/31, Jan Frylinck 1/11, Bernard Scholtz 1/20, JJ Smit 1/20) by 145 runs

CWC League 2 Championship Standings (10/126)

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