Namibia Defeats UAE by 8 Wickets

The UAE finds itself at the bottom of the table with only 1 win from 7 matches. Nepal is in seventh place, having won only 1 out of 8 matches, with 3 points.

Namibia Defeats UAE by 8 Wickets

Kathmandu – The home team, Namibia, has secured an impressive victory over the UAE, winning by 8 wickets in the ICC World Cup League 2.

Chasing a target of 191 runs, Namibia reaches the goal in just 28.5 overs, losing 2 wickets. Opener Michael van Lingen scores 67 runs off 43 balls, hitting 12 fours and 2 sixes, while JP Kotze is out for 40 runs.

Captain Gerald Erasmus contributes significantly with 59 runs off 46 balls, including 6 fours and 3 sixes, and Jan Groenewald remains not out on 21 runs. For the UAE, Basil Hamid and Vishnu Sukumaran take one wicket each.

Earlier, after losing the toss in Windhoek, the UAE bats first and gets all out for 190 runs. Ali Nasir stands out with a solid performance, scoring 61 runs off 62 balls, including 7 fours and 2 sixes. Other notable scores include Elissan Sarafu with 31 runs, while Aryansh Sharma, Mohammad Wasim, Vishnu Sukumaran, Asif Khan, and Basil Hamid score 0, 1, 30, 26, and 13 runs, respectively.

For Namibia, JJ Smit takes 3 wickets, while Tangeni Lungameni and Bernard Scholtz each take 2 wickets.

With this victory, Namibia moves to fourth place in the League 2 points table, having won 5 out of 12 matches, earning a total of 10 points. The UAE finds itself at the bottom of the table with only 1 win from 7 matches. Nepal is in seventh place, having won only 1 out of 8 matches, with 3 points.

Canada leads the table with 14 points, winning 7 out of 11 matches. The USA and Netherlands follow in second and third place, respectively, with equal points but differing net run rates after playing 8 matches each.