Ghana v Namibia – ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 – Match Recap
Namibia thrash Ghana by a whopping margin of 160 runs in a match of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Africa Region Division One Twenty20, played at the Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala, today, July 13, 2011.
Batting first, Namibia made a mockery of Ghana’s bowlers as they posted a huge total of 237 for 6. The star for their team was skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-David-Williams-c51678, who top scored with 86 from only 33 deliveries.
In reply, Ghana never got going, as no batter could reach 20, which saw them collapsing 77 all out, in just under 18 overs.
The match started with Namibia’s skipper, Williams, having won the toss and rightly so, elected to bat first.
On a placid track, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarel-Francois-Burger-c88808 took control, as they smashed the Ghanian
bowlers to all parts of the ground.
Both looked in prime touch as they scored at an alarming rate, going more than 10 runs an over. Bowlers had no answer to such power hitting as both brought up their respective half centuries in no time.
Williams, when eventually got out, had played an extraordinary innings of 86, consuming just 33 balls, hitting 7 fours and six massive sixes, much to the delight of the watching fans.
The rout continued with Burger taking charge along with cameos from the rest of the batters. When he got out after making 82, Namibia had passed the 200 mark. His innings included 8 glorious boundaries and 3 maximum hits.
After 20 overs, Namibia had motored along to an impressive total of 237 for 6, much to the shock of the Ghanaian players.
The bowling was ordinary with no bowler able to keep the scoring rate to a tolerable level. Only two bowlers went below 10 runs per over with the pick of the lot being skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-K-Ananya-c81784, who had figures of 31- 2.
Already shaken by the heroics of the Namibian batters, Ghana came out to bat with openers, Samson Awiah and Francis Bakiweyem. The batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 like their bowlers, flopped as no one could provide their side with any meaningful contribution.
Only three batters could reach the double figure mark with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Julius-Horlali-Mensah-c69655 top scoring at 14.
After doing most of the damage with the bat, it was Burger, who also ripped through http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ghana-c2905’s batting line up, ending with majestic figures of 5-10 in his four overs.
His five-star performance made him an obvious candidate for the Player of the Match title, for which the player duly obliged.
This was a crushing defeat for Ghana, who are http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Ronchi-c73300 bottom on the points table with just one win from seven matches.
As for Namibia, their 100 percent record continues, as they top the table with 14 points.
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