ICC World Cricket League Division One: Day 4 Review
Day 4 of the ICC World Cricket League Division One saw Afghanistan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 and the hosts Netherlands win their matches and as a result have added two points each.
In the 1st match of day four, Afghanistan clinched a last ball victory against Kenya with just one wicket to spare. Afghanistan needed six runs off the last over as Kenya tried to knock over the last two Afghani wickets to win the match. The situation became tense when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524 lost his wicket on the second last ball of the innings. However, Shapoor Zadran, who kept his nerves under control, hit the winning shot and helped Afghanistan win in the final over the game.
Maurice Ouma, after winning the toss elected to bat first. Though Kenya lost its first two wickets quite early in the game, but the skipper along with Obuya scored 59 brisk runs for the third-wicket partnership. They laid a strong foundation for his team. Things took a u-turn when the captain edged the ball to the wicketkeeper in the 20th over of the innings. Ouma, with the help of four boundaries scored a solid 40. Obuya’s 60 off 97 and Odoyo’s unbeaten 52 off 33 balls helped Kenya set a competitive target of 233-7 for Afghanistan to chase.
Afghanistan failed to get off to a good start and lost three early wickets to Odhiambos, Nehemiah and Nelson for just 51 runs on the board with the 11th over in progress. Samiullah Shenwari and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 nail-biting victory, Ouma from Kenya was declared as the man-of-the-match for his brilliant performance behind the wicket along with a remarkable performance with the bat as well.
In the second match of day four, Ireland once again proved that they are rightly rated as the favourites to win their third straight tournament. Ireland settled for an easy 5-wicket win against Scotland in Voorburg earlier in the day. Kevin O'Brien’s unbeaten 41 helped Ireland chase a low score of 117 in the 34th over after the team was floundering at 65 for 5 in the 20th over.
In the last match of the day, hosts’ Netherlands sealed a seven-wicket win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 in the 42nd over. Eric Szwarczynski's unbeaten 84 off of 121 deliveries bagged the hosts a seven-wicket victory.
Canada won the toss and decided to begin with the bat. But the captain’s decision failed badly as only three Canadian batsmen could make it to the double figure mark and four players were not allowed by the opponent’s bowling department to even open their account. Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Bagai-c46284’s 71 run innings was the heart of Canada’s total of 168 runs. Canada’s entire team was out in 49.1 overs. Both Mark Jonkman and Bradley Kruger took three wickets each.
In reply, the hosts easily chased the target in the 42nd over of the match for the loss of just three wickets. Eric Szwarczynski's unbeaten 84 off of 121 earned him the man-of-the-match title.
Both Afghanistan and Ireland entered the league as favourites. But after the first four matches, Ireland is leading the table with six points and Afghanistan is standing at the fourth spot. All the six teams have played three matches so far. Ireland has won all of its three matches while the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 have lost all their matches in the tournament and sit at zero points.
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