http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 vs. Scotland – Match Recaps
Afghanistan, on the opening day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers, defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 by six wickets, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday March 13, 2012.
After being asked to bat first, PNG lost their way early on after losing three batters on the team score of 12. The innings was then somewhat rescued by Asad Vala (18), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jason-Kila-c66446 (16), who all chipped in with
runs to help their team to reconstruct and post 112 at the end of 20 overs.
Pacer, Dawlat Zadran, remained the prominent bowler from the Afghan camp after picking up 2 scalps.
Afghanistan made easy work of their run chase and went onto register a comprehensive win with an over to spare, along with having six wickets in hand.
They too were troubled early on in their innings and were reduced to 35 for 3 - with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nawroz-Mangal-c2084 (19) then took the task of rebuilding and played sensibly under
pressure – sharing a valuable 45-run stand. Following the dismissal of the skipper, Nabi and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samiullah-Shenwari-c2430 kept on accumulating runs steadily and took the team to victory.
For his levelheaded half-century knock, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nabi-c77111 was awarded with the Player of the Match accolade.
In a Group B game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 trounced Kenya by 14 runs in the highest scoring match of the day, played at ICC Global Academy Dubai.
Winning the toss and batting first, the Scottish were quick to get out of the blocks as their openers provided a brisk 40-run start in just 3.5 overs.
Right-hander, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798, who added 46 off just 36 balls. It allowed Scotland to end their innings on healthy 178.
Kenya when started off their run chase, received a swift launch after the first wicket added 55 quickly. The right-handed opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CO-Obuya-c1276 (50) played imposing knocks and kept the scoreboard ticking during
their stay on the pitch.
The middle-order batsmen, except for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rakep-Rajendra-Patel-c83650, who added 21 runs in the total, failed to match the required tempo, which eventually led the Kenyans to taste a disappointing opening defeat by 14 runs.
For Scotland, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-David-Drummond-c60348 performed well by collecting three crucial scalps, while his teammate, Macleod was presented the Player of the Match trophy for his match-winning innings.
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