http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964: 4-Day match – Day 3 Recap
Day 3 of the proceeding 4-Day match between Ireland and Namibia came to an impressive closure after the former managed to wrap up the session, marking a ‘round the corner’ win for the team. Taking on an easy chase, put on by the much troubled Namibian batters,
Ireland went on to cover most of the mark, leaving out a minor 37 runs trail, left to be covered on the final day, with 5 more wickets remaining for the team.
The first class fixture comes as part of the ongoing 2011 season of the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Intercontinental Cup, and was being played at the Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast.
The Day, however, initially came alive as Namibia resumed its previous session’s play worth 58 runs with a loss of a single player, against Ireland’s competitive total of 298, losing all its players.
Namibia’s opener Stephanus Ackerman, coupled with one down batter, Christi Viljoen, took on with the procession, but failed to deliver much as Ackerman walked off on an early dismissal in the opening over of the day.
The batter’s spot was then taken over by Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-David-Williams-c51678, who managed to offer an impressive run with the bat, leading the team to a stable opening with the aid of Viljoen.
Just in the early deliveries of the session, Viljoen managed to secure his 50 runs mark, however, as the fixture proceeded, the batter lost his partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Williams-c98034, whose dismissal came after some impressive batting from the skipper that offered a decent sum
of 40 to the total.
Serving a potent role at the crease, Viljoen also walk off as next on the roster, marking an impressive bag of 87 runs.
With two major stumps already lost, the Namibian batting roster came under fire, losing out on its players one after another with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-van-Schoor-c84385 offering a minor spell of impressive batting.
Losing all its players, following a total play worth 79.3 overs, Namibian batting line-up was finally eliminated at an aggregate of 226, offering an easy chase for Ireland worth 173.
Just as expected, Ireland then took on the mark with ease, as its opening batters, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PR-Stirling-c2200, came out with some steady runs on the board.
However, the side suffered a quick blow at its top order as Wilson walked off in the 10th over of the Irish innings, but with Stirling still on the crease, the team had not much to worry about after the batter, coupled with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075 took on
the remaining procession with ease.
Retaining an impressive partnership, both the batters sailed into earning some handful runs for Ireland.
The team’s next batter, however, came to be Stirling, who walked off the crease, scoring an impressive half century, which surely served as a potent number for the team.
As the procession went on, Ireland’s remaining top order managed to deliver a steady performance on the pitch but failed to retain their stumps as the procession moved into the final session of the day.
Suffering an additional loss of 2 players, Ireland finally wrapped up its innings for the day, scoring 135, with a loss of 4 players. The team is now left with a minor 37 runs trail with 5 more wickets remaining.
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