Kenya Under-19s v Namibia Under-19s - ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier – Match Recap
Namibia Under-19s 314/5 (50 ov) v Kenya Under-19s 205/8 (50.0 ov) - Namibia Under-19s won by 109 runs
In the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964 Under-19s beat Kenya Under-19s by 109 runs after posting a staggering tally of 314 runs in a match that was played at Drummond Cricket Club, Drummond.
After winning the toss, Namibia decided to bat first, hoping to place enough runs on the board to give the opposition a run for their money. The side had a steady start as openers Wian van Vuuren and Pelham Myburgh timed their shots superbly well as they
played against the Kenyan bowlers with zeal and confidence.
The openers put up a partnership of 29 runs on the board before Kenya grabbed their first wicket when opener Wian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Alroy-Martin-c50714 Ndandason
in the sixth over.
It was then the number three batsman Justin Baard who came on the crease to rally a formidable partnership alongside fellow batsman Myburgh against Kenya.
The two batsmen took the bowlers to task as they punished bad deliveries and kept the score board ticking without letting the opposition dominate them. The two batsmen posted 63 runs in the second wicket partnership which was finally broken in the 17th
over when Baard after playing an innings of 32 runs off 40 deliveries had his stumps uprooted by a superb delivery bowled by Harrison Angila. At the time of the batsman’s departure the team had managed to score 92 runs for the loss of two wickets.
It was then Stephen Baard the skipper of Namibia who came out to bat with Myburgh as the batsmen forged a befitting partnership against the opposition. However, in the 19th over, Myburgh after playing an innings of 35 runs off 46 deliveries found
his way back to the pavilion after getting bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Vishram.
From Namibia, the lower-order gave an exceptional performance as all the batsmen smacked impressive knocks to help the side bolster a mammoth total at the end of their innings. Among the batsmen, Stephen Baard clobbered 89 runs while, Merwe Erasmus posted
51 runs off 70 deliveries.
Coming out to bat, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 when after scoring
a run off 19 deliveries the batsman was bowled by Engelbrecht.
While the Kenyan batsmen retained wickets they could not score freely due to which the run-rate kept creeping up which put pressure on the side. From Kenya, lower-order batsman Joseph Ochieng played a sensational innings of 54 off 77 deliveries as the whole
team could only muster 205 runs in response to Namibia.
SJ Baard was named as the Man of the Match for his blistering batting performance in the match.
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