Namibia v Nigeria - ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 - First Innings Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Africa region Division one T20 match scheduled to be played at Kyambogo Cricket Ground, Kampala (neutral venue).
The fixture started at 0900 local time today on July 12, 2011. Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat first. Right-handed batsman Ademola Onikoyi and wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yashpal-Sharma-c98225 opened the Nigerian innings.
Nigeria did not have the desired start, as the opener Onikoyi returned to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs. This breakthrough was provided by the pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Louis-Klazinga-c73186 in the 5th over.
The next batsman to come in was Nigerian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Endurance-Ofem-c56012. He partnered with Sharma and together they added 20 runs to the Nigerian total.
This partnership could not last for long as Sharma was given stumped out at a delivery by Namibian spinner, Louis van der Westhuizen. This dismissal in the 9th over left Nigeria at a troublesome 32/2. The under pressure batsmen tried to perform
but failed in their efforts.
The 24-year-old Ramit Gill was the next Nigerian batsman to face the Namibian bowling attack. Gill started well and hit some boundaries too. Things seemed to be improving until the Nigerian captain was bowled out by Westhuizen in the 13th over.
Ofem departed at 12 runs leaving Nigeria at a score of 52/3.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Olajide-Bejide-c80157 came in to support his crumbling team but was unfortunate to be caught out at the hands of Snyman, on
a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Helao-Nafidi-Ya-France-c62179. Olajide Bejide departed in the 18th over, leaving his team at 75/5.
He was the last batsman in the Nigerian batting line-up to score in double figures. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Akabogu-Okwudili-c42504 was run out by Snyman in the 20th over.
Olympio left on a duck and Oyede was the last batsman at the crease. This concluded the innings for the Nigerians, who managed to score 88 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Namibians were given the total of 89 runs to chase at a run rate of 4.40 runs per over.
Earlier, in the first match of this series, the same teams met each other. Namibia had scored an impressive total of 232 and won the match by 132 runs. Hence, in the light of past performances, today chances of victory are high for Namibia.
The Squads for the contenders of today’s T20 are:
NAMIBIA: CG http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Vuuren
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