Samoa v Ghana - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League Division Eight - Group A – Ghana obliterate their opposition – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ghana-c2905 206 v Samoa 156 - Ghana won by 50 runs
Ghana in their ICC World Cricket League Division Eight Group A match, left Samoa in tears as they won by a margin of 50 runs after hammering a total of 206 on Saturday, September 15, at Faleata Oval No 3, Apia.
Ghana were invited to bat first after Samoa won the toss and decided to give their bowlers a go at the opposition.
The batting side had a decent start to their innings with the opening duo of JK Vifah and KF Bakiweyem staging a stand of 20 runs.
L Fuinaomo drew first blood when he nabbed the wicket of Vifah, who perished after scoring 15 runs.
With Bakiweyem launching a belligerent batting onslaught, JH Mensah became the second wicket of the day, finding his way off the field after scoring nine runs. At the time of his demise, Ghana were standing on a total of 51.
The third-wicket stand between SK Awiah and his opener took Ghana to a total of 82, before the middle-order batsman lost his wicket with 16 runs to his name.
O Harvey was another asset for Ghana, as the batsman forged an important collaboration with Bakiweyem. The two batsmen steered the side to a total of 111, before Ghana lost their fourth wicket on the demise of Bakiweyem, who hit the showers after posting a 52-run knock.
This was the moment in the match when Samoa made a comeback by grabbing a few more wickets. Nonetheless, Ghana skipper PK Ananya’s unbeaten innings of 43 ruined the game for Samoa as the batting side managed to post a competitive total.
Samoa batsmen were then completely outplayed by the opposition, as they never managed to stahttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Goodchild-c52940e partnerships long enough to cause some series damage.
With opener G http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 perishing without scoring a run, Samoa were in trouble right from the start.
Ghana’s KS Bagabena and A Kind-David stole the show by taking four and three wickets, leaving their opposition in disarray.
Samoa consequently faltered in 38.2 overs after posting 156 runs.
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