MATCH REPORT
Follow UsNicholas Kirton (39-ball 52), Ravinderpal Singh (17-ball 41*) and Dillon Heyliger (4/20) played a major role in Canada’s 63-run victory over Nepal.
Nepal elected to bowl and saw Aaron Johnson return to the hut early on before Rayyan Pathan retired hurt having faced one ball.
However, Canada were not daunted as Navneet Dhaliwal and Kirton put on a half-century stand for the second wicket. Heyliger ended not out with 13 runs from seven balls as he and Ravinderpal put on 48 in an unbroken stand.
The right-arm medium pacer Heyliger came on as first change for Canada in the bowling innings, taking a wicket with his first ball before going for 17 off the next five balls of his first over.
The 34-year-old soon settled ending with match-best figures from just 15 balls as Nepal were dismissed for just 120. Kushal Malla top-scored with 37 off 30 as Nepal struggled to build partnerships, with seven batters posting scores in the single digits.
Papua New Guinea vs Oman in Tarouba, Trinidad
Oman chased down Papua New Guinea’s total of 137 with five balls to spare to win their warm-up match by three wickets.
Having been put into bat, PNG found scoring tough going. Lega Siaka posted their highest score, 28 off 20 balls, before being dismissed to leave his side at 55 for three. A late cameo of 17 from 10 balls from Alei Nao pushed PNG to 137 from their 20 overs as captain Aqib Ilyas disrupted the middle order with three wickets for 22.
Having already delivered with the ball, Zeeshan Maqsood then impressed with the bat. The all-rounder had conceded just one boundary off his three overs of left-arm spin before making 45 from 42 balls.
It was Mohammad Nadeem who provided Oman some much-needed impetus. With four boundaries off the penultimate over, he ended with 22 from 11 before Mehran Khan hit the winning runs in the final over.
Uganda vs Namibia in Tarouba, Trinidad
An unbeaten half-century from Roger Mukasa was not enough to see Uganda over the line. Namibia triumphed by five wickets, thanks to a knock of 54 from Niko Davin.
In the battle between two African teams, Uganda were put into bat with opener Robinson Obuya leading the charge. He made 38 from 27 before Mukasa took over, posting 51 from 41 balls including six fours and one six. Bernard Scholtz was the pick of the Namibian bowlers, going for just 16 runs from his four overs and picking up two wickets.
Davin expertly steered the chase of 134, compiling a masterful half-century, including five sixes. He and JP Kotze put on the highest partnership of the day with 85 before Namibia wobbled with Davin’s dismissal immediately followed by a duck for Merwe Erasmus.
However, JJ Smit saw off the remaining total to end on 21 not out and hand Namibia the victory.
(ICC media release)
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