troll3y
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The ten-team tournament commenced today, with the best of the Associates and Affiliates vying for the two remaining places among the big boys in the 2015 World Cup (one qualifying team in each WC group). Sadly, we'll be lucky if the ICC decides to stream the last three matches of the series, so everyone is relying on textual updates for these games. The first round of matches saw a couple of upsets:
Hong Kong 263/7 (50) Irfan Ahmed 75 (123), Tanwir Afzal 42 (38), Wardlaw 10-0-57-3
Scotland 246 (48.4/50 ov) Mommsen 118, Nadeem Ahmed 9.4-1-37-4, Haseeb Amjad 9-1-53-3
Hong Kong won by 17 runs
Not expected after Scotland's strong warm-up games. They did well, but not well enough. Safyaan Sharif bowled four maidens in his 0/37, but runs leaked elsewhere. Their second-highest score with the bat after Mommsen was 34. Hong Kong's bowling lineup has adjusted well after Munir Dar's recent suspension.
Kenya 249/9 (50) C Obuya 106 (120), T Odoyo 42* (34), Haoda 9-0-50-4
P.N.G. 250/2 (42.5/50 ov) Siaka 103 (83), Vala 105* (109)
P.N.G. won by 8 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
His warm-up games weren't successful, but Collins Obuya flourished when it mattered. Even with a typical Thomas Odoyo cameo towards the end of the innings, it went in vain. Opener Lega Siaka and Brisbane Heat recruit Assad Vala put on 154 in 136 balls to waltz PNG home.
U.A.E. 297/8 (50) Shaiman Anwar 109 (96), Patil 74 (78), Regmi 10-0-43-3
Nepal 195 (48.1/50 ov) Vesawkar 54 (87), Kamran Shazad 10-0-46-3
U.A.E. won by 102 runs
Shaiman Anwar and Swapnil Patil put on 145 in the middle overs to post the highest score in the competition so far. Nepal lost their top five for 53 runs, though almost managed to bat our their 50 overs with helpful contributions from the lower order.
Uganda 152 (46.1) Mukasa 44 (56), Mutyagaba 36 (77), Rippon 10-4-4/15
Netherlands 155/3 (30.1/50 ov) Barresi 61* (70), Borren 50 (56)
Netherlands won by 7 wickets (with 119 balls remaining)
Uganda were a solid 76/0 before only managing to double their score in their whole-innings collapse, with Michael Rippon's tricky spin leading the charge. The Dutch batters started too well for the result to ever be in doubt.
Canada and Namibia get their campaigns under way in the next round of games on Wednesday.
Hong Kong 263/7 (50) Irfan Ahmed 75 (123), Tanwir Afzal 42 (38), Wardlaw 10-0-57-3
Scotland 246 (48.4/50 ov) Mommsen 118, Nadeem Ahmed 9.4-1-37-4, Haseeb Amjad 9-1-53-3
Hong Kong won by 17 runs
Not expected after Scotland's strong warm-up games. They did well, but not well enough. Safyaan Sharif bowled four maidens in his 0/37, but runs leaked elsewhere. Their second-highest score with the bat after Mommsen was 34. Hong Kong's bowling lineup has adjusted well after Munir Dar's recent suspension.
Kenya 249/9 (50) C Obuya 106 (120), T Odoyo 42* (34), Haoda 9-0-50-4
P.N.G. 250/2 (42.5/50 ov) Siaka 103 (83), Vala 105* (109)
P.N.G. won by 8 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
His warm-up games weren't successful, but Collins Obuya flourished when it mattered. Even with a typical Thomas Odoyo cameo towards the end of the innings, it went in vain. Opener Lega Siaka and Brisbane Heat recruit Assad Vala put on 154 in 136 balls to waltz PNG home.
U.A.E. 297/8 (50) Shaiman Anwar 109 (96), Patil 74 (78), Regmi 10-0-43-3
Nepal 195 (48.1/50 ov) Vesawkar 54 (87), Kamran Shazad 10-0-46-3
U.A.E. won by 102 runs
Shaiman Anwar and Swapnil Patil put on 145 in the middle overs to post the highest score in the competition so far. Nepal lost their top five for 53 runs, though almost managed to bat our their 50 overs with helpful contributions from the lower order.
Uganda 152 (46.1) Mukasa 44 (56), Mutyagaba 36 (77), Rippon 10-4-4/15
Netherlands 155/3 (30.1/50 ov) Barresi 61* (70), Borren 50 (56)
Netherlands won by 7 wickets (with 119 balls remaining)
Uganda were a solid 76/0 before only managing to double their score in their whole-innings collapse, with Michael Rippon's tricky spin leading the charge. The Dutch batters started too well for the result to ever be in doubt.
Canada and Namibia get their campaigns under way in the next round of games on Wednesday.