ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

[AfghanCricFan]

Afghanistan leaking runs, one of NL out and Tom Cooper is at the crease.

[OutStumped]

Hattrick for Shakti Gauchan of Nepal against Denmark. Well done!

[OutStumped]

LP van der Westhuizen of Namibia scored 106* - 54 Balls against Scotland propelling them to 192 in 20 overs. Good performances in the T20 Qualifiers.

[Sir john]

Well played westhu namibia to win :cheer:

[skindia]

LP van der Westhuizen made 145 in 50 balls in november against kenya too

[Raghav_12]

Sir john .. you might as well posted all your posts in a word document..in your local pc. lol

:hysterical::hysterical: Top class comment..

[Zelig]

We're back! http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-twenty20-qualifier-2012/engine/current/match/546414.html

[Sir john]

Uganda nd namibia wins

[AfghanCricFan]

We are # 8 in ICC T20 world ranking , ahead of us Pakistan and India (watch out )

[jairamesh]

Nepal, two of two B->

[Sir john]

Thrillers and thrashings on day two

The second day of play in the World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE saw a mixed bag of matches. Some were rather one-sided, whilst others went right down to the last over. The one-sided match in the morning, other than the Ireland v Kenya contest, was the Bermuda v Hong Kong match at the secondary ground of the global cricket academy. Batting first after winning the toss, Bermuda's innings was built around a run a ball 43 from skipper David Hemp, and boosted by some late innings hitting from Janeiro Tucker and Kamau Leverock to take the total to 161-5, usually a pretty tough target. Hong Kong had other ideas though. Whilst they lost Babar Hayat in the first over, the second wicket pair of Irfan Ahmed and Durham University player Jamie Atkinson put on 113 before Ahmed was out for 50. Atkinson carried on from there, eventually finishing on 87 not out off 55 balls, hitting a six to take Hong Kong past their target for an eight wicket win. It was a much closer contest on the main global cricket academy ground, as Canada took on Papua New Guinea. Batting first after Rizwan Cheema won the toss, Canada reached 167-5 from their 20 overs, the Ontario born 17 year old Nitish Kumar top scoring with 57 from 44 balls. PNG started slowly, but kept wickets in hand, enabling them to increase the scoring rate as their innings progressed. Asad Vala scored 52, sharing in a 40 run partnership for the second wicket with Geraint Jones, who broke a run of low scores in international cricket with 39 from 32 balls. It wasn't enough for PNG though, as they fell just six runs short of the Canadian total. Over in Abu Dhabi, the game between Italy and the USA also went down to the last over, with some tight death bowling from the Italians ensuring that they picked up a second win of the tournament. They lost the experienced Michael Di Venuto in the second over, but thanks to a quick-fire 49 from 28 balls from Carl Sandri, managed to score a below-par 137-6 from their 20 overs. The USA run chase got off to the worst possible start when captain Sushil Nadkarni was caught behind from the first ball of the innings, and from then on, no batsmen managed to get a start. The low Italian score though meant that they were never far from the hunt, and they ended up needing 34 from the last four overs - not an impossible run chase in Twenty20 cricket. Gareth Berg only conceded six in the 17th over, followed by Damien Crowley going for four and taking a wicket in the 18th. 24 needed from two overs, and Vince Pennazza went for just three from the penultimate over. A four and a six from the first two balls of Gareth Berg's final over briefly raised US hopes, but the Middlesex all-rounder held his nerve and went for just four more runs, and Italy had won by 8 runs. If any of the players in that match had hung around Abu Dhabi for the afternoon game between Namibia and Scotland, they would have been treated to what, had it been in a higher profile match, be hailed as one of the all time great Twenty20 innings. Louis van der Westhuzien, who has made a habit of hitting Twenty20 centuries in recent months, hit the ball to all parts of the impressive Abu Dhabi ground, but using only proper cricket shots, never slogging once. His chanceless innings started with a dot ball, but there wasn't many of them in the rest of his knock as he hit 106 from just 54 balls to take Namibia to a formidable 192-3 from 20 overs. Whilst it wasn't as brutal as his 145 from 50 balls against Kenya in November, van der Westhuizen's innings will remain long in the memory for the few who saw it. Scotland were always going to struggle to chase such a large target, and they were restricted to 143-8 from their 20 overs, van der Westhuzien showing he wasn't just a one trick pony by taking two wickets to complete a fine all-round performance, and he was the obvious choice for the man of the match award. On any other day, the headlines would have been from the Denmark v Nepal match at the global cricket academy. Nepali leg-spinner Shakti Gauchan took a hat-trick in the Danish innings, from which they were unable to recover, being bowled out for just 82, Gauchan finishing with 4-20. Paresh Lohani was dismissed early in the Nepal innings, but his opening partner Pradeep Airee took command of the innings, smashing an unbeaten 65 from 43 balls, ending the match with a six to secure a nine wicket win. On the secondary ground of the global cricket academy, Oman batted first after winning the toss against Uganda. They reached 128-8 from their 20 overs, Zeeshan Siddiqui top scoring with 30. Davis Arinaitwe was the pick of the Ugandan bowlers with 3-21. Uganda's chase was built around a run a ball 45 from opener Roger Mukasa, and they survived a spell of tight bowling in the middle overs to reach their target with five balls to spare, winning by three wickets.

[Sir john]

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 20th Match, Group A: Afghanistan v Denmark at Sharjah - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Live scorecard 17th Match, Group A: Canada v Hong Kong at Dubai (GCA) - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Live scorecard 19th Match, Group B: Ireland v Italy at Abu Dhabi - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Live scorecard 18th Match, Group B: Namibia v United States of America at Dubai (GCA2) - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Live scorecard 23rd Match, Group A: Bermuda v Netherlands at Abu Dhabi - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT) Live scorecard 22nd Match, Group B: Kenya v Oman at Dubai (GCA2) - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT) Live scorecard 24th Match, Group A: Nepal v Papua New Guinea at Sharjah - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT) Live scorecard 21st Match, Group B: Scotland v Uganda at Dubai (GCA) - Mar 15, 2012 Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT) Live scorecard

today matches

[Sir john]

losers team still have chance to reach final.

[AfghanCricFan]

losers team still have chance to reach final.

losers yes kenya no just messing with u bro

[khanjee]

USA loses again..our boy Bhatti didnt do much..

[Sir john]

kenya wins B->

[Zelig]

Ireland beat Italy. I cried and smiled, as I'm half-Italian n half-Irish :yay::sniffle:

[Sir john]

Ireland beat Italy. I cried and smiled, as I'm half-Italian n half-Irish :yay::sniffle:

:WTF::hmmmm::hmmmm2:

[Sir john]

Papua New Guinea and Kenya off the mark; USA and Oman still winless

Day three in the UAE saw Papua New Guinea and Kenya record their first wins of the tournament, with PNG beating the so far unbeaten Nepal. Papua New Guinea's win over Nepal came in the afternoon game at Sharjah, with the EAP side batting first after Nepal captain Paras Khadka won the toss. Both openers fell cheaply, leaving Geraint Jones to provide some backbone to the innings. Jones made a measured 32 from 35 balls, but the team were scoring slowly and were on just 61-4 when Jone was out in the twelfth over. Chris Amini was able to give some impetus to the innings, scoring 38 from 32 balls, with Jack Vare clubbing 19 from 8 balls to help take PNG to 137-8 from their 20 overs. Nepal's often inconsistent batting saw one of their poor displays today, as only Prithu Baskota was able to get a start, scoring 36 not out from 36 balls. They scored way too slowly, and were only able to manage 102-8 from their 20 overs, losing by 35 runs. Over on the secondary global cricket academy ground in Dubai, Kenya recorded their first win of the tournament over Oman, who remained winless as a result. Kenya batted first, with Duncan Allen and Alex Obanda put on a century stand for the opening wicket. Both openers were eventually out stumped, but not before they had both made half-centuries. Rakep Patel then smashed a quick 33 from 16 balls to help take the total to 176-5 from 20 overs. Adnan Ilyas scored 35 from 27 balls at the top of the Oman reply, but they eventually fell short with 141-9 from their 20 overs, losing by 35 runs. Simultaneously on the main global cricket academy ground, Scotland shrugged off yesterday's onslaught from Louis van der Westhuizen with a win over Uganda. Calum MacLeod's innings of 45 was the top score in their total of 170-6 from their 20 overs, with Jonathan Sebanja the pick of the Ugandan bowlers with 3-29. Uganda never really got going in reply, and Majid Haq and Preston Mommsen both took three wickets to help restrict them to 136-9 from their 20 overs, giving Scotland a 34 run win. Earlier in the day on the same ground, Hong Kong were like a different team than that which hammered Bermuda yesterday, only managing 81-8 from their 20 overs. Babar Hayat was the only player to offer any resistance with 36, whilst Junaid Siddiqui was the pick of the Canadian bowlers with 3-17. Hiral Patel made a run a ball 40 in Canada's reply, which ended when Nitish Kumar hit a four through square leg to secure an eight wicket win with six overs to spare. It was a higher scoring and closer game on the secondary academy ground, with Canada's old rivals the USA taking on the undefeated Namibians. And whilst the Americans removed the dangerous Louis van der Westhuzien for just four runs, Namibia still had other batsmen ready to fill his shoes. Raymond van Schoor scored an unbeaten 79 from 55 balls, with Craig Williams scoring 41 from 26 balls to take Namibia to a good total of 177-4 from their 20 overs. USA captain Sushil Nadkarni went for a duck from the first ball of the USA innings yesterday, and he lasted just one ball longer today, and when Nauman Mustafa was also out for a duck in the next over, it was looking like an easy win for Namibia. However Florida native Steven Taylor and Aditya Mishra got the innings back on track with a 64 run partnership for the third wicket before Taylor was out for 21. Mishra then put on 40 with Orlando Baker before he was bowled by Christi Viljoen for 53, scored from 34 balls. Viljoen also picked up the wicket of Baker, who scored 38, and those wickets meant that the USA were unable to accelerate towards the end of their innings, and the fell short, making 160-7 from their 20 overs, losing by 17 runs. It was the also undefeated Afghanistan who recorded the biggest win of the day with a thumping win over Denmark at Sharjah. Their total of 172-5 was built around Karim Sadiq's 60 ball innings of 91, which featured nine fours and five sixes before he was bowled in the 18th over. Denmark were unable to get started in reply as the wickets fell regularly. Karim Sadiq completed a fine all-round performance with 4-12 as Denmark were restricted to 83-9 from their 20 overs, losing by 89 runs.

http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES5/articles/000005/000554.shtml

[Sir john]

today matches

SL Board XI 169 v England XI 6/0 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Bermuda v Canada (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT) Denmark v Netherlands (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT) Namibia v Uganda (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT) Scotland v Oman (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT) Afghanistan v Nepal (14:00 local | 10:00 GMT) Hong Kong v P.N.G. (14:00 local | 10:00 GMT) Ireland v U.S.A. (14:00 local | 10:00 GMT) Italy v Kenya (14:00 local | 10:00 GMT)