Namibia and Zimbabwe Nail Biter

With Namibia performing in front of their home crowd and desperate for a win on the second day of the competition it was always going to be an interesting competition.

With Namibia winning the toss they asked Zimbabwe to bat first. Coventry got off to a flyer scoring 89 off 68 balls in 77 minutes. Unfortunately he was not well supported with Rennie, Maregwede and Sims going out for less than 5 runs between them.

Namibia confidently went into bat after lunch, chasing a target of 188. It seemed as if they could not lose. But with Deon Kotze scoring 41 runs off 82 balls and the only other significant contribution from Riaan Walters, who scored 39 off 53, Namibia was unable to form the batting partnerships required. It went to the wire with Namibia requiring 22 runs off 22 balls. The home crowd held their breath but Zimbabwe kept it tight and the host nation finally succumbed to a score of 181, falling short by 8 runs.

Kenya Beat Canada by 101 runs

Canada won the toss and chose to field first. Going on to take 4 wickets for less than 60 runs. Oduyo came in at 5 and went on to score 60 runs off 60 balls, ably supported by Mody, who himself scored 46 runs off 73 balls. Kenya finally posted a total of 239 runs with 8 wickets falling.

The best bowling performance was by Patel who took 2 for 24 off six overs.

Canada's performance lacked lustre with Codrington top scoring 32 off 33 balls, the second highest being the Captain Harris 28 runs off 40 balls.

The result was Canada lost by 101 runs gaining Kenya their second bonus point of the tournament.

Sri Lanka A shows their class

After a comprehensive victory against Namibia the previous day, Sri Lanka A continued to show the superiority of a test nation. Holland won the toss choosing to field first. Gunarwarden was first up but showed little of the class of yesterday caught for 5 runs off 13 balls. However poor fielding and missed opportunities allowed Sri Lanka A back in the game, finally scoring 253 for 5.

Sri Lanka A came out from lunch, with all guns blazing destroying Holland's top order. At one stage Holland's scorecard was 61 for 7 however a gutsy performance by Schiferli who scored 29 runs off 31 balls and JJ Esmeyer who also contributed with 39 runs meant the final total was 115 all out. Sri Lanka A with this top class performance guaranteed their second bonus point of the tournament, moving them to the top of the tournament.

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