ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Match 62: United Arab Emirates beat Namibia by 3 wickets

Namibia’s David Wiese (67) and Jan Frylinck (57*) dug Namibia out of another almost impossible position at 83-7, to post 206/8 against UAE today, in Match 62, of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. However, the UAE, after being in a similar position at 53-6, managed to secure a win by 3 wickets, thanks to Basil Hameed (62) and Kashif Daud (76*).

 

Match Summary

United Arab Emirates vs Namibia, Match 62, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2

United Arab Emirates 207/7 (47.1 ov)

Namibia 206/8 (50 ov)

Result - United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets

Scorecard

 

It’s all over in Dubai as UAE emerged as victors in an ICC Men’s @cricketworldcup League 2 thriller ??

Namibia looked well on top, but a brilliant 148-run seventh-wicket stand between Basil Hameed and Kashif Daud has won it for the hosts ??#UAEvNAM | https://t.co/gEFETvVBqZ pic.twitter.com/r6pttJwVDV

— ICC (@ICC) March 8, 2022

 

Match Stats

Namibia Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Stephan Baard - 8.4 ov), 2-26 (Craig Williams - 9.4 ov), 3-28 (Michael van Lingen - 12.5 ov), 4-30 (Karl Birkenstock - 14.3 ov), 5-49 (Jonathan Smit - 20.2 ov), 6-49 (Gerhard Erasmus - 21.2 ov), 7-83 (Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton - 29.1 ov), 8-198 (David Wiese - 49.3 ov)

United Arab Emirates Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Vriitya Aravind - 7.4 ov), 2-32 (Chundangapoyil Rizwan - 9.1 ov), 3-37 (Chirag Suri - 11.1 ov), 4-38 (Asif-khan - 11.3 ov), 5-51 (Waseem Muhammad - 18.2 ov), 6-53 (Rohan Mustafa - 19.2 ov), 7-201 (Basil Hameed - 45.2 ov)

 

Playing XIs

United Arab Emirates - Waseem Muhammad, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind(wk), CP Rizwan, Asif Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Basil Hameed, Kashif Daud, Ahmed Raza(c), Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique

Namibia - Stephan Baard, Craig Williams, Michael van Lingen, Gerhard Erasmus(c), JJ Smit, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jan Frylinck, Nicol Loftie-Eaton(wk), Karl Birkenstock, Tangeni Lungameni

 

Match Details

Start Time: 05:30

Toss: United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to field

Venue: ICC Academy Oval 1, Dubai

Officials: Wendell Labrooy, Adrian Holdstock, Akbar Ali

 

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