Nam beat Canada by eight wickets

NAMIBIA comfortably beat Canada by eight wickets in their ICC Intercontinental Cup match at the Wanderers grounds yesterday.

After dismissing Canada for 295 in their second innings, Namibia easily reached the winning target of 102 runs with the loss of only two wickets. Namibia took control of the match from the start when they posted a formidable first innings total of 480 runs.Namibia lost JB Burger early for only 9, while Michael Durandt added 19 and Gerrie Snyman 35.When Deon Kotze went for a duck, Namibia were struggling at 135/5.New cap Raymond van Schoor however hit a patient 46, while captain Bjorn Kotze put Namibia in control with a superb innings of 163.He shared a 94-run partnership with Nicolaas Scholtz, who was out for 64, and then a 100-run partnership with Tobie Verwey, who scored 61.Kotze was eventually out for 163, while Kola Burger addded 47 and Louis Klazinga 19 not out as Namibia declared at 480/9.Henry Osinde was Canada’s best bowler, taking 5/136 off 35 overs.Canada lost three early wickets with Abdul Jabbar going for 2, TC Bastiampillai for 13 and Quaser Ali for 19, before Mohammed Iqbal and AL Kandappah rebuilt the innings with a 149-run partnership for the fourth wicket.But when Iqbal was dismissed for 140 and Kandappah for 60, Canada’s innings crumbled as the remaining six wickets went for 54 runs as they were all out for 286.Gerrie Snyman was Namibia’s main wicket taker with 4/63 off 15 overs, while Louis Klazinga took 2/27 and Ian van Zyl 3/56.Canada were forced to follow on and things did not go much better in their second innings.Louis Klazinga dismissed Abdul Jabbar for 15 and then once again struck to break a 125-run second wicket stand between Mohammed Iqbal and TC Bastiampillai.Klazinga had Iqbal LBW for 88 and Bastiampillai caught behind for 62 to leave Canada at 3/192.From there on wickets fell regularly as only Dhaniram (31) and Shamshudeen (25) could offer much resistance.Canada were bowled out for 295, with Klazinga taking 4/55 off 22 overs and Gerrie Snyman 3/53 off 14 overs.In their second innings, Namibia lost Raymond van Schoor early, caught behind for 2, and Michael Durant run out for 7, but JB Burger (44 not out) and Gerrie Snyman (38 not out) took them to a comfortable eight-wicket victory.www.namibiasport.com.naNamibia took control of the match from the start when they posted a formidable first innings total of 480 runs.Namibia lost JB Burger early for only 9, while Michael Durandt added 19 and Gerrie Snyman 35.When Deon Kotze went for a duck, Namibia were struggling at 135/5.New cap Raymond van Schoor however hit a patient 46, while captain Bjorn Kotze put Namibia in control with a superb innings of 163.He shared a 94-run partnership with Nicolaas Scholtz, who was out for 64, and then a 100-run partnership with Tobie Verwey, who scored 61.Kotze was eventually out for 163, while Kola Burger addded 47 and Louis Klazinga 19 not out as Namibia declared at 480/9.Henry Osinde was Canada’s best bowler, taking 5/136 off 35 overs.Canada lost three early wickets with Abdul Jabbar going for 2, TC Bastiampillai for 13 and Quaser Ali for 19, before Mohammed Iqbal and AL Kandappah rebuilt the innings with a 149-run partnership for the fourth wicket.But when Iqbal was dismissed for 140 and Kandappah for 60, Canada’s innings crumbled as the remaining six wickets went for 54 runs as they were all out for 286.Gerrie Snyman was Namibia’s main wicket taker with 4/63 off 15 overs, while Louis Klazinga took 2/27 and Ian van Zyl 3/56.Canada were forced to follow on and things did not go much better in their second innings.Louis Klazinga dismissed Abdul Jabbar for 15 and then once again struck to break a 125-run second wicket stand between Mohammed Iqbal and TC Bastiampillai.Klazinga had Iqbal LBW for 88 and Bastiampillai caught behind for 62 to leave Canada at 3/192.From there on wickets fell regularly as only Dhaniram (31) and Shamshudeen (25) could offer much resistance.Canada were bowled out for 295, with Klazinga taking 4/55 off 22 overs and Gerrie Snyman 3/53 off 14 overs.In their second innings, Namibia lost Raymond van Schoor early, caught behind for 2, and Michael Durant run out for 7, but JB Burger (44 not out) and Gerrie Snyman (38 not out) took them to a comfortable eight-wicket victory.www.namibiasport.com.na