Namibia beat Uganda by 38 runs

Namibia beat Uganda by 38 runs to move up to third position in Group A at the ICC World T20 qualifiers on Sunday.

Namibia are now fourth in Group A on eight points from seven matches, with Ireland leading on 13 points, Hong Kong second on 10 points and UAE third on 10 points.

Namibia won the toss and elected to bat against Uganda. LP van der Westhuizen was the first batsman out for 9 runs and when Raymond van Schoor and Craig Williams were both dismissed for 11, Namibia were struggling at 45 runs for three wickets.

Nicolaas Scholtz however joined captain Sarel Burger to put Namibia back on track with 62-run partnership.

Scholtz was eventually dismissed for a top score of 38 runs off 31 balls, while Burger was out for 34 off 39 balls.

Further down the order, JP Kotze scored three and Gerhard Erasmus six, while Christi Viljoen was not out on four and Louis Klazinga not out on one as Namibia reached 125 for seven off their 20 overs.

It didn’t seem like much of a total, but Uganda were bogged down by Namibia’s bowling while they lost wickets at regular intervals.

Louis Klazinga got the initial breakthrough, dismissing Hamu Bagenda (8) and Hamza Almuzahim (0) off successive balls, and when Christi Viljoen dismissed Roger Mukasa for a duck, Uganda had crashed to 13 for three wickets.

Phillimon Selowa (35) and Davis Arinaitwe (11) gave Uganda brief hope, but Namibia’s bowlers struck back as Uganda lost their last five wickets for only 17 runs, as they reached 87 for nine wickets off their 20 overs.

LP van der Westhuizen, who took three wickets for 12 runs, and Bernard Scholtz with three wickets for 18 runs were Namibia’s best bowlers.

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