Namibia top in WC qualifiers

NAMIBIA overcame a determined Uganda by three wickets to win the final of the ICC Africa/EAP under-19 World Cup qualifiers played at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, South Africa, on Saturday.

Both teams had already qualified for next year’s tournament in Sri Lanka. Uganda won the toss, but their batsmen were put under immediate pressure by the Namibian bowlers.Henno Prinsloo bowled with pace and bounce and Marc Olivier claimed early wickets to finish with 3 for 27 from his 10 overs.Ronald Semanda (29 off 55 balls) was the only Ugandan to offer much resistance and when Prinsloo (3 for 16 off 8.3) was reintroduced, the Ugandan innings subsided for 139.Namibia started nervously and the Ugandans, whose fielding has been outstanding throughout the tournament, applied the pressure.Player of the Tournament LP Van der Westhuizen was picked up cheaply, but ST Ackermann (38) and Dawid Botha (28) set up the victory.As the winning runs were hit in the 44th over, the Namibians were jubilant while the Ugandans were left to rue their first loss of the tournament.-cricinfo.comUganda won the toss, but their batsmen were put under immediate pressure by the Namibian bowlers.Henno Prinsloo bowled with pace and bounce and Marc Olivier claimed early wickets to finish with 3 for 27 from his 10 overs.Ronald Semanda (29 off 55 balls) was the only Ugandan to offer much resistance and when Prinsloo (3 for 16 off 8.3) was reintroduced, the Ugandan innings subsided for 139.Namibia started nervously and the Ugandans, whose fielding has been outstanding throughout the tournament, applied the pressure.Player of the Tournament LP Van der Westhuizen was picked up cheaply, but ST Ackermann (38) and Dawid Botha (28) set up the victory.As the winning runs were hit in the 44th over, the Namibians were jubilant while the Ugandans were left to rue their first loss of the tournament.-cricinfo.com