The 14th fixture of ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2019 will be played between the hosts Namibia and Hong Kong at Affies Park, Windhoek on Friday noon. The competition is in its business end and the final will be played on Saturday, along with the third place and fifth place playoffs. Both Hong Kong and Namibia are placed in the middle of the table and would be hoping for a win in the final round of fixtures.
With two wins and two defeats in four encounters, Namibia is placed third in the ladder. They started their campaign with 3 wickets win over Papua New Guinea but haven’t been consistent with their performance. They suffered 4 wickets loss in their last encounter against Oman and would be looking to come back stronger against Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, on the other side, is placed fourth with just one win in four games. After starting their campaign with 7 wickets win over Canada, they kind of lost the rhythm and have faced three defeats in the last three encounters.
Affies Park, Windhoek
April 26, Friday at 01:00 PM IST
Hong Kong- L, L, L, W
Namibia- L, W, L, W
*recent first
Hong Kong –
Scott McKechnie, Ehsan Nawaz, Jamie Atkinson(w), Kinchit Shah, Ahsan Abbasi, Tanwir Afzal, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Babar Hayat, Shahid Wasif, Tanveer Ahmed, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Anshuman Rath(c), Jhatavedh Subramanyan
Namibia-
Craig Williams, Christi Viljoen, Stephan Baard, JP Kotze, Jean Bredenkamp, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Bernard Scholtz, Zane Green(w), Zhivago Groenewald
Hong Kong-
Anshuman Rath (c), Tanveer Ahmed, Jamie Atkinson (wk), Aizaz Khan, Tanwir Afzal, Shahid Wasif, Ahsan Abbasi, Ehsan Khan, Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Mohammad Ghazanfar
Namibia-
Christi Viljoen, Zhivago Groenewald, Craig Williams, Stephan Baard, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, Bernard Scholtz, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Jean Bredenkamp
Hong Kong-
Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat and Kinchit Shah have been in the runs for the side
A Rath and B Hayat have struck the fifties for the side
Ehasan Khan and Kinchit Shah have bagged four wickets each
Namibia-
Jean Bredenkamp, skipper Gerhard Erasmus, Craig Williams, Stephen Baard and JJ Smit have contributed with the bat from time to time.
Gerhard Erasmus and Stephen Baard have slammed 90+ while the rest have scored the fifties at different situations
J J Smit and Jan Frylinck share 6 wickets each while Zhivago Groenewald has four scalps in his bag
Team 1:
Wicketkeeper- J Atkinson
Batsmen- B Hayat, A Rath, G Erasmus, S Baard, J Frylinck
All-rounder- K Shah, C Williams
Bowlers-Ehsan Khan, J Smit, Z Groenewald
Captain- K Shah & Vice-captain- J Smit
Team 2:
Wicketkeeper- J Atkinson
Batsmen- B Hayat, A Rath, G Erasmus, S Baard, J Frylinck
All-rounder- K Shah, C Williams
Bowlers-Ehsan Khan, J Smit, Z Groenewald
Captain- A Rath & Vice-captain- G Erasmus