By Ravendra Madholall
Torrential showers compelled the abandonment of the primary T20 between Canada and host-nation Namibia final Tuesday.
The 2 international locations are scheduled to play a five-match sequence with the second encounter billed for Wednesday.
After a number of inspections by the 2 ruling umpires Claus Schumacher and Ewond Lassen, the outfield was deemed unplayable.
In the meantime, Namibia defeated Canada by an exhilarating, 12-run margin to complete off one other sequence within the ongoing Worldwide Cricket Council Males’s 50-overs Cricket World Cup League 2 sequence, which included the Netherlands as nicely.
Final Saturday, Canada gained the toss and opted to bowl first after which restricted Namibia to 186 all out in 49-overs. Canada was set a revised goal of 167 from 43 overs however solely managed 154 all out within the penultimate over. The Duckworth Lewis Stein was launched as a consequence of few rain interruptions.
Seasoned campaigner Yuvraj Samra struck a combative, 74-ball 53 for Canada whereas Navneet Dhaliwal supplied regular help with 25 to be the opposite finest batter for the North People.
The Canadians had been suffering from off-spinner and skipper Gerhard Eramus who bought the preliminary breakthrough and completed with 4-32 from eight tidy overs on a responsive pitch.
When the home-team batted, J.P. Kotze hit a top-score of 48 whereas Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and Nicolaas David contributed 47 and 33 respectively.
Full of life left-arm pacer Kaleem Sana grabbed 4 wickets for 29 runs from seven overs whereas Canadian left-arm orthodox spinner Shahid Ahmadzai additionally picked up 4 wickets whereas conceding 33 runs from six overs.
The World League 2 options eight groups, which embrace Nepal, Oman, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates, with both sides taking part in 36 one-day internationals unfold throughout 9 triangular sequence by December 2026.
The highest 4 groups will transfer on to a 10-country World Cup Qualifier that sends the final 4 groups to the 2027 World Cup to be held collectively by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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