Eagles trump USA in last clash

Tielman van LillWindhoekThe Cricket World Cup League 2 competition is something of the past for the USA team. They concluded their 36 games on Saturday with 35 points, in third place on the log. Namibia is fourth with 32 points but has 10 matches left.The Richelieu Eagles (212 runs for four wickets in 44.4 overs) peaked at the right moment to beat the USA (211/7 in 50) by six wickets in the last one-day international match of the Castle Lite Tri-series of the Cricket World Cup League 2 competition on Saturday afternoon at Wanderers in Pionierspark.The USA was sent in to bat first but could not master the Eagles’ bowling attack. Their top-five batters could only put 87 runs on the scoreboard, while the remaining five added 124 to their total, which includes 19x4 and 1x6.Ian Holland contributed 40, while Nosthush Kenjige (38*) and Gajanand Singh (36) played good cricket as well.JJ Smit and Bernard Scholtz each took three wickets for the Eagles, and Ruben Trumpelmann took one.WinnersNamibia’s runs came from Divan la Cock (59), Nicol Loftie-Eaton (43*), Gerhard Erasmus (41), Michael van Lingen (33), Lo-han Louwrens (25), and Jan Freylinck (9). Their knock includes 21x4 and 5x6. For the USA, Holland secured two wickets, Jessy Singh (1) and Nisarg Patel (1).Loftie-Eaton scooped up the Man of the Match award with his 43 runs and three catches.Namibia and the USA both won three matches in the past week but based on their net run rates of 1.15, the USA are the winner.Assad Vala, the captain of Papua New Guinea, scooped up the Best Batter of the Series award with 236 and the highest total of 94 runs, while Tangeni Lungameni of Namibia took the Best Bowler award with nine wickets and a six-wicket haul for 42 runs in one match and secured the Player of the Series trophy.Log: 1 Oman 36 games (44 points), Scotland 28 (40 p), 3 USA 36 (35 p), 4 Namibia 26 (32 p), 5 United Arab Emirates 26 (27 p), 6 Nepal 20 (17 p), 4 PNG 28 (5 p).tielman@republikein.com.na

Eagles trump USA in last clash

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Eagles trump USA in last clash

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