11/06Result

39th Match, ICC World Cricket League Championship at Edinburgh, Jun 11-12 2017

Scotland won by 51 runs (D/L)

'Great to have Mommsen back' - Berrington

2107dPeter Della Penna in Edinburgh

Sole, Sharif lead Scotland's charge to victory

Scotland defeated Namibia by 51 runs on Monday to close Netherlands' advantage at the top of the WCL Championship table down to three points

Match Centre

Match Details

Grange Cricket Club, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

Series

ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015

Toss

Namibia , elected to field first

Season

2017

Hours of play (local time)

10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15 Interval 14.15-15.00, Second Session 15.00-18.30

Match days

11,12 June 2017 (50-over match)

Points

Scotland 2, Namibia 0

Scorecard Summary

SCOTLAND 268/5(43 OVERS)

Richie Berrington110 (90)
Preston Mommsen*49 (35)

Christi Viljoen2/55 (9)
JJ Smit2/43 (9)

NAMIBIA 217(39.4 OVERS)

Zhivago Groenewald42 (20)
Gerhard Erasmus35 (58)

Safyaan Sharif3/40 (8.4)
Chris Sole2/44 (7)

39.4

Sharif to Groenewald, OUT, And that is the win for Scotland. Groenewald smashes the ball high in the air to long on where MacLeod takes the catch. That marks a 51 run win for Scotland. We come back tomorrow for the second game in this series. See you then!

Z Groenewald c MacLeod b Sharif 42 (20b 4x4 2x6) SR: 210.00

39.3

Sharif to Groenewald, 2 runs,

39.2

Sharif to Scholtz, 1 run,

39.1

Sharif to Groenewald, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
39 | 17 Runs | NAM: 213/9 (56 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.46, RRR: 14.00)

Zhivago Groenewald39 (17b)
Bernard Scholtz1 (1b)

Mark Watt6-0-38-1
Safyaan Sharif8-0-36-2

38.6

Watt to Groenewald, 1 run,

38.5

Watt to Groenewald, FOUR,

Match Coverage

All Match News

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Sole, Sharif lead Scotland's charge to victory
Scotland defeated Namibia by 51 runs on Monday to close Netherlands' advantage at the top of the WCL Championship table down to three points
Berrington hundred shores up Scotland before rain takes over
Richie Berrington's third List A century propelled Scotland to 268 for 5 in an innings reduced to 43 overs before rain pushed the match into the reserve day with Namibia 26 for no loss in reply

Videos

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'Great to have Mommsen back' - Berrington
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Namibia INNINGS		R	B
SJ Baard	caught	12	18
LP van der Westhuizen	lbw	33	34
MG Erasmus	caught	35	58
CG Williams	caught	4	7
JN Frylinck	caught	0	5
C Viljoen	caught	18	17
SF Burger	bowled	12	25
ZE Green	lbw	12	26
JJ Smit	caught	30	26
Z Groenewald	caught	42	20
BM Scholtz	not out	2	2
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 1, w 15)
TOTAL	217 (all out; 39.4 ovs)

Scotland BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
AC Evans	8.0	1	34	1	4.25	(3w)
SM Sharif	8.4	0	40	3	4.61	(1w)
CB Sole	7.0	1	44	2	6.28	(5w)
MRJ Watt	6.0	0	38	1	6.33
CD de Lange	7.0	0	44	2	6.28
RD Berrington	3.0	0	15	1	5.00	(2w)

Namibia 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	47	LP van der Westhuizen	SJ Baard
2nd	1	SJ Baard	MG Erasmus
3rd	7	CG Williams	MG Erasmus
4th	1	JN Frylinck	MG Erasmus
5th	26	C Viljoen	MG Erasmus
6th	37	SF Burger	MG Erasmus
7th	14	SF Burger	ZE Green
8th	35	JJ Smit	ZE Green
9th	25	Z Groenewald	JJ Smit
10th	24	BM Scholtz	Z Groenewald

ICC World Cricket League Championship

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NED	14	10	2	22	0.978
SCOT	14	8	3	19	0.849
HKG	14	8	4	18	1.082
PNG	14	8	6	16	-0.379
KENYA	14	6	8	12	-0.551
UAE	14	5	9	10	-0.379
NEP	14	4	9	9	-0.451
NAM	14	3	11	6	-0.602

Grange Cricket Club, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

SCOTLAND 268/5(43 OVERS)

NAMIBIA 217(39.4 OVERS)

END OF OVER:39 | 17 Runs | NAM: 213/9 (56 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.46, RRR: 14.00)

Higher intensity is leading to results - Berrington