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| July 3, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1426 |
Scotland thrash Oman in ICC Trophy opener
BELFAST (Ireland), July 2: Scotland got their ICC Trophy campaign off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Oman on Friday. At the World Cup qualifying tournament in Ireland, the Scots dismissed their opponents for 83 in the Group ‘A’ fixture.
Scotland reached 84 for loss of four wickets in under 19 overs to win by six wickets.
Man-of-the-Match Paul Hoffman took six wickets for 12 runs off eight overs, including three maidens, and hit 39 to help Scotland to an easy victory.
Hoffman said: “The ball was moving about quite a bit early on and conditions just suited my kind of bowling down to the ground. When we batted, important thing was to increase our run rate to as high a rate as possible in case it becomes an issue in future.”
In Group ‘B’, Holland had a similarly straight-forward win over Papua New Guinea.
The Dutch reached their target inside 15 overs for loss of just one wicket after Edgar Schiferli (5-20) and Ryan ten Doeschate (4-18) had bowled out their opponents for just 69.
In another game in Group ‘A’ match, Canada set Namibia a target of 285, but Africans fell just short at 282.
John Davison was Canada’s hero with a 93-ball 125. The skipper bludgeoned 16 fours and five massive sixes. Ian Billcliff weighed in with 90 while helping Davison add 169 for the third wicket.
Meanwhile, hosts Ireland opened Group ‘B’ with a 97-run thrashing of Bermuda.
Friday’s results:
Group ‘A’:
At Stormont: Ireland beat Bermuda by 97 runs.
IRELAND 315-8 in 50 overs (E.C. Joyce 103, E.J.G. Morgan 93; D.C. Borden 2-34, L.O. Cann 2-38, J.J. Tucker 2-55); BERMUDA 218-6 in 50 overs (J.J. Tucker 53 not out, O.L. Pitcher 40).
At Eglinton: Canada beat Namibia by two runs.
CANADA 284 in 48.1 overs (J.M. Davison 125, I.S. Billcliff 90; S.F. Burger 3-58, K.B. Burger 3-60, A.J. Burger 2-20); NAMIBIA 282 in 49 overs (D. Keulder 83, S.F. Burger 42, L.J. Burger 33, S.J. Swanepoel 31; K.T. Sandher 5-56, G.R. Codrington 2-33).
At Muckamore: Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs.
DENMARK 196-8 in 50 overs (R.J.A. Malcolm-Hansen 71; K. Kamyuka 4-39, N. Bibodi 3-53); UGANDA 168 in 48.5 overs (K. Kamyuka 59; T.M. Hansen 6-30A.B. Chawla 2-19, D. Borchersen 2-30).
Group ‘B’:
At Osborne Park: Holland beat Papua New Guinea by nine wickets.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 69 in 25.1 overs (E. Schiferli 5-20, R.N. ten Doeschate 4-18); HOLLAND 71-1 in 14.4 overs D.L.S. van Bunge 36 not out, B. Zuiderant 31 not out).
At Shaw’s Bridge: Scotland beat Oman by six wickets.
OMAN 83 in 28.2 overs (Azhar Ali 32; O.J.C. Hoffman 6-12, J.D. Nel 3-22); SCOTLAND 84-4 in 18.3 overs (P.J.C. Hoffman 39; H.J. Mehta 3-17).
At Downpatrick: UAE beat USA by 55 runs.
UAE 200 in 39.5 overs (Khurram Khan 79; H.A.G. Anthony 5-46, Imran Awan 3-29, R.W. Staple 2-5); USA 145 in 40.5 overs (Imran awan 30; Ahmed Nadeem 5-32, Khurram Khan 3-23, Syed Maqsood 2-37).—Agencies
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