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| July 6, 2005 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1426 |
World Cup places beckon ICC Trophy big guns
BELFAST (Ireland), July 5: Top contenders Holland, Scotland and the hosts Ireland took another step closer to the 2007 World Cup after maintaining their unbeaten run in the ICC Trophy competition on Monday.
Ireland survived some anxious moments before pulling off a two-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with just one ball to spare in their Group ‘A’ clash. Their hero was Middlesex batsman Ed Joyce, who hit an undefeated 115 – his second century in the ongoing tournament.
Pace bowler Ali Asad Abbas gave UAE the ideal start by taking three early wickets as the Irish crashed to 23 for four. But Joyce and all-rounder Trent Johnston (67) came together in a fifth-wicket partnership of 122 before Paul Mooney scrambled for the winning run.
In the same group, Irvine Romaine slammed a cavalier half century and Ryan Steede grabbed three wickets to steer Bermuda to their second win, a 93-run triumph over Denmark.
Lionel Cann, whose swashbuckling knock was basis of Bermuda’s victory over UAE in their last game, bolstered lower order with 41 from just 18 balls with five fours and two sixes to give innings impetus.
Uganda, meanwhile, picked up their first win of the tournament with a six-wicket rout of United States of America.
Holland scored their third straight success by defeating their 2003 World Cup rivals Namibia by six wickets after the Africans looked like heading for a respectable total at 148 for five. But fast bowler Edgar Schiferli struck thrice in one over to send the Namibians hurtling to 188 all out.
Pacemen Dougie Brown and John Blain shared eight wickets between them before Scotland completed an ungainly five-wicket win against Papua New Guinea.
Oman put up a far better performance before going down to Canada by a slender margin of two wickets.
Monday’s results:
Group ‘A’:
At Stormont: Ireland beat UAE by two wickets.
UAE 230 in 48.3 overs (Javed Ismail 56, Khurram Khan 53, Syed Maqsood 35; D.T. Johnston 3-45, P.J.K. Mooney 2-39, A.C. Botha 2-46); IRELAND 231-8 in 49.5 overs (E.C. Joyce 115 not out, D.T. Johnston 67; Ali Asad 3-38, Ahmed Nadeem 2-64).
At Lurgan: Uganda beat USA by six wickets.
USA 236-7 in 50 overs (S.J. Massiah 108, R.W. Staple 60; F. Nsubuga 3-33); UGANDA 237-4 in 47.4 overs (J. Olwenyi 76, N. Bibodi 68, H. Saleh 45 not out; S.J. Massiah 2-42).
At Greenisland: Bermuda beat Denmark by 93 runs.
BERMUDA 249-8in 50 overs (I.H. Romaine 53, L.O. Cann 41 not out, C.R. Foggo 32; R.J.A. Malcolm-Hansen 3-38, T.M. Hansen 2-46); DENMARK 156 in 41 overs (T.M. Hansen 51; R.D. Steede 3-3-40, D.M. Leverock 2-26).
Group ‘B’:
At Muckamore: Canada beat Oman by two wickets.
OMAN 184 in 48.5 overs (H.P. Desai 76, Sultan Ahmed 42, Adnan Ilyas 31; Sunil Dhaniram 3-30, K.T. Sandher 3-31); CANADA 187-8 in 41.1 overs (J.M. Davison 74) off 41.1 overs
At Shaw’s Bridge (Belfast): Scotland beat Papua New Guinea by five wickets.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 90 in 35 overs (A. Vala 39; D.R. Brown 4-15, J.A.R. Blain 4-22, H.P.C. Hoffman 2-11); SCOTLAND 92-5 in 19.0 overs (T. Gaudi 3-30, G.G. Keimelo 2-31).
At Osborne Park (Belfast): Holland beat Namibia by six wickets.
NAMIBIA 188 in 49.4 overs (D. Keulder 48, G. Snyman 31; E. Schiferli 4-50, L.P. van Troost 2-20, R.N. ten Doeschate 2-26); HOLLAND 189-4 in 46.5 overs (B. Zuiderent 65 not out, T.N. de Grooth 55; D. Keulder 2-31).—Agencies
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