Namibia

Match report

Namibia 135, UAE 134

Namibia beat the United Arab Emirates 135 to 134 in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 on Thursday. The hosts claimed a one-run victory in front of their own crowd, ending a run of defeats that had seen them lose their last three matches. By then, the pressure had been building on both sides to secure points in this low-scoring tournament.

UAE arrived with momentum after a narrow 332-330 loss to the USA just four days earlier, while Namibia had suffered a 299-298 defeat against the same opposition. Both teams had been trading close results, but the pattern shifted here. To be fair, the visitors had shown they could compete at this level, winning three of their last five matches including victories over Malaysia.

We had tipped the away side at 54 per cent confidence, but the match went another way entirely. There is no value left at that number when the game tightens like this. The hosts had not won since their earlier fixtures, yet they found a way to edge past a side that had looked composed in their recent wins.

The standings tell the wider picture. Namibia sit sixth with 23 matches played, nine victories and 19 points. UAE remain eighth after 20 games, five wins and 10 points. This result keeps the hosts within touching distance of the top positions while extending the visitors' struggles in this campaign.

Prepared from match data

Scorecard

United Arab Emirates — Innings 1

134/10 37.3 ов.

Batting

Batting
Player	R	B	4	6	SR
Tanish Suri — пойман	29	22	2	3	131.8
Adeeb Usmani — пойман	0	3	0	0	0.0
Muhammad Shahdad — выбит	22	45	3	0	48.9
Harpreet Singh — пойман	2	5	0	0	40.0
Rahul Chopra — пойман	28	55	2	0	50.9
Akshdeep Nath — пойман	0	1	0	0	0.0
Aayan Afzal Khan — пойман	22	30	3	0	73.3
Sohaib Khan — пойман	2	14	0	0	14.3
Basil Hameed — остался на поле	11*	28	1	0	39.3
Khuzaima Tanveer — пойман	0	5	0	0	0.0
Ali Naseer — выбит	13	17	1	1	76.5

Extras: 5 (Wides 5)

Bowling

Bowling
Player	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ruben Trumpelmann	8.3	1	43	3	5.05
JJ Smit	10	1	29	4	2.90
Bernard Scholtz	9	1	24	2	2.66
Jack Brassell	9	1	29	1	3.22
Gerhard Erasmus	1	0	9	0	9.00

Fall of wickets: 1–6 (Adeeb Usmani, 1.3 ов.), 2–39 (Tanish Suri, 6.5 ов.), 3–42 (Harpreet Singh, 7.6 ов.), 4–75 (Muhammad Shahdad, 17.6 ов.), 5–76 (Akshdeep Nath, 18.4 ов.), 6–103 (Rahul Chopra, 25.5 ов.), 7–109 (Aayan Afzal Khan, 28.4 ов.), 8–109 (Sohaib Khan, 29.3 ов.), 9–110 (Khuzaima Tanveer, 30.6 ов.), 10–134 (Ali Naseer, 37.3 ов.)

Namibia — Innings 2

13/0 3 ов.

Batting

Batting
Player	R	B	4	6	SR
Michael van Lingen — остался на поле	3*	10	0	0	30.0
Louren Steenkamp — остался на поле	4*	8	1	0	50.0

Extras: 6 (Leg byes 4, Wides 2)

Bowling

Bowling
Player	O	M	R	W	ECO
Khuzaima Tanveer	2	0	8	0	4.00
Ali Naseer	1	0	1	0	1.00

Match prediction: Namibia — United Arab Emirates

Win: United Arab Emirates

Confidence 54%

Reasoning

Намибия — 5. place, 28 points after 30 games (13 wins, 17 losses)
ОАЭ — 8. place, 18 points after 26 games (8 wins, 18 losses)
Намибия, last 5 games: 0 wins, 5 losses
ОАЭ, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 8 games, Намибия — 3, ОАЭ — 5

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