Dundee: Scotland defeated Namibia by 47 runs in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
Namibia’s innings was restricted to 44 overs in the 15th match of the Cricket World Cup League 2 played in Dundee, Scotland. In pursuit of 290 runs, the team’s total score in the 44th over was 235, Scotland with 9 out. was declared the winner under the DLS method.
Captain Gerhard Erasmus scored 63 runs for Namibia. Michael van Lingen 60, Jean Freylinck 34, JJ Smit 18, Milan Kruger 13, Bernard Schultz 8 while Jack Bressel and Lou-Handre Lawrence 0, 0 runs out.
Tanjani Lingamini scored 7 runs and Ben Shikongo returned to the pavilion not out scoring 3 runs.
For Scotland, Michael Leask took 4 wickets, Mark Watt took 2 wickets while Brendan McMullen, Jake Jarvis and Jasper Davidson took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, batting first at the invitation of Namibia, Scotland scored 290 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
George Munsey scored 91 runs for Scotland. Brandon McMullan 37, Safyan Sharif 23, Charlie Teare 12, Chris Graves 11, Michael Lesk 6, Matthew Cross 3, Mark Watt 1 and Jack Jarvis 0 were out.
Captain Richie Barrington 79 and Jasper Davidson scored 1 run and returned to the pavilion not out.
On behalf of Namibia, Bernard Schultz took 3 while Tanjani Lingamini, Gerhard Erasmus and Ben Shikongo took 2 and 2 out.
