UAE win ICC World Cricket League Division 2
Feb.16 (CRICKETNMORE) - The United Arab Emirates have been crowned the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions in Windhoek after beating Nepal by seven runs.
The UAE will now join the Windies, Ireland, the Netherlands and PNG in Group A at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, whilst Nepal will take the remaining spot in group B alongside Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Scotland and Zimbabwe.
Canada secured third place in Division 2 beating Namibia by 49 runs, who took fourth, while Oman finished fifth after a five-wicket win over sixth-placed Kenya.
Scores in brief
UAE beat Nepal by 7 runs at Wanderers
UAE 277-4, 50 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 114, Rohan Mustafa 51; Sandeep Lamichhane 1-39)
Nepal 270-8, 50 overs (Paras Khadka 112 not out, Dipendra Airee 35; Amir Hayat 4-53)
Canada beat Namibia by 49 runs at WAP
Canada 247-4, 50 overs (Navneet Dhaliwal 78 not out, Nicholas Kirton 73 not out; Petrus Burger 2-28)
Namibia 198 all out, 47.5 overs (LP Van der Westhuizen 53, Gerhard Erasmus 42; Saad Bin Zafar 3-40)
Oman beat Kenya by 5 wickets at Trustco UNITED
Kenya 253 all out, 49.5 overs (D Gondaria 68, S Ngoche 66; Bilal Khan 5-40)
Oman 257-5, 47 overs (Khawar Ali 112 not out, V Wategaonkar 67; Dhiren Gondaria 2-17)
Final standings at ICC World Cricket League Division 2
Winner – UAE
Runner-up – Nepal
3rd – Canada
4th – Namibia
5th – Oman
6th – Kenya
Player of the Tournament
Sandeep Lamicchane – Nepal
ICC Media Release