The latest round of this competition….which I assume has no end….has been played out between host Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the United States.
The USA were the strongest team on paper and so it came to
pass as they won 3 games whilst Namibia won 2. Papua New Guinea leave Namibia
winless.
The tone was set early on when Namibia humiliated Papua New
Guinea by getting them all out for 107 and knocking off the total in 15.1
overs. The 209 balls remaining in the game is the second most from the 114
(!!!) that have been played in this tournament.
The only notable achievement for Papua New guinea in this
leg was a score of 94 from Asad Vala that represents the 35th
highest score in the competition and the second highest by a PNG player. He is only
bettered by….himself when he got 104 vs Namibia in September 2019 (!!!) That
score takes him to 4th place on the run-scoring table. 149 from America’s
Monak Patel sees him take the lead for highest run scorer with 1219 from his 35
games.
In other news, Tangeni Lungameni got the tournaments second
6fer in Namibia’s win against (you guess it) Papua New Guinea. The highest
active wicket taker overall was America’s Saurabh Netravalkar who got 4 wickets
to take his haul to 58. He has scome way to go to overhaul Oman’s Bilal Khan
with 76.
Matches continue in Namibia from Thursday when Scotland and
Nepal will faced the hosts.
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