Oman defeated Namibia in a thriller chase at the Forthill, Dundee stadium in the 17th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two league on Wednesday, July 24. Oman won the toss and chose to field first, prompting Namibia to bat.
Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, Namibia edged closer to the 200-run mark but ultimately settled for a total of 196/9. Malan Kruger emerged as a standout performer, scoring 73 runs from 90 deliveries, including six boundaries. Michael van Lingen and JJ Smit also made notable contributions, scoring 40 and 41 runs respectively.
On the other hand, Bilal Khan ended with figures of 3/50. Fayyaz Butt also picked up two wickets, with a wicket piece each to Kaleemullah, Jau Odedra, and Shoaib Khan.
In reply, Oman demonstrated steadfastness as Aqib Ilyas notched his 10th half-century, accumulating 68 runs from 129 deliveries. Khalid Kail contributed a composed innings, scoring 43 runs off 55 balls. Towards the conclusion, Shoaib Khan bolstered their efforts with a brisk innings, adding 28 runs from 38 deliveries.
ICC CWC League Two 2024 Most Runs List
George Munsey leads the chart amassing 302 runs from six innings at an average of 50.33. Harsh Thaker in the second position has scored 234 runs from four innings at a strike rate of 80.96.
Michael van Lingen is in the third spot with 198 runs from seven games at an average of 28.28. Gerhard Erasmus with 192 runs sits comfortably in the fourth slot with a strike rate of 88.02.
Jan Frylinck has scored 191 runs in seven matches at an average of 27.28. JJ Smit with 180 runs takes the sixth position and has an average of 45.00 from seven games. Brandon McMullen has 166 runs to his name from six games at an average of 33.20.
Richie Berrington, Nicholas Kirton, and Srimantha Wijeyeratne fill in the eighth, ninth, and 10th places respectively with 139, 138, and 136 runs respectively.
ICC CWC League Two 2024 Most Wickets List
Gerhard Erasmus tops the wicket-taking list with 14 scalps so far in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. Aryan Dutt has picked 11 wickets in four games at an economy of 4.35 to take the second position.
Bernard Scholtz sits in third place with 10 wickets from seven games at an economy of. In the fourth position, Dilon Heyliger has taken nine wickets from four matches with an average of 21.55.
Charlie Cassell, Kushal Bhurtel, Vivian Kingma, and Ben Shikongo have scalped seven wickets and have taken the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth spots respectively. Kaleem Sana and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton finish the top 10 chart with six wickets each.