ICC Cricket World Cup League Two Most Runs and Most Wickets after Oman vs Namibia (Updated) ft. Gerhard Erasmus and Aqib Ilyas

The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 continued on July 18 with match 14 played out between Namibia and Oman at Dundee’s Forthill. Being put into bat first, Oman lost both openers cheaply within the first three overs to Namibia’s Junior Kariata and Ben Shikongo.

Captain Aqib Ilyas fought back for Oman with a 90-run partnership with number four Zeeshan Maqsood to take his team past the 100-run mark. After Aqib was trapped in front by Bernard Scholtz at 101/3, Maqsood and Khalid Kail listed valiant half-centuries. Shoaib Khan then slogged his way to an 18-ball 30 at the death. Overcoming Ben Shikongo’s four-wicket haul, Oman listed a competitive 233/8 at the end of their 50 overs.

Chasing 234, Namibia openers Michael van Lingen (30 off 41 balls) and Lo-handre Louwrens (29 off 65 balls) made identical contributions at the top. No. 3 batter Jan Fryinck then took over to make a rapid 73.

Captain Gerhard Erasmus and half-centurion Frylinck fell quickly courtesy of Bilal Khan. Unbeaten JJ Smit and JP Kotze then steered Namibia to a six-wicket win in the 48th over of the match.

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ICC CWC League Two Most Runs List

Canada’s Harsh Thaker remains the only batter of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 so far to have tallied over 200 runs. Topping the run-scoring charts of the tournament with 234 runs, he is followed by Scotland’s George Munsey (188 runs), and Namibia’s Jan Frylinck (145 runs). Canada’s Nicholas Kirton (138 runs) and Srimantha Wijeyeratne (136 runs) round up five of the most successful batters.

Nepal’s Aasif Sheikh is ranked sixth on the list with 133 runs to his name. Namibian batters Gerhard Erasmus and JJ Smit take the next two slots with 121 runs each. Kushal Bhurtel (112 runs) and Charlie Tear (111 runs) occupy the final two spots on the top 10 standings, with only a run separating the two cricketers.

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ICC CWC League Two Most Wickets List

Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus has snapped 12 wickets so far in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. He leads the wicket-taking charts of the tournament. Aryan Dutt, with 11 wickets, and Dilon Heyliger, with nine wickets are ranked second and third respectively after the events of July 18.

With seven wickets each to their name, Kushal Bhurtel, Vivian Kingma and Bernard Scholtz take the next three slots. Similarly, Kaleem Sana, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, and Lalit Rajbanshi are ranked seventh, eighth, and ninth respectively after collecting six wickets. UAE’s Aayan Afzal Khan is ranked 10th on the standings with five wickets to his name from just three innings.