GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct 20, CMC – Both Namibia and Scotland recorded their first wins when action in the IMC Over-40s World Cup continued here on Monday.
Namibia bounced back from their opening round defeat to Australia to thump Colombia by six wickets, while Scotland trounced a Rest of the World side by 178 runs to get their campaign off to a winning start.
After winning the toss and electing to bat at the Lusignan Community Centre, Colombia reached 178 for nine in their 45 overs.
They were led by Abhas Srivastava’s 69 off 93 balls with five fours and one six, while Christopher Laas made 39 off 78 balls.
Asad Abbas was Namibia’s top bowler with 4-30 and Hendrik Gelndenhuys claimed 3-24.
Skipper Gerrie Snyman and John Valentin then scored half centuries to propel Namibia to 179 for four in 36 overs.
Snyman hit an unbeaten 53 off 81 balls with two fours, while opener Valentin cracked 51 from 75 balls, inclusive of two sixes and one four.
The pair shared a 72-run partnership for the second wicket that put their side in complete control of the contest at 134 for one in the 27th over.
Meanwhile, Scotland steamrolled a Rest of the World (ROW) side in a lopsided affair in their opening match.
Opener Kyle Coetzer smashed 104 off 118 balls with six fours and one six and was the main architect in Scotland’s competitive total of 232 for five in 45 overs at the Everest Cricket Club.
Luis Hermida (2-41) and Hasham Khan (2-46) were the standout bowlers for the ROW.
Azeem Akbar then ran through the ROW’s batting lineup to rout them for a paltry 54 in 27.3 overs.
He ended with the impressive figures of 5-7 from his nine overs as none of the ROW’s batters got into double figures.
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