The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Scotland captured the last two places in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup and will also play in the Final of the current ICC World Cup Qualifier on Saturday in New Zealand. Hong Kong romped to a three wicket win against Papua New Guinea in the closing round of the SuperSixes with almost 14 overs to spare which added an interesting twist in the closing overs of the Scotland-Kenya and UAE-Namibia matches.
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\nScotland pulled back from 169\/6 after 37.1 overs to reach a winning 261\/7 with three balls to spare against Kenya. Acting Scottish captain Preston Mommsen and Rob Taylor added 57 for the seventh wicket before Mommsen fell to Thomas Odoyo\u2019s bowling for 78. Taylor went on to make 46 not out from 37 balls, leading a stand of 35 for the eighth wicket with Safyaan Sharif (10*) in just under four overs. Opening bat Alex Obanda provided a solid base for the Kenyans with 89 in an all out total of 260 from exactly 50 overs. Matty Cross hit 55 at the top of the Scottish innings.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong had raced to 259 for seven wickets from 36.1 overs to overhaul Papua New Guinea\u2019s (PNG) 255 for eight. Irfan Ahmed lead with 90 and Mark Chapman clipped 64 from 50 balls. Hong Kong\u2019s net run rate improved to +0.568 which was better than the Scots, something that added a touch of pressure in the closing overs but the late Scottish batting pulled off the necessary win. Geraint Jones hit 82 for PNG.<\/p>\n
The prospect of Namibia overhauling the UAE\u2019s 263 all out effectively ended when Gerrie Snyman was caught for 48 with 2.4 overs remaining. Snyman and Gerhard Erasmus had added 46 for the seventh wicket in 6.2 overs but faced a tough challenge of 47 from the last three overs. Erasmus, who ended on 28 not out, scored a single then Snyman\u2019s innings ended. Namibia closed on 227 for eight leaving UAE with a 36 run victory. Three of UAE\u2019s top four batsmen reached the forties: Khurram Khan made 49, Shaiman Anwar 47 and Amjad Ali 46. The UAE ended with a net run rate of +0.737.<\/p>\n
So on Friday, between afternoon and early evening depending on where one lives in Canada, the UAE and Scotland will contest the Final of this 2014 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln in New Zealand. The game is due to be video streamed live on the ICC\u2019s official website. (EN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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