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Hosts Zimbabwe got off to a good start getting ready for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 by beating Oman in their first warm-up match. Ireland, the West Indies, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Sri Lanka also won. As the teams get used to the weather in Harare and Bulawayo, they are getting better at winning.
Harry Tector’s score of 149, not out, was the best of the day. Ireland beat the USA by chasing down 312 runs, and spin twins Yannic Cariah and Roston Chase helped the West Indies beat Scotland. Sikandar Raza was great with the bat and the ball as Zimbabwe beat Oman by 28 runs. The UAE beat Nepal on the final ball of their game.
Ireland wins thanks to Tector’s perfect century.
After Ireland put the USA in to bat in Bulawayo, four scores over 40 helped them get to 312 for 6. Aaron Jones scored the most with 89.
Jones and the team’s leader, Monank Patel, put together 125 runs. This came after Steven Taylor and Sushant Modani scored 65 runs to start the game.
Jones and Saiteja Mukkamalla tried to get to 100, but Jones was out leg before wicket (LBW) after 87 balls, while Mukkamalla was still not out at 44.
In response, Ireland was struggling at 7 for 2 until Paul Stirling scored 55 off 53 balls to steady the ship. His team hit the halfway point of their inning at 154 for 3, just behind the run rate.
Stirling passed the baton for making runs to Tector, who hit 10 fours and 7 sixes on 123 balls to score 149 runs and get Ireland home.
Raza’s skills in all areas were on display in the win over Oman.
In Harare, where the game was held, the hosts, Zimbabwe, got off to a good start when Raza hit a century without losing a single run. He left the field after hitting 109 runs off 66 balls.
The all-rounder and Ryan Burl put up 136 runs together. Burl was out to Bilal Khan two overs after Raza quit, giving Zimbabwe 367 runs in 50 overs.
Aqib Ilyas came in to bat for Oman when they were 18-2 and made a century. He was out at 113, and his team needed 132 runs from 91 balls to win, which was a long shot.
Ayaan Khan played bravely and made 92 out of 75 balls, but when he was out, it was the first of three times that Raza got him out. This put Oman behind the run rate, and they were bowled out for 339.
Spin gives the West Indies an easy victory over Scotland.
At Harare, Scotland got off to a good start against the West Indies. Chris Sole took the first three wickets, bringing the two-time winners down to 28 for 3 after six overs.
Captain Shai Hope led his team back to victory with 57 runs before Chris Greaves took the first of his three wickets.
Even though Romario Shepherd scored 57 runs quickly in 46 balls, Daren Sammy’s team was out for 264 with eight balls left in their game. Jack Jarvis cleaned up the Windies’ tail.
In response, Scotland was unable to score more than 40 points, with Brandon McMullen getting the most runs with 38 off of 57 balls.
Between them, the middle order scored only 15 runs. Cariah took four wickets for 46 runs, and Chase took three wickets for 43 runs. Together, they helped Scotland lose 173 runs in 36 overs.
Nepal beat the UAE late in the game.
Aasif Sheikh kept up his good ODI form this year and helped Nepal get to 276 in an exciting match against the UAE.
This year, Aasif made his first ODI century. At the halfway point, he had scored 52 out of 78, and then he watched as his bigger brother Aarif and Kushal Malla kept Nepal’s scoring going.
Rohan Mustafa was the key player in the UAE’s chase. He came in after the fourth wicket fell and put together a tough half-century.
The left-hander was in the middle during the last over, when Nepal lost two wickets despite doing everything they could to win. But UAE won the game with the second-to-last ball of the inning.
Sri Lanka is too hard for the Netherlands to handle.
At Bulawayo, when the Netherlands were down to 28 for 4 after 9 overs, two strong middle-order partnerships helped them get back on track.
Kasun Rajitha got rid of the opening Max O’Dowd with clean bowling for the first of his three wickets. The dangerous right-arm seamer then got rid of the dangerous Saqib Zulfiqar for 56 runs to stop the Netherlands from getting ahead.
They were all out for 214, and Sri Lanka beat that score in 38 overs. Dasun Shanaka scored the most runs, 67 not out from 52 balls, while Dimuth Karunaratne’s 46 from 55 balls set them up well.
At the Athletic Club in Bulawayo, Ireland beat the USA by five runs.
USA 312/6 after 50 overs (Aaron Jones 89, Monank Patel 77, Ben White 2/56, Graham Hume 1/26)
Ireland scored 315 runs in 45.1 overs (Harry Tector was not out and scored 149 runs; Lorcan Tucker scored 68 runs; Saurabh Netravalkar took 1 wicket; and Steven Taylor took 1 wicket).
At Takashinga Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe beat Oman by 28 runs.
Zimbabwe 367/6 in 50 overs (Sikandar Raza 109 not out, Ryan Burl 65; Fayyaz Butt 2/38, Bilal Khan 2/60)
Oman 339 all out in 49.4 overs (Aqib Ilyas 113, Ayaan Khan 92; Sikandar Raza 3/42, Brad Evans 3/47)
At Harare Sports Club, Harare, the West Indies beat Scotland by 91 runs.
West Indies: 264 runs all out in 48.4 overs (Shai Hope 57, Romario Shepherd 53; Chris Sole 4/50, Jack Jarvis 3/25).
Scotland was out for 171 in 35.3 overs (Brandon McMullen 38, Matthew Cross 35, Yannic Cariah 4/46, Royston Chase 3/4).
At Queens Sport Club, Bulawayo, Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by three wickets.
Netherlands 214 all out in 45.3 overs (Saqib Zulfiqar 56, Teja Nidamanuru 41; Kasun Rajitha 3/19, Dhananjaya de Silva 2/19)
Sri Lanka 215/7 in 37.1 overs (Dasun Shanaka 67 not out, Dimuth Karunaratne 46; Clayton Floyd 2/40; Aryan Dutt 1/30)
At Old Hararians, Harare, UAE, beat Nepal by three runs.
Nepal lost all of its 277 runs in 49.5 overs.
UAE: 278 for 7 in 49.5 overs
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