It may now be, as Max O'Dowd put it, a qualifier for a qualifier for yet another qualifier, but the somewhat diminished by recent ICC announcements Cricket World Cup League 2 travelling carnival rolled into Utrecht today for the latest tri-series, with Nepal and Namibia travelling to the Netherlands for the series.

Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and chose to bowl first. Captain Rohit Paudel (31) and Dipendra Singh Airee (30) made the only scores of note for Nepal as they were bowled out for a well short of par total of 157. JJ Smit was the pick of the Namibian bowlers, taking 6-27 for the best ever bowling figures for Namibia in ODIs.

Namibia lost ODI debutant Alexander Busing-Volschenk - who had earlier taken one of the finest relay boundary catches you will ever see - early in their run chase, but an 87 run partnership between Michael van Lingen and Jan Frylinck, which ended when the former was out for 51, gave them the perfect platform for victory.

Jan Frylinck top scored in Namibia's run chase (Cricket Namibia)

Frylinck and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton ensured there were no more wickets with an unbroken 52 run partnership to secure an eight wicket win. Frylinck finished unbeaten on 78.

Nepal are back in action on Thursday when they take on the Netherlands, with Namibia taking on the hosts in their next game on Saturday.