World Cup Challenge League B 2024-27
| P | W | T | NR | L | Pts | NRR | |
| Uganda | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2.01 |
| Italy | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2.91 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -0.44 |
| Bahrain | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -0.33 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1.55 |
| Singapore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | -2.02 |
World Cup Challenge League A
Denmark beat Papua New Guinea by 18 runs.
Grainville, 22 August.
Denmark 223-8 (50 overs; L Ali 83, H Shah 59, D Khan 21*; A Nao 3-36, M Charlie 2-43)
Papua New Guinea 205 (48.2 overs; K Doriga 68, P Nou 40, S Bau 34, D Ravu 25*; S Anand 3-36, S Zeb 2-25)
Danish skipper Hamid Shah leading the way with a half century after they elected to bat first and his good work carried on by Lucky Ali. Not much else forthcoming for the Danes as wickets fell, Alei Nao claiming three, Michael Charlie two with one each for Sese Bau and John Kariko. Shakeel Zeb with the big wickets of Sese Bau and Assad Vala as PNG struggle to make headway in the chase, 79-4 at the halfway stage with 145 more needed. Kipling Doriga and Patrick Nou add 85 of those to keep PNG hopes alive before Nou chips tamely to mid off. 40 required off the final 5 overs but just 3 wickets in hand. Singles not enough and a couple of catches in the deep off Surya Anand sees the Barramundi fall 19 runs short.
Women's T20 World Cup Euro Qualifier
Netherlands lost to Ireland by 8 wickets.
Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 21 August.
Netherlands 137-6 (20 overs; P Molkenboer 27, H Siegers 27, F Overdijk 25; L Delany 2-19)
Ireland 141-2 (19.2 overs; G Lewis 66*, O Prendergast 28, A Hunter 21)
Gaby Lewis led Ireland to a last-over win against The Netherlands (ICC)Women's T20 World Cup Euro Qualifier
Italy beat Germany by 4 wickets.
Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 21 August.
Germany 113-6 (20 overs; S Kolcharam 35; I Sims 3-8, E Bartram 2-4)
Italy 117-6 (15.4 overs; C Piparo 37, I Sims 25, E Bartram 20; I Edwards 3-13)
World Cup Challenge League A
Jersey beat Kenya by 7 wickets.
Farmers, 21 August.
Kenya 115 (36.1 overs; R Patel 34, S Bhudia 30; J Lawrenson 4-25, N Greenwood 3-20, C Perchard 2-23)
Jersey 116-3 (23.5 overs; Z Tribe 56*, J Jenner 45*; N Odhiambo 3-18)
Peter Langat is bowled by Josh Lawrenson (ICC.tv)
The Jersey Boys keeping the once mighty Kenya under strict control in the opening overs, captain Charles Perchard with the breakthrough in his first over. A real struggle for Kenya, off-spinner Josh Lawrenson removing the middle order and Nick Greenwood picking up the rest. Jersey lose a wicket in the first over of the chase, a loose waft outside off sees Greenwood drag his first delivery back onto the stumps and Lawrenson follows also without scoring and Carlyon survives a simple drop at extra cover, a nervy start from the hosts! And no third life for Carlyon as he chips tamely to mid on - three for Nelson Odhiambo. A half century partnership between Zac Tribe and Jonty Jenner steadied the ship and they made it a century with the winning run.
World Cup Challenge League A
Kuwait beat Qatar by 22 runs.
Grainville, 21 August.
Kuwait 299-7 (50 overs; M Bhavsar 129, A Zaheer 99; M Murad 2-57)
Qatar 277-9 (50 overs; M Asim 94, M Tanveer 61, I Liyanage 54; M Shafeeq 3-47, A Chenthamara 2-52)
Good call by the umpire sees Mohammad Amin run out first ball (ICC.tv)
A massive 181 run fourth wicket partnership between Ali Zaheer and Meet Bhavsar ended when Zaheer skied Maria-Louis to mid off on 99. Theirs the only two scores past 20 in the innings - but 300 a huge ask for Qatar who had their own fourth wicket stand of 95 between Muhammad Asim and Muhammad Tanvir. Still in there fighting with ten overs to go and 70 required but Asim out for 94 sets back their cause in a big way and eight an over for the last six was too big a task for the tail. Qatar were never ahead in the chase but a couple more overs of the Tanveer / Asim partnership might have made all the difference.
Women's T20 World Cup Euro Qualifier
Ireland beat Germany by 10 wickets.
Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 20 August.
Germany 62 (18.2 overs; C Gough 28; L Delany 4-9, A Canning 2-10) Ireland 63-0 (7.3 overs; A Hunter 31*, G Lewis 29*)
Laura Delany and Amy Hunter celebrate one of four wickets taken by Delany (ICC Media)Women's T20 World Cup Euro Qualifier
Netherlands beat Italy by 43 runs.
Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 20 August.
Netherlands 157-7 (20 overs; B de Leede 52, R Rijke 29, I Zwilling 25; M van den Raad 20; E Moore 2-33) Italy 114-8 (20 overs; A Wikman 37, C Piparo 22; I van der Woning 2-19, I Zwilling 2-23)
Tanzania beat Singapore by 91 runs
Kowloon, 16 February.
Tanzania 189 (45.5 overs: A Anil 43, A Rajeevan 37, A Kimote 20; S Gulecha 3-25, P Sundarshan 2-35)
Singapore 98 (28.1 overs: M Singh 38, A Desai 27, A Kaul 23; K Nassoro 4-23, S Selvaraj 2-26)
Tanzania celebrate the win (Tanzania Cricket)
Tanzania comfortable winners of the basement battle recording their first win of the series leaving winless Singapore with the wooden spoon. Akhil Anil Tanzania's top scorer while Suryansh Gulecha added another three wickets to his tally. Singapore skipper Manpreet Singh provided some resistance in the chase but Aman Desai and Amartya Kaul the only other to reach double figures as Kassim Nassoro claimed 4 middle order wickets to snuff our Singapore's faint chance of their first win.
Hong Kong lost to Italy by 7 wickets
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 16 February.
Hong Kong 145 (36 overs: Y Murtaza 37, B Hayat 30, A Rath 25, Z Ali 21; J Singh 4-27, W Madsen 2-4, G Berg 2-26) Italy 147/3 (23.2 overs: W Madsen 73*, M Campopiano 46; A Shukla 2-19)
Italy's Wayne Madsen was POTM (Cricket Hong Kong) (Cricket Hong Kong)
Italy secured second place in the Table behind Uganda with a comfortable seven wicket win over their nearest rivals Hong Kong. Jaspreet Singh with four wickets for Italy, two for Wayne Madsen and two also for Garth Berg as the hosts were hustled out in just 36 overs. Italy's chase took less than half the overs as skipper Marcus Campopiano and POTM Wayne Madsen rattled off the runs after the loss of Justin Mosca second ball of the innings, the first of Ayush Shukla's two wickets.
Tanzania lost to Uganda by 59 runs
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 15 February.
Uganda 148 (41.1 overs; R Dhawan 63, D Nakrani 23, F Achelam 21; A Kimote 4-20, L Bakrania 2-12, S Selveraj 2-23) Tanzania 89 (29.1 overs; A Jasani 23; J Miyagi 6-17, C Kyewuta 2-17)
Six wickets for POTM Juma Miyagi (Cricket Uganda)
Uganda stay top of the table after a comprehensive 59-run win in the African derby over Tanzania. Raghav Dhawan's 63 formed the backbone of their total of 148, with four wickets for Ally Kimote. Any hopes of Tanzania chasing down the total were quickly blown away by a six wicket haul for opening bowler Juma Miyagi while Cosmas Kyewuta picked up 2 for 17 as Tanzania were bundled out for 89 to ensure bragging rights for Uganda.
Italy beat Bahrain by 6 wickets
Kowloon, 15 February.
Bahrain 130 (43.2 overs; Rizwan Butt 53*; G Berg 3-12, G Stewart 2-9, R Hasan 2-23, C Kalugamage 2-28) Italy 132/4 (18.1 overs; M Campopiano 53, N Maiolo 46*; Rizwan Butt 3-46)
Italy's Marcus Campopiano POTM for his 54 runs (Cricket Hong Kong)
Italy cruised to a six-wicket win over Bahrain after they bowled out them out for just 130. Even that modest total was down to some late order hitting from Rizwan Butt, who cleared the ropes five times in an unbeaten 53. Player/Coach Gareth Berg took three wickets, while there were two apiece for Grant Stewart, Rakibul Hasan and Crishnan Kalugamage. The Azzurri raced to the target inside 20 overs with Marcus Campopiano (53) and Nicolas Maiolo (46*) hitting a combined seven sixes in a fourth wicket stand of 57 in six overs. Emphatic.
Bahrain beat Singapore by 8 wickets
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 13 February.
Singapore 117 (33.4 overs: S Gulecha 34, H Kukreja 25; S Ahmed 4-17, I Khan 3-12) Bahrain 123/2 (24.4 overs: F Ahmed 50, S Ahmed 40, R Ramesh 23)
Runs and wickets won Sohail Ahmed the POTM award (CHK)
An opening partnership of 53 between top scorer Suryansh Gulecha and Hari Kukreja was as good as it got for Singapore and after Gulecha's departure wickets fell streadily. POTM Sohail Ahmed claimed four wickets and Imran Khan three before Ahmed blasted a run-a-ball 40 that included 4 maximums to see his side home in the 25th over.
Hong Kong lost to Uganda by 76 runs
Kowloon, 13 February.
Uganda 276 (49.5 overs: A Ramjani 68, R Dhawan 52, R Shah 40, R Obuya 25; E Shah 4-53, Y Murtaza 3-34, A Iqbal 2-31) Hong Kong 200 (46.3 overs: Z Ali 51, Y Murtaza 50, E Khan 29; A Ramjani 4-18, C Kyewuta 2-43, J Miyagi 2-54)
The Cranes celebrate the win over hosts Hong Kong (Cricket Uganda)
Runs and wickets for Alpesh Ramjani earned him the POTM award as Uganda defended their batting effort with some ease. Half centuries from Ramjani and Raghav Dhawan set the platform for skipper Rizat Ali Shah's 25 ball innings of 40 (1x4, 4x6) that pushed his side out of reach. In reply Hong Kong had two half century makers of their own, but they had subsided to 56/5 in the twentieth over, and from there the result was never in doubt. Uganda go four points clear at the top of the table with the win.
Uganda v Italy - no result
Kowloon, 12 February.
Uganda Italy
Hong Kong v Tanzania - no result.
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 12 February.
Hong Kong Tanzania
Bahrain beat Tanzania by 6 wickets
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 10 February.
Tanzania 139 (41.2 overs: A Anil 57, S Selveraj 27; I Anwar 4-22, R Butt 3-44, A Majid 2-24) Bahrain 140/4 (34.1 overs; S Ahmed 57*, M Basil 33*, S Badar 23; K Juma 3-52)
Player of the Match Imran javed (CHK)
Comfortable win for Bahrain who reduced Tanzania to 34 for 6, and although the African side recovered to make 139, it was nowhere near enough. Sohail Ahmed making an unbeaten 57 as he and Muhammad Basil (33*) shared an unbroken 5th wicket stand of 74 to ease to the six wicket win in the 35th over.
Singapore lost to Uganda by 8 wickets
Kowloon, 10 February.
Singapore 243/9 (50 overs; A Desai 66, I Sawney 64, H Kukreja 38, A Kaul 21; H Ssenyondo 4-36, C Kyewuta 2-51) Uganda 245/2 (40.5 overs; R Dhawan 71*, A Ramjani 67*, S Mangela 48, R Obuya 25)
Player of the Match Raghav Dhawan (CHK Twitter)
Great chase by Uganda with half centuries from Player of the match Raghav Dhawan and Alpesh Ramjani in an unbroken third wicket stand of 121 sealing an eight wicket win.
Italy beat Singapore by 6 wickets
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 9 February.
Singapore 170 (41 overs: A Desai 59, H Kukreja 27; J Singh 3-30, R Hasan 2-16, G Berg 2-39, C Kalugamage 2-40) Italy 175/4 (30.4 overs: A Mosca 48*, J Mosca 43, W Madsen 34, M Campopiano 33)
Italy's Anthony Mosca POTM (CHK)
A comfortable win for the Azzurri with both wickets and runs shared throughout their side.
Hong Kong beat Bahrain by 9 wickets
Kowloon, 9 February.
Bahrain 182 (49.4 overs: S Ahmed 70*, A Ali 40; E Khan 3-17, N Rana 3-43, Aizaz Khan 2-39) Hong Kong 187/1 (34.5 overs: M Coetzee 100*, A Rath 79)
Martin Coetzee's century earned him the POTM award (Cricket Hong Kong)
A spectacular end to the game as Martin Coetzee completed his century taking the 22 he required off Imran Anwar's thirty fifth over. With his side needing only 18 for the victory, he required 22 - no problem as the over went 0, 6, 6, 4 to carry him to 94 needing 2 to win - his answer was to launch one over long-on finishing the game in style and collecting his century in the grand manner.
Italy beat Tanzania by 8 wickets
Kowloon, 7 February.
Tanzania 94 (25.5 overs: S Selvaraj 28, K Nassaro 18; C Kalugamage 3-17, G Stewart 3-28, G Berg 2-2, R Hasan 2-19) Italy 95/2 (13.5 overs: M Campoplano 44*)
Huge appeal from the Azzurri gets its reward (Tanzania CA FB)
Italy made short work of Tanzania after winning the Toss, with only Sivaraj Selvaraj and skipper Kassim Nassaro reaching double figures. Crishan Kalugamage had the best figures (3-17) for the Azzurri but it was seamer Grant Stewart who picked up the POTM award for his 3-28. Two each for Rakibul Hasan and Gareth Berg who bowled 4 maidens in a five over spell. The Italian chase didn't take long, opener Marcus Campopiano claiming the win with a better than a run-a-ball 44 not out.
Uganda beat Bahrain by 52 runs
Kowloon, 7 February.
Uganda 249/9 (50 overs: R Dhawan 85, R Shah 49, R Obuya 43; I Khan 3-46, I Anwar 2-40) Bahrain 197 (44.1 overs: A Ali 83, S Ahmed 43; J Miyagi 4-53, C Kyewuta 2-26, B Hassan 2-42)
Winners are grinners as the Cranes claim the points (Cricket Uganda)
Uganda took advantage of being given first use of the pitch - only three double figure scorers in their side, Raghav Dhawan, Rizat Ali Shah and Robinson Obuya as Imran Khan (no relation!) claimed three wickets and Imran Anwar two. Asif Ali and Sohail Ahmed with the runs in the chase that faltered on the departure of Ahmed with 100 still required. Seamer Juma Miyagi with four the leading wicket taker as Uganda move two points clear of Italy and Hong Kong at the top of the table.
Hong Kong beat Singapore by 7 wickets
Tin Kwong, Hong Kong, 6 February.
Singapore 171 (46.3 overs: J Prakash 58, A Chaudhary 23, M Singh 23; N Rana 3-45, A Iqbal 2-23, A Shukla 2-27, E Khan 2-28) Hong Kong 175/3 (36.4 overs: A Rath 90, N Khan 27, Y Murtaza 27*; M Singh 3-38)
Hong Kong up and running with victory over Singapore (Cricket Hong Kong)League Tables
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