Namibia A v Canada, Windhoek

Canada's batsmen come up trumps

Cricinfo staff

October 24, 2007

Canada 274 for 4 (Qaiser Ali 73, Kandappah 62*, Dhaniram 58*) beat Namibia 271 for 5 (Williams 132) by six wickets
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Canada's batsmen carried them to a six-wicket win over Namibia A in a warm-up match in Windhoek.

What will worry the Canadians is that none of their bowlers were able to keep the Namibians in check. Craig Williams, a 23-year-old with a first-class average of 112, was the mainstay of the innings with 132 and with the exception of 17-year-old Sean Silver, who fell for 5 in the fifth over, all of the batsmen made reasonable contributions.

Canada lost Aftab Shamsudeen, run out three balls into their reply, and then Abul Jabbar for a six-ball 14, but thereafter they batted sensibly in what was a well-paced chase. Trevin Bastiampillai and Qaiser Ali put them ahead of the clock and then some all-out attack by the veteran pairing of Arvind Kandappah and Sunil Dhaniram steered them home with six overs to spare.

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Matches

Namibia A v Canada at Windhoek

Players/Umpires

Trevin Bastiampillai

Sunil Dhaniram

Arvind Kandappah

Qaiser Ali

Craig Williams

Series/Tournaments

Canada tour of Kenya and Namibia

Teams

Canada

Namibia