


Worse was to follow, as Nizakat, who had posted a 51-ball half-century and went to 60 when he was dropped on the midwicket boundary, fell to another fine catch by Myburgh off Van Beek’s next delivery, and the Dutch seamer proceeded to trap first Scott McKechnie and then Ehsan Khan in front with the next two balls. Yasim Murtaza gloved a catch to keeper Edwards off De Leede, Steph Myburgh took a superb diving catch off Pringle to remove Zeeshan Ali and when Klaassen ran Shahid Wasif out off his own bowling, Hong Kong had slumped to 109 for six. Vala’s unbeaten 93 came from 47 balls and included seven fours and six sixes, while Bau’s comparatively restrained 41 not out took 37 deliveries with two fours and a six Nsubuga’s two wickets came at a cost of just 16 runs in his four overs, but all the other Ugandan bowlers came in for heavy punishment as PNG won with more than three overs to spare.Īfter Nizakat Khan elected to bat at the Queen’s Club the Dutch were initially less disciplined with the ball than they had been on Monday, and despite the loss of Aizaz Khan and Babar Hayat Hong Kong went at better than seven runs an over in the powerplay, ending the sixth over on 43 for two.īy the halfway point they were on 75 for two and on course for a total in excess of 150, but then Kinchit Shah was well caught by Fred Klaassen off the bowling of Shariz Ahmad, and Bas de Leede, Tim Pringle and Van Beek combined to slam the brakes on. PNG seemed to be in a spot of bother when Frank Nsubuga dismissed Siaka and Amini in the fourth over of their reply to reduce them to 29 for two, but then Vala was joined by Bau and they needed just 77 deliveries to knock off the remaining runs.
