Kuwait and Germany accept been answer to Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 7 (WCL Div. 7) afterwards both teams claimed achievement afterwards a alternation of crossover matches were completed today in Kuwait.
Kuwait exhausted Zambia in a low-scoring abstruseness to authorize for Division 7 advanced of tomorrow’s finals, while Germany maintained its one hundred percent almanac by acquisition Vanuatu.
Vanuatu and Zambia will comedy anniversary added tomorrow, to adjudge which of them will abide in Pepsi ICC WCL Div. 8 and which will be relegated aback to the bounded tournaments alongside the already relegated Bhutan, Suriname, Gibraltar and Bahamas.
In the added crossover amateur of the day – Gibraltar denticulate its aboriginal achievement of the tournament, assault Bhutan by 56 runs while Suriname claimed its beginning win acquisition Bahamas by 36 runs. All four abandon accept been relegated from the clash but Suriname will face Gibraltar and Bahamas will booty on Bhutan for final clash standings.
Kuwait connected its ascendancy of this antagonism advanced of tomorrow’s final by acquisition Zambia by three wickets at the KEC arena actuality in Kuwait.
The morning did not alpha able-bodied for the Zambians with Peter Kirsten’s men skittled for aloof 63 runs afterwards addition absurd achievement from Mohammed Murad who claimed 5-15. Murad saw off the two key aperture batsmen – Allan Nsensha and Ashraf Lulat afore Saad Khalid absolved Isaac Mwaba.
But afterwards Zambia’s batting collapse the Kuwaitis’ additionally administer a batting collapse with the top four batsmen authoritative aloof 23 runs amid them afterwards Gladson Kandela, Sharif Yousuf and Tapson Nyirongo ripped through the top order.
The commonly dependable Irfan Bhatti bootless to apprehend Kandela’s abilities with the fresh brawl and was absolved for one run afterwards accepting faced aloof four balls.
