Stovell's 73 can't help Bermuda to win

TUESDAY, APRIL 12: Namibia got off to a fine start with opening batsman Ewald Steenkamp hitting seven boundaries and one six on his way to 87 runs. The dismissal of Steenkamp’s opening partner Andries Burger for a duck saw Sarel Burger stepping into the breach to help bring the total to 157 before departing for 59.
 
Captain Craig Williams once again showed his batting prowess scoring 74 runs in just 35 balls, including four boundaries and impressive seven sixes. Rodney Trott, Damali Bell and Dion Stovell were the pick of the Bermudian bowlers, dismissing the key wickets of Williams, Steenkamp and the two top order Burgers to name some of the trio’s haul of wickets.
 
Bermuda stuttered in its reply and matters weren’t help with the early departure of captain David Hemp and Fiqre Crockwell both for ducks. Stovell contributed a hard-fought 73 runs off 67 balls but he departed after being caught by Williams off the bowling of Louis van der Westhuizen.
 
Despite a spirited half-century by Lionel Cann and a valuable 29 runs added by Trott the side from the Americas fell short of the mark by some 86 runs. It was another good day for Namibian spinner van der Westhuizen who claimed four wickets for just 14 runs to claim Man of the Match, while Kola Burger also took a couple of key wickets in the afternoon sun.
 
Bermuda coach David Moore said: “Namibia is a very strong team, and we just didn’t play well enough today. We bowled well in the first two-thirds of the game – but we just lost it in the last. In terms of batting we set off like a house on fire with Stovell and Cann, but those boys should really be getting centuries.
 
“Our batting was very aggressive – we took the game to them and Namibia didn’t like that. They don’t like people bringing the game to them. Our bowling was disappointing, it began very well but we just lost it.”
 
“If we win tomorrow we have a very good chance of remaining in the division - even if other teams win as well. This last game will determine who gets the fourth spot, as us, Hong Kong and Uganda have all won one game thus far. Tomorrow is do or die as far as we’re concerned. Ours is a very good run rate so we’re in a good position.”

UAE's Raza said:“Tomorrow we’re playing Bermuda and we can’t take the fixture lightly, even if we are guaranteed our place in this division now. Every team that’s here deserves to be Division 2 so we have to play them to win and hopefully we can remain unbeaten right through to the finals."