Namibia v Scotland, Intercontinental Cup, Windhoek, 3rd day

Namibia edge one-wicket thriller

Cricinfo staff

April 6, 2008

Namibia 115 and 237 for 9 (S Burger 79, Blain 4-61) beat Scotland 140 and 211 by one wicket
Scorecard

An unbroken 47-run final-wicket stand between Deon Kotze and Louis Klazinga pushed Namibia to a thrilling victory in Windhoek, keeping their unbeaten record in the Intercontinental Cup alive and leaving Scotland with an almost impossible task to qualify for the final.

Sarel Burger kept the innings afloat with 79 off 162 balls, although when the last pair came together it appeared they'd been left with too much to do. Boundaries were rare, but Kotze and Klazinga worked hard to tick off the runs, piling pressure on the Scotland attack as they tried to claim the final breakthrough.

Scotland had controlled proceedings for much of the third day after Namibia started on 45 for 3 chasing 237 on a sporting surface where wickets have fallen steadily. They chipped away at the resistance with John Blain taking his match haul to nine wickets while Glen Rodgers chipped in with a couple.

But the defeat leaves them well adrift in the table with three matches remaining. Namibia, however, go from strength to strength and now sit with 82 points from their 100% record. Kenya, with a game in hand, are their closest challengers with Ireland 33 points behind in third place although they have played two matches less.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	Aban	Pts	Quotient	For	Against
Namibia	5	5	0	0	0	0	82	1.256	2390/83	2246/98
Kenya	4	3	1	0	0	0	66	1.263	1822/63	1832/80
Ireland	3	2	0	0	1	0	49	2.408	1535/26	1226/50
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	0	0	48	0.968	2470/88	2377/82
Scotland	4	1	1	0	2	0	32	1.003	1117/40	1392/50
U.A.E.	7	1	5	0	1	0	29	0.787	3024/124	3129/101
Canada	4	1	3	0	0	0	26	0.981	2085/69	1909/62
Bermuda	4	0	4	0	0	0	6	0.521	1657/80	1989/50

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Matches

Namibia v Scotland at Windhoek

Players/Umpires

John Blain

Sarel Burger

Louis Klazinga

Deon Kotze

Series/Tournaments

ICC Intercontinental Cup

Teams

Scotland