Here are today’s results from Dubai:
- Afghanistan beat Scotland by 14 runs
- Kenya beat Canada by 9 wickets
- Ireland beat USA by 78 runs
- UAE beat Netherlands by 6 wickets
UAE have become the first team to qualify for the final stages. They will be joined by the winner of tomorrow’s match between Netherlands and Kenya.
The other group is potentially more interesting. Probably Ireland and Afghanistan will win their games tomorrow and go through, but if the USA can beat Afghanistan it will all come down to net run rate. Unfortunately, because of the thrashing they took at the hands of the Irish, the Americans need to win by a big margin.
Oh, well… Stranger things have happened though. Fingers crossed, and knocking on wood – though I have a choice of an English, Indian or Australian made bat to be knocking on ;o)
It’s an oddity that Ireland are at that level. They really should have full ICC membership. Or they’ll keep on cruising through tournaments like this.