da jogodeouro： Favourites Scotland scored their third consecutive victory in Group Aof Division One of the ICC Trophy beating UAE by five wickets hereMonday
Latafat Ali Siddiqui04-Jul-2001Favourites Scotland scored their third consecutive victory in Group Aof Division One of the ICC Trophy beating UAE by five wickets hereMonday.Holland also posted their third straight win to share Group A’s topspot with the Scots, both having six points to their credit.The Dutchmen outplayed Canada by six wickets. The hosts lost hopes ofstaging a comeback with two defeats and a win.Tournament’s first hat trick from Soren Vestergaard helped Denmarkscore a magnificent 101-run victory over USA.In other matches on the fifth day of the World Cup qualifying event,Namibia downed Nepal by eight wickets, Germany grabbed a three-wicketwin against fighting Giblartor, Ireland took it easy to beat Bermudaby eight wickets and Fiji gave Singapore a thrashing by 86 runs.On a bright sunny day, UAE won the toss and elected to bat first atSunnybrook Stadium. Before the start of the match, the two teamsgathered in the middle for a minute of silence in memory of the fatherof Scotland opener Bruce Patterson.Openers Babar Malik (30) and Nasir Siddiqui (19) gave UAE a flyingstart scoring 51 together but the other batsmen looked completelyhelpless against the on-target bowling from Tim de Leede (four for 23)and Jacob-Jan Esmeijer (four for 26).UAE were finally bundled out for 119. Scotland reached their target in35.1 overs losing five wickets in the process.Stylish opener Riaan Walters (61 not out) continued his run ofexcellent form as Namibia scored an impressive win over Nepal atEglinton Flats ground.Nepal batted first after winning the toss but struggled against somehostile pace bowling from Bjorn Kotze (four for 37). Jay Sarraf foughtsingle-handedly with an unbeaten 47 as his team crawled to 131 forseven in 50 overs.Walters and Gavin Murgatroyd (51 not out) made Namibia’s taskrelatively comfortable.