South Africa 273 for 3 (Stolk 86, Marais 80*, Teeger 43*, Koteeswaran 2-52) beat Scotland 269 for 9 (Gould 97, Dunk 90, Norton 3-48, Maphaka 2-53) by seven wickets
Stolk was in the mood for boundaries from the start. He kicked off the chase with three fours off Qasim Khan, and followed it up with a 34-run over, with five sixes and a four, also off Qasim to reach his half-century in a remarkable 13 balls. South Africa’s fifty came up in just 18 balls.
Marais started sedately start along with Tristan Luus, but then launched a flurry of boundaries as South Africa passed 200 in 20 overs, the target within sight. He belted two fours and a six off Koteeswaran, four fours off Adi Hegde, and three off Logan Briggs as the final three over of the 27-over chase went for 55 runs.
South Africa had put Scotland in to bat earlier in the day, and Dunk oversaw a slow but solid start. Riley Norton got Hegde right after a 27-run opening powerplay, but Dunk found support in a 57-run stand with Alec Price followed by a 115-run stand with Gould as Scotland reached 200 at a run rate of 4.76.
Dunk fell to Norton but Gould’s presence coupled with a cameo from Uzair Ahmad (23 in eight balls) brought 69 runs in the last eight overs. Kwena Maphaka removed Gould in the final over before three run outs closed the innings.
Pakistan 144 for 0 (Shahzaib 80*, Shamyl 54*) beat New Zealand 140 (Stackpole 42, Minhas 3-6, Ubaid 3-30, Naveed 2-26) by ten wickets
Zimbabwe 147 for 2 (Taruvinga 59*, Sunguro 29, Brassell 1-24) beat Namibia 146 for 8 (Badenhorst 39*, Nyamhuri 4-21, Simbi 3-20) by eight wickets
It wasn’t the most entertaining contest, but after 85.3 overs in which 293 runs were scored and only ten wickets claimed, Group C had its third Super Six qualifier – Zimbabwe.
The result was 146 for 8 from 50 overs. It could have been worse, but Hanro Badenhorst and Woutie Niehaus combined for 46 unbeaten runs for their ninth-wicket stand – in 13.1 overs! – to give Namibia a bit more than they might have expected at 100 for 8 in the 37th over.
The chase was straightforward. Ryan Kamwemba fell with the total at 21 in the fifth over, but fellow opener Panashe Taruvinga batted through the chase to finish with 59 from 115 balls, and Brandon Sunguro (29) and Campbell Macmillan (10*) gave him the support he needed to complete the job in 35.3 overs.
