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Tanzania wins comfortably against Argentina

Tanzania’s first game against Argentina which was washed out was rescheduled today on the second rest/reserve day. Argentina winning the toss elected to bat first and played the duo seamers Khalil Rehemtulla and Benson Mwita of Tanzania defensively to defend early fall of wickets which has been Tanzania team’s trademark, however the spinners Kassim Nassoro (6 wkt), Riziki Kiseto (2 wkt) and Harsh Ramaiya (1 wkt) ripped through the Argentinean batting line up. Paterlini (26) and Dugmore (44) contributed and held their innings to put a respectable total of 198 on the scoreboard.

In reply Tanzania had a shaky start by losing 2 wickets in the first 2 overs for only 1 run, but a fantastic knock from Left handed opening batsmen Seif Khalifa who scored a magnificent 72 of 41 balls in partnership with Issa Kikasi taking the Tanzanian score to 97 in the first 15 overs. After Khalifa’s dismissal Tanzania lost 5 more wickets cheaply and were 126/7 in the 26^th over. A stable 72 run partnership from the duo seamers Benson Mwita and Khalil Rehemtulla proved their ability with the bat and took Tanzania to a comfortable victory, this indeed was their all round performance.

Kassim Nassoro won his second man of the match award for his 6 wickets haul out of the three contenders for the man of the match Seif Khalifa, Benson Mwita and Kassim Nassoro. This has put him in contention for the man of the series award.

Coach Zully Rehemtulla said he is very happy with the overall performance of the boys and they have been playing according to the game plan. The game against Italy tomorrow is very crucial and the boys have to maintain their winning consistency if they want to keep their qualifying dreams alive.

Caption: Seif Khalifa with his Skipper after reaching his half century

Caption: Khalil Rehemtulla and Benson Mwita complement each other

Caption: Kassim Nassoro in action

ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Argentina vs Tanzania

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at Centro Sportivo Dozza, Navile

Argentina won the toss and elected to bat first.

Tanzania won by 3 wickets

Batting - Argentina 1st Innings		Runs	B	4'S	6'S	S/R
MJ Paterlini	lbw Nassoro	37	73	4	1	50.68
P Ferguson	c Kiseto b Nassoro	10	30	1	0	33.33
Dugmore	c Shaheed Dhanani b Nassoro	44	51	4	1	86.27
Siri	c & b Ramaiya	12	22	1	0	54.55
Savage	c Mwita b Nassoro	8	22	0	0	36.36
Forrester	c Abdallah b Kiseto	3	10	0	0	30
A Ferguson+	c & b Kiseto	7	8	1	0	87.5
LM Paterlini	c Shaheed Dhanani b Rehmtullah	26	38	2	1	68.42
MacDermott*	st Kikasi b Nassoro	12	34	0	0	35.29
Lord	b Nassoro	17	12	2	1	141.67
Ryan	not out	0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 13, nb 0, pen )	21
Total	(50.0 overs , 10 wickets )	197 ( 3.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 49 (P Ferguson, 14.5), 2 - 63 (Dugmore, ), 3 - 82 (Savage, 24.5), 4 - 87 (Forrester, 28.2), 5 - 89 (Siri, 29.1), 6 - 101 (A Ferguson, 32.6), 7 - 126 (LM Paterlini, 38.3), 8 - 158 (MacDermott, 45.4), 9 - 185 (Dugmore, 49.2), 10 - 197 (Lord, 49.6)

Bowling - Tanzania 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Rehmtullah	9.0	0	52	1	0	5	5.78
Mwita	10.0	1	32	0	0	4	3.2
Nassoro	10.0	1	42	6	0	1	4.2
Shaheed Dhanani	2.0	0	9	0	0	1	4.5
Ramaiya	10.0	0	30	1	0	0	3
Kiseto	9.0	0	24	2	0	1	2.67

Batting - Tanzania 1st Innings		Runs	B	4'S	6'S	S/R
Khalifa	c AL Casime b Ryan	72	41	9	3	175.61
Kiongozi	c Forrester b Savage	0	2	0	0	0
Shaheed Dhanani	run out ( P Ferguson/A Ferguson )	0	3	0	0	0
Kikasi+	c AL Casime b Lord	12	34	1	0	35.29
Abdallah*	lbw Lord	25	53	2	0	47.17
Patwa	run out ( Siri )	0	8	0	0	0
Nassoro	c P Ferguson b Lord	0	4	0	0	0
Rehmtullah	not out	24	63	1	0	38.1
Mwita	not out	46	40	5	2	115
Kiseto		0	0	0	0	0
Ramaiya		0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 10, nb 2, pen )	19
Total	(41.0 overs , 7 wickets )	198 ( 4.83 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 1 (Kiongozi, 0.3), 2 - 1 (Shaheed Dhanani, 1.1), 3 - 61 (Kikasi, 10.3), 4 - 97 (Khalifa, 15.4), 5 - 103 (Patwa, 18.6), 6 - 106 (Nassoro, 20.4), 7 - 126 (Abdallah, 26.4)

Bowling - Argentina 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Savage	10.0	1	30	1	0	1	3
LM Paterlini	10.0	0	62	0	1	2	6.2
Lord	10.0	0	41	3	0	2	4.1
Ryan	10.0	1	53	1	1	5	5.3
MacDermott	1.0	0	5	0	0	0	5

Match details

Toss: Argentina won the toss and elected to bat.
Umpires: Ian Gould and Courtney Young
Referee: David Jukes

By: Hasnain Damji

Hasnain.damji@tanzaniacricket.com