da aposte e ganhe： Holland scored an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Fiji in the ICCTrophy at the rain-soaked Ajax Stadium near Toronto Sunday
Latafat Ali Siddiqui03-Jul-2001Holland scored an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Fiji in the ICCTrophy at the rain-soaked Ajax Stadium near Toronto Sunday.The match was reduced to 45 overs after heavy rains in the morning,which delayed the start of play for more than one hour.In other matches, Bermuda defeated Papua New Guinea by nine wickets,Malaysia handed Israel their third defeat, beating them by six wicketsand Nepal downed Gibraltar by three wickets with Argentina and Ugandascoring identical six-run wins over France and East and Central Africarespectively.With heavy winds blowing across the Ajax ground, Dutchmen put Fijiansinto bat with their quickies doing excellent job to contain the rivalsto 127 in 44.2 overs.Holland suffered a setback in the beginning when they lost the wicketof their prolific score Zulfiqar Ahmed for eight but Robert vanOosterom (52) and Feiko Kloppenburg (40) batted fluently to guidetheir team to victory.Nepal, who were late arrival in Toronto after a series of difficultiesin obtaining entry visas to Canada, overcame a poor start whilechasing a victory target of 134 at Malton ground near PearsonInternational Airport.They had lost five wickets for 52 but Parash Luniya (36) and KiranAgarwal (26) batted with conviction to steer Nepal home.In another thrilling game, Argentina reached the victory targetagainst a plucky French side in the last over of the match.Batting first, Argentina scored 220 for five thanks to a fine knock of57 by Marias Paterlini.In reply, Frenchmen looked like surpassing Argentina’s challengingscore, especially after the brilliant innings from Shabbir Hussain(86), George James (46) and Simon Hewitt (38). But Argentina’s pacemanHernan Pereyra picked up three quick wickets to shatter French hopes.