Cricket of Monday, 16 May 2011

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Ghana Beat Swaziland

Ghana beat Swaziland on the main oval at Sahara Park Willowmoore on Day 2 of the WCL Div. 2 Tournament in Cricket.

Ghana graced by Swaziland after a very passive start, 64 of 10 overs, Ghana were able to post an impressive 178 runs.

Opener James Vifah scored 36 runs and Samson Awiah 65 runs with the backbone of the Ghana innings. It was however, Obed Harvey that grabbed the attention. He smashed an impressive 58 of 16 balls, his 50 coming of 12 balls. Swaziland begun chasing the mammoth total of 178 with a certain degree of trepidation they lost their first wicket with the score on 3 and were 2 for 10 at one stage.

However Naeem Gull and Joseph Wright managed to get a partnership together and the Swazilander’s were left stranded at 33 runs short of the target. Isaac Aboagye featured with the ball for the Ghanaians. He returned a figure of 3 for 29 Ghana won by 33 runs