atm, pretty safe. He's been a solid performer at 6 and as he has played in every match this tour, that pretty much tells you that. As fitness is now an issue with energetic fitness, he won't play in the final game. He would have probably got a bat higher up the order but we didn't really want to mess with what was working, with Lindeman playing well down the order. I did suggest to open the batting with him yesterday instead of Juffermans but that was the reason we didn't.
And since the batsman skills in U19 Nat cricket are so similar, you may as well just stay with what is working.
Anyway, in NAT news, yesterday:
Omara opened the batting for Canada hitting 43 to guide Canada home to a 5 wicket win, chasing down 144 so a solid performance for him.
Yousif bowled 1/37 from his 10 overs for the UAE with 2 maidens before nearly getting UAE home with 33 off 35 before not getting much of the strike at the end of the game and ended up getting out as UAE fell 5 runs short.
And I payed Frank Bollinger to lose the game for Australia
, by not taking a wicket in his final spell when USA somehow managed a one wicket win. He scored 7 off 5 and then took 0/30 from 8.5 overs.
In today International news:
Yousif is playing in his 4th game of the tour for UAE, batting at 7 again, as UAE are batting first and are 66/1 after 19 overs. And Omara is dropped again
Like revived fitness and scored 43 yesterday, like why drop him, especially since this is the last game. And Mol will play later today, maybe against Bollinger, who has played in the last 2 games so I'm not sure.
And I forgot to set my orders for OD so I'm getting smashed. Pettinger smashed 114 off 111 while Moxly hit 46* off 34 and O'Leary made 40 as we made 331/6, but unfortunately, Pettinger was opening the bowling (poor bowling), and took 0/44 off 5 overs while Khan (atrocious bowling) who shouldn't even be in the side as a batsman is 0/38 from 3 overs. Currently they are 271/3 with a RRR of 4.36.
, we'll be looking for another win today.
