Canada 300 for 7 (Manohar 101*, Walia 40*, Dobell 2-52) beat Japan 118 (Date 59, Akhil Kumar 6-46) by 182 runs
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Opening batsman Neel Date scored Japan’s first fifty at the World Cup, but seamer Akhil Kumar picked up 6 for 46, including the wicket of the half-centurion, to help Canada clinch their 13th place play-off semi-final. Kumar’s spell triggered a terminal collapse as Japan went from 73 for 1 to 118 all out in pursuit of 301.
Five Japanese batsmen, including debutant Reiji Suto, bagged ducks and barring Date, no other batsman passed 20.
Earlier in the day, after being inserted, Canada rode on their wicketkeeper-opener Nicholas Manohar‘s 101 off 102 balls to put up 300 for 7. Kento Dobell, Tushar Chaturvedi, and Leon Mehlig took two wickets apiece for Japan, but a series of contributions from the middle order and Manohar’s blows at the top meant Canada were always ahead in the contest.
Kumar’s figures, the second best in the tournament, then sewed up a 182-run victory for Canada.
UAE 146 for 3 (Sharafu 59, Uboh 2-23) beat Nigeria 145 (Olaleye 31, Mukherjee 4-35, Lakra 3-20) by seven wickets
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Offspinner Rishabh Mukherjee and left-arm fingerspinner Aryan Lakra, who took the new ball, took seven wickets between them to skittle Nigeria for 145. Their No. 3 Alishan Sharafu then struck an unbeaten 59 off 60 balls to ensure that UAE chased the target down with seven wickets and more then 20 overs to spare.
After being asked to bat, Nigeria had a fairly decent start with the openers Olayinka Olaleye and Sulaimon Runsewe putting on 33 for the first wicket. It was Ali Nasser who made the breakthrough when he had Runsewe caught by Lakra for 14 off 22 balls. Olaleye and No.3 Miracle Akhigbe then pushed Nigeria’s score to 70 by the 17th over. From there, they lost 9 for 75 to be bundled out in 46.4 overs. Mukherjee came away with 4 for 35 while Lakra took 3 for 20.
UAE then suffered a wobble at the top and were reduced to 36 for 2 in the eighth over, but Sharafu and Jonathan Figy, who had hit a century earlier in the tournament, then steadied the innings with a 77-run stand. Figy holed out for 28 off 45 balls, but Sharafu and Ansh Tandon finished the chase off without any further damage.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo