Canada registered a narrow two-wickets win over Namibia in the first one-dayer of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship at the Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek on Tuesday.
Batting first Namibia was bowled out for 183 in 47.1 overs. In its reply, Canada chased down the target to end at 184 for 8 in 48.5 overs.
Earlier Raymond van Schoor (90: 121b, 6x4) played a lone hand for Namibia. For Canada, Henry Osinde (2-46) and Durand Soraine (3-25) shared the wickets.
In the chase, Canada lost wickets at regular intervals. At 149 for 8, all appeared lost for Canada. But a stubborn ninth wicket stand of 35 between Rustam Bhatti (23 n.o.) and Durand Soraine (12 n.o.) changed the course of the game as Canada won with 7 balls to spare.
The second game will be played on 12 April.
