UAE 309 for 8 (Mustafa 73, Ashfaq 73, Odhiambo 2-33) beat Kenya 91 (Patel 17, Zahoor 2-10, Raza 2-18) by 218 runs
A trio of half-centuries from captain Rohan Mustafa, fellow opening batsman Ashfaq Ahmed and Rameez Shahzad helped UAE vault past Kenya by a whopping 218 runs at Wanderers Sports Club. Mustafa and Ashfaq added 133 for the first wicket - a partnership that was well in excess of Kenya's total.
After the strong platform laid by the openers, Shahzad combined with Muhammad Usman (46* off 38 balls) to put on 83 for the sixth wicket, taking UAE past 300. Shahzad then fell at the start of the final over to spark a flurry of late wickets. Nelson Odhiambo bowled well at the death to claim 2 for 33 but by that stage UAE were in control of the game.
Mohammad Naveed struck twice with the new ball, claiming Dhiren Gondaria and Nehemiah Odhiambo, to reduce Kenya to 9 for 2 and they never recovered. The left-right spin tandem of Ahmed Raza and Mustafa took two wickets each to run through the middle order before medium pacer Zahoor Khan blasted out the tail. Kenya were eventually dismissed for 91 in just 32.4 overs.
The sizable margin of victory has given UAE a net run rate of 4.360. Canada, however, have a superior net run rate of 4.774.
