Canada's Gill and Arslan see off Namibia's challenge

Canada Under-19s 197 for 6 (Arslan 72, Gill 52, Kevin 50*) beat Namibia Under-19s 193 (Louwrens 38, Gill 4-43) by four wickets

Namibia collapsed from 151 for 3 to 193 all out, a spell of play that cost them their game against Canada in the Under-19 World Cup. Having won the toss and opted to bat, they had got themselves into decent position, with each of their top five getting a start. However, by the end of their innings - they were bowled out in 46 overs - the captain Lohan Louwrens' 38 was the highest score.

Left-arm spinner Aran Pathmanathan triggered the flood of wickets when he took out the No. 4 batsman Eben van Wyk in the 34th over. Ten runs and three overs later, offspinner Rommel Shahzad struck and Namibia, once poised to take advantage of the final overs, were nothing short of floundering. Allrounder Akash Gill and new-ball bowler Rishiv Joshi struck in the 41st, 42nd and 43rd overs to leave nothing to chance.

A hurting Namibia side began their defence with legspinner Petrus Burger and he sparked hope by dismissing Canada's openers in successive overs. However, that brought the captain Arslan Khan to the crease and, together with Gill who had taken four wickets earlier in the day, he began repairing the innings. Arslan made 72, Gill struck 52 and Kevin Singh chipped in with a half-century as well to secure Canada their first points in the tournament.