Mozambique 148/6 (20 overs) beat The Gambia 120/8 (20 overs) by 28 runs
NCF Oval 1, Abuja, Wednesday 21 October
Toss: Mozambique, chose to bat
Player of the Match: Agostinho Navicha (Mozambique)
MOZAMBIQUE captain Agostinho Navicha scored 61 not out off 31 balls to lead his side to their first win of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier C. Mozambique lost to Lesotho on Wednesday. The Gambia have now lost both their matches.
Mozambique lost both openers without scoring. Gambian captain Abubacarr Kuyateh had Joao Hou caught behind by Ousman Bah off the first ball of the match. Musa Jobarteh then caught and bowled Lourenco Salomone in the second over, leaving Mozambique on 2/2.
Farruque Nhaduate made 12 before he was caught by Kuyateh off Aniru Conteh at 25/3. Jose Bulele (18 off 38 balls) and Vieira Tembo then put on 49 for the fourth wicket. Andre Jarju dismissed both in the 13th over, each caught by Kuyateh. Tembo had scored 32 off 22 balls, with three fours and two sixes. David Demba then had Gomes Gomes caught by Jobarteh, and Mozambique were 84/6 in the 14th over.
Navicha came in at 74/4. He hit six fours and three sixes, and his unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 64 with Camate Roposo (8 not out) came off the final 6.3 overs.
Kuyateh took 1/15 from four overs and held three catches. Jarju took 2/22 from 1.4 overs. Jobarteh, Conteh and Demba took a wicket each.
Lourenço Simango trapped Aniru Conteh lbw in the first over. Frank Campbell scored 23 off 16 balls, with three fours and a six, before Charles Mbebe had him lbw. Mbebe had also removed Muhammed Manga, caught by Hou, and The Gambia were 40/3 after six overs.
Tembo took 3/27 from four overs, accounting for Kuyateh (10), Modou Bojang (1) and Pa Assan Faye (2). Roposo removed Jarju for 14, and The Gambia were 95/7 in the 16th over.
Demba finished unbeaten on 45 off 29 balls with three fours and three sixes. Hou bowled Jobarteh in the final over, and The Gambia closed on 120/8.
Mbebe finished with 2/14 from four overs. Bulele bowled three overs for nine runs, including a maiden.
Alieu Gibba made his T20I debut for The Gambia but did not bat.
On Friday, Mozambique play hosts Nigeria on NCF Oval 1, and The Gambia face Uganda at on NCF Oval 2.
Nigeria and Uganda have won both their matches. Lesotho and Mozambique have one win each. The Gambia and Zambia have yet to win.
