Zambia 61/3 (7.4 overs) beat Lesotho 58 (13.4 overs) by seven wickets
NCF Oval 2, Abuja, Friday 23 October
Toss: Lesotho, chose to bat
Player of the Match: Zahirbhai Patel (Zambia)
ZAMBIA recorded their first win of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier C, bowling Lesotho out for 58 and reaching the target with 74 balls remaining.
Zahirbhai Patel took four wickets for four runs from three overs and captain Javid Patel claimed four for 11 from 3.4 overs.
Zambia had lost to Uganda and Nigeria in their first two matches.
Ismail Kara trapped Lerotholi Gabriel lbw with the first ball of the match. Mohmed Duvesh Patel scored 38 off 32 balls, with four fours and two sixes, and shared a second-wicket stand of 46 with Ajaz Patel before he was caught by Javid Patel off Zahirbhai Patel.
Zahirbhai Patel then had Ajaz Patel caught behind by Musonda Yambayamba for 7, leaving Lesotho on 55/3 in the 11th over.
Lesotho lost their last seven wickets for three runs. Javid Patel bowled Maaz Khan and Gladwin Thamae off successive balls in the 12th over. Zahirbhai Patel bowled Lefulere Monanthane and trapped Tanki Khetsi lbw in the 13th over, either side of Inshaf Farook being run out by Robert Lungu and Yambayamba.
Javid Patel had wicketkeeper Chachole Tlali caught behind for 8 and bowled Malei Khauta to end the innings in the 14th over. Lesotho captain Ts’episo Chaoana was left unbeaten on 0.
Six Lesotho batters were dismissed without scoring.
Kara took 1/7 from two overs.
In reply, Kara scored 12 off eight balls with three fours before he was caught by Chaoana off Farook at 15/1. Chaoana then trapped Javid Patel lbw for a first-ball duck and bowled Zahirbhai Patel for 10, leaving Zambia on 36/3 in the fifth over.
Jakir Patel (22 not out off 17 balls) and Vasimakram Chand (14 not out off 10) added an unbroken 25 to complete the chase in the eighth over.
Chaoana finished with 2/19 from three overs, including a maiden.
Lesotho, who beat Mozambique on Tuesday, have now lost two of their three matches. Zambia and Lesotho each have one win from three games.
On Saturday, Lesotho face hosts Nigeria and Zambia play on NCF Oval 1.
