ICC Cricket World Cup League Two Most Runs and Most Wickets after Scotland vs Namibia (Updated) ft. George Munsey and Gerhard Erasmus

The 2024 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 resumed on Saturday, July 20, with a match between Scotland and Namibia at Dundee’s Forthill.

After Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and opted to field first, his left-arm spinner Bernard Scholtz got rid of Scotland opener Charlie Tear in the seventh over of the innings. Tear’s partner George Munsey led Scotland’s recovery with a 120-run partnership with number three Brandon McMullen. Tangeni Lungameni (2/47) struck back with two quick wickets for Namibia at 161/3 before Scholtz removed Matthew Cross and Michael Leask cheaply to finish with figures of 3/23.

Munsey went on to top-score with an attacking 91 from 62 balls, while captain Richie Berrington’s 79 propelled Scotland’s total to a daunting 290/9 in 50 overs.

Chasing 291, Namibia lost opener Lo-handre Louwrens for a 23-ball duck to Brandon McMullen before Michael van Lingen shared steady partnerships with Jan Frylinck (34 off 39 balls) and captain Gerhard Erasmus (63 off 51 balls). Lingen himself scored a fluent 60.

Just as Namibia gained some run-chase stability, Scottish spinner Michael Leask (4/40) mopped up their tail with a four-wicket burst. Amid rain interruption at Forthill, the Scotland team was declared victorious with a 47-run margin (DLS method).

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ICC CWC League Two Most Runs List

George Munsey displaced Canada’s Harsh Thaker from the top of the run-scoring list after charting 91 against Namibia. While Munsey has stacked up 279 runs in five innings, second-placed Thaker (234 runs) trails the Scotland batter by 45 runs.

Namibian colleagues Gerhard Erasmus (184 runs), Jan Frylinck (179 runs), Michael van Lingen (158 runs) and JJ Smit (139 runs) take the next four slots in the top 10 standings, respectively.

Canada teammates Nicholas Kirton (138 runs) and Srimantha Wijeyeratne (136 runs) are ranked seventh and eighth, while Nepal’s Aasif Sheikh (133 runs) and Scotland’s Brandon McMullen (129 runs) occupy the final two slots to round up the top 10 list.

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ICC CWC League Two Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Players	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	MG Erasmus (NAM)	6	6	289	48.1	4	197	14	5/28	14.07	4.08	20.64	-	1
2	A Dutt (NED)	4	4	186	31	3	135	11	6/34	12.27	4.35	16.9	-	1
3	BM Scholtz (NAM)	6	6	348	58	12	165	10	4/31	16.5	2.84	34.8	1	-
4	D Heyliger (CAN)	4	4	240	40	-	194	9	4/47	21.55	4.85	26.66	1	-
5	K Bhurtel (NEP)	4	3	84	14	-	57	7	4/20	8.14	4.07	12	1	-
6	VJ Kingma (NED)	4	4	141	23.3	2	92	7	3/19	13.14	3.91	20.14	-	-
7	Kaleem Sana (CAN)	3	3	152	25.2	4	83	6	4/42	13.83	3.27	25.33	1	-
8	JN Loftie-Eaton (NAM)	4	4	123	20.3	2	90	6	4/34	15	4.39	20.5	1	-
9	B Shikongo (NAM)	2	2	114	19	1	103	6	4/29	17.16	5.42	19	1	-
10	LN Rajbanshi (NEP)	4	4	204	34	2	141	6	2/20	23.5	4.14	34	-	-

Gerhard Erasmus tops the wicket-taking list with 14 scalps so far in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. He is followed by Aryan Dutt (11 wickets), Ben Scholtz (10 wickets) and Dilon Heyliger (9 wickets) as the four most successful bowlers of the tournament.

Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel and Netherlands’ Vivian Kingma have both snapped seven wickets each to be ranked fifth and sixth, respectively. Similarly, Kaleem Sana, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ben Shikongo, and Lalit Rajbanshi have taken six wickets each from their ends to take the final four slots on the bowling charts.