Afghanistan and Oman book the last two tickets to India
With all the qualification spots now filled for the ICC World Twenty20 2016, attention now shifts to this tournament as an event in itself. Tomorrow is a practice day and on Saturday, the two semi-finals will take place at Malahide with a fifth-place play-off between today’s two winning sides taking place at Castle Avenue, Clontarf.
Today’s scores:
Qualifying Play-Off 3
At Malahide: Papua New Guinea 127-6, 20 overs (Charles Amini 37 not out; Shapoor Zadran 2-9)
Afghanistan 128-4, 18.2 overs (Nawroz Mangal 65 not out; Norman Vanua 2-19, Charles Amini 2-23)
Afghanistan won by six wickets
Qualifying Play-Off 4
**At Malahide:**Namibia 148-9, 20 overs (Stephen Baard 62, Raymond van Schoor 34; Munis Ansari 3-23, Aamir Kaleem 2-12, Ajay Lalcheta 2-26)
Oman 150-5, 19 overs (Zeeshan Ahmed 51 not out, Jatinder Singh 33, Zeeshan Maqsood 28)
Oman won by five wickets
Friday is a practice day with no fixtures.
Saturday’s fixtures:
Sat, 25 July – Semi-final (Scotland v Hong Kong), Malahide, Dublin (1000-1310); fifth/sixth position play-off (Afghanistan v winner play-off 4), Clontarf, Dublin (1000-1310); Semi-final (Ireland v Netherlands), Malahide, Dublin (1415-1725)