England step closer to quarter-finals with second successive win




Scotland must defeat both Bangladesh and South Africa to qualify.
The 11th edition of the biennial 16-nation tournament features nine Test-playing nations and seven Associate and Affiliate Members – Afghanistan, Canada, Fiji, Namibia, Nepal, Ireland and Scotland.
Teams have been divided intofour groups with the top two in each advancing to the Super League quarter-finals and the other two qualifying for the Plate championships.
Scores in brief:
Group A - Namibia beat Scotland by nine wickets in Cox’s Bazar
Scotland 159 all out, 36.3 overs (Owais Shah 39, Haris Aslam 31; Michael van Lingen 3-19)
Namibia 162-1, 26 overs (SJ Loftie-Eaton 67 not out, Niko Davin 52, Zane Green 39 not out)
Group C - Zimbabwe beat Fiji by seven wickets in Chittagong
Fiji 81 all out, 27.4 overs (Wesley Madhevere 5-24, Blessing Mavuta 3-13)
Zimbabwe 84-3, 18.5 overs (Brendan Sly 29 not out, Jeremy Ives 23)
Group C - England beat the West Indies by 61 runs in Chittagong
England 282-7, 50 overs (Dan Lawrence 55, Callum Taylor 59, George Bartlett 48, Sam Curran 39; Gidron Pope 2-45)
West Indies 221 all out, 43.4 overs (Gidron Pope 60, Keemo Paul 65; Saqib Mahmood 4-42, Sam Curran 2-23, Dan Lawrence 2-38)
Group B – Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Sylhet
Group B – Canada v Pakistan, Sylhet
Group D – India v New Zealand, Mirpur
Group D – Ireland v Nepal, Fatullah
