Instant success for Australia, a wicket with the first delivery but it should have been two, Glenn Maxwell spilling a straightforward catch at second slip in the same over. Nathan Ellis has the second in his first, a Karan Sonavale defensive prod finding its way onto the stumps. Full and straight from Bartlett accounts for Jatinder Singh who is bowled through the gate. A wicket in each of his first two overs for Adam Zampa leaves Oman 73-5 at the half-way stage. Wickets for Stoinis and Maxwell before the 14 overs drinks break, and another for the Big Show, Waseem Ali straight after as Oman pass 100. Two wickets with the first two balls of Zampa's final over wraps the innings up. Huge escape for Mitch Marsh in the first over as Oman don't review an lbw which they assumed was edged - in fact it was a classic 'pad-first' and smashing the leg-stump. He tees off and posts his half-century off the final ball of the Powerplay - 53* off 26. Travis Head is out with just a dozen runs required. Caught and Bowled Shakeel Ahmed hardly does it justice, a skier that he held at mid wicket jostling for it with keeper Jatinder Singh. Australia romp to the win inside ten overs, Marsh ends 64* off 33 (7x4, 4x6), Inglis sealing the win with a boundary.

Two wickets for Jaskaran Singh in his opening over, Gurbaz caught and Gulbadien lbw as Afghanistan reach the ten over mark 86-2. Ibrahim Zadran moves past fifty and at the 14 over drinks break Afghanistan have a great platform to push on in the final six overs. A third wicket for Singh, Sediqullah Atal caught at long-off and one for Dilon Heyliger but Zadran is unstoppable, he 'carries his bat' for 95 off 56 (7x4, 5x6) bringing up 200 with boundaries from the final two deliveries of the innings. Mujeeb strikes in his second over bowling Canadian skipper Dilpreet Bajwa bringing Navneet Dhaliwal to the crease. He has announced his retirement and this will be his last international innings. Sad! He goes without scoring cutting Omarzai to the man on the backward point fence. Nevertheless he gets a hug from Rashid Khan as he departs, and a standing ovation from his teammates as he enters the dugout. No century for Samra today as Nabi has him caught for 17 in his first over. Kirton becomes Nabi's second victim in his next. Rashid into the attack and another first over wicket - 60-5 the score after 10 overs. Rashid misses his second on 'umpires call' despite a solid looking rattle on the stumps. He bowls Bin Zafar but it's Mohammad Nabi who cleans up - his four wickets in four overs costing only seven runs.

Teams out early for the lineup to allow time for the Sri Lankan anrthem, which at 2 min 40 sec must be the longest in any sport. A dead rubber, in so much as both teams have qualified for the Super 8s, but of course match practice is the best practice and both sides will hope to take advantage of their time in the middle today. A flying start by Nissanka and Perera who add 54 in four overs before Perera falls to Muzarabani. Ten overs gone and Pathum Nissanka has his half-century with his side 86-1. Ryan Burl has Kusal Mendis stumped off his first delivery and Rathnayake survives a similar fate off Cremer on what looked like a generous decision by TV umpire Ahsan Raza. Cremer settles for the wicket of Nissanka in the same over, a top edge reverse sweeping his downfall. Zimbabwe fighting back after that early Sri Lankan onslaught before a sloppy nineteenth over from Brad Evans goes for 16 before he claims two wickets with the final two deliveries! Muzarabani's final over costs 14, so that's 30 off the last 12 balls, and suddenly Sri Lanka's spinners have a decent total to defend. A good start to the Zimbabwean chase with Tadiwanashe Muramani and Brian Bennett posting 69 before Marumani skies a catch back to bowler Wellalage. 78-1 at the half-way stage of the chase and Burl bounced out 20 runs later in the twelfth over brings Sikander Raza to the crease, can he nudge Zimbabwe ahead. Six, Six, Four off Hemantha does just that followed by Six, Four off Theekshana. Huge impetus added and only 19 needed off the final three overs. No risks from the batters and now 13 off 12 balls the target. Raza and Musekiwa both fall to Hemantha in the penultimate over - 8 needed off 6 with Theekshana to bowl. And the first ball is launched into the crowd at mid-wicket by Munyonga! A single off the second leaves Bennett on strike needing 1 from 4. A drive through extra brings a boundary and a win - what a great chase that sees Zimbabwe top a group with wins against both Sri Lanka and Australia.

Shai Hope's innings the standout performance on a day when his side stuttered their way to a below par total at Eden Gardens. The Windies skipper with 6x4s and 4x6s in his 46 ball stay adding 64 with Roston Chase for the third wicket. Italy happy to have contained the Windies as well as they did, two wickets for Ben Manenti's off spin and two for the legspin/googlies of Crishan Kalugamage. Azurri openers the Mosca brothers boh out inside the first three overs, Justin for just 2 and Anthony for 19 (1x6, 2x6), a wicket each for Matthew Forde and Akeal Hoseain. The Powerplay finishes at 37-3, a second wicket for Forde as Syed Naqvi slices a catch off Forde to point. Windies nibble out Harry Manenti cheaply to be favourites at the halfway stage - JJ Smuts and Grant Stewart follow likewise, so all on Ben Manenti now it would seem. with the required rate now over twelve an over. Shamar Joseph mops up the tail as Italy lost their last five wickets for 20 runs in 3 overs. Their thrilling losing chase against England and ten wicket win over Nepal now distant memories as they will once again have to hit the qualification trail.

Abhisek Sharma collected his third 'duck' of the Tournament bowled by Ayran Dutt in the first over. Three innings and eight balls faced and not a run to his name - amazing! And a second for Dutt, Kishan misses a sweep and the ball goes onto the stumps via his body and arm. India 51-2 at the end of the Powerplay. SKY is dropped on 13 at deep square by Michael Levitt - he could owe his side quite a few by the end of this innings. A sitter really, Yadav had given up and was walking off. Roelof vd Merwe shows Levitt how it's done in the same van Beek over - a running, flying catch to remove Varma. Dube gets lucky when only 2, if that's what you want to call it, surviving a good solid rattle of the stumps on 'umpire's call' against Dutt. He rubs it in reaching 50 in just 25 balls (2x4, 5x6). The final overs sees the Netherlands targeting the middle of the pitch and the batters successfully targeting the crowd! Another day of big numbers from Logan van Beek who has two 6s and two wickets in the final over. Quiet start to the chase by O'Dowd and Levitt who is still in negative equity. Levitt fails to clear Sundar on the ropes at deep mid-wicket in Padya's opening over and this time umpire Paleker's 'umpire's call' goes against India and De Leede survives. The Oranje 72-2 at the halfway stage with a lot to do in the second ten. Chakravarthy starts the twelfth over with the wickets of Ackermann, caught in the deep and Dutt bowled having a heave at a googly. De Leede edges a wide from Dube to fly-slip last ball of the fourteenth. Too many runs from India leaves the Netherlands needing 46 off the final two overs and 28 off the last. It's to be Dube who has looked like a club trundler aiming wide outside the off stump and he picks up a second - there's hope for us all!! Not as close as 17 runs sounds.

A quick note from CricketEurope's Andrew Nixon to put some context to this match - "A lot riding on this match and not just for Pakistan as the result of this match will decide whether Ireland go back to regional qualifiers or not. If Pakistan win, Ireland get into the next tournament on rankings, but if Namibia win then that spot will go to Pakistan and Ireland will go to the qualifier." After a quiet start the game itself suddenly comes to life in the ninth over - 3 maximums as Farhan takes 33 off Myburg's leg-spin. He moves to 50 off 37 and a fifty partnership with Agha gives Pakistan a good platform for a second half charge. But Brassell immediately has Agha caught at mid off - Namibia needed that. Nafay comes and goes, caught and bowled by Erasmus. But there's no stopping Farhan as he blasts his way to a century off just 57 balls (22x4, 4x6). Exactly 200 required by Namibia - Ireland will no doubt be happy with that Pakistani performance. Namibia lose bith Frylinck and Loftie-Eaton inside the Powerplay that ends 40-2. Wickets in the sixth, seventh and eighth overs a big blow to their hopes leaving them needing an unlikely 138 off the final 10 overs. The fourteenth over is a double wicket maiden from Usman Tariq spinning the ball both ways and he has another double tin the eighteenth to end the game. Pakistan join England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Group Y of the Super 8's. Ireland the incidental beneficiaries of the result as they will now go to the next Tournament without having to go through a qualification event.

With rain in the air and reports of more all around Delhi somehow we managed to get through twenty overs before the covers appeared at the change of innings. Having already qualified South Africa made four changes to their starting XI with everyone in the squad now having had a run out. A brisk start from Muhammad Waseem and Aryansh Sharma who reach 38 inside 5 overs before Sharma became the first of Bosch's three wickets. Tough going after that against the pace of Rabada, Maphaka, Bosch and Nortje. Good bowling but poor fielding as at least three straightforward catches were grassed adding a few more runs to the UAE total. Frustratingly a false start to the chase, covers off and stumps in. but then the covers come back on as another shower arrives. A boundary Blitz by Markram with 28 off 11 (5x4, 3x6) ends in the third over, bowled by Haider Ali. A second wicket inside the Powerplay for UAE but 56 on the board already. Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickleton add 49 to take their side past 100 leaving Tristan Stubbs and Jason Smith the simple task of scoring the final few. South Africa unbeaten with 4/4 will now join India, Windies and Zimbabwe in Group X of the Super 8s.